A research team led by Washington State University has developed a cloud-based system for trading and sharing energy from solar panels and batteries within a neighbourhood. The concept displayed potential energy cost savings of around 12% over a five-day test period. Image: Daniele La Rosa. . Abstract—This article proposes a double auction-based mech-anism that captures the interaction within a community energy sharing market consisting of distributed solar power prosumers and consumers. All agents are assumed to have battery energy storage systems, and can use battery for demand. . However, due to the long financial return cycle, space constraints, policy uncertainty, and inefficient current management schemes, etc, its potential for acting as an energy supply alternative are yet to be manifested and implemented in practice, especially for the individual community residents.. Community shared energy storage (CSES) is a solution to alleviate the uncertainty of renewable resources by aggregating excess energy during appropriate periods and discharging it when renewable generation is low. CSES involves multiple consumers or producers sharing an energy storage system.
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