Abstract
The interest in self-consumption of PV electricity from grid-connected residential systems is increasing among PV system owners and in the scientific community. Self-consumption can be defined as the share of the total PV production directly consumed by the PV system owner. With decreased subsidies for PV electricity in several countries, increased self-consumption could raise the profit of PV systems and lower the stress on the electricity distribution grid. This review paper summarizes existing research on PV self-consumption and options to improve it. Two options for increased self-consumption are included, namely energy storage and load management, also called demand side management (DSM). Most of the papers examine PV-battery systems, sometimes combined with DSM. The results show that it is possible to increase the relative self-consumption by 13-24% points with a battery storage capacity of 0.5-1. kW. h per installed kW PV power and between 2% and 15% points with DSM, both compared to the original rate of self-consumption. The total number of papers is however rather limited and further research and more comparative studies are needed to give a comprehensive view of the technologies and their potential. Behavioral responses to PV self-consumption and the impact on the distribution grid also need to be further studied.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 80-94 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Applied Energy |
Volume | 142 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Mar 5 |
Externally published | Yes |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Energy Systems
Free keywords
- Demand side management
- Energy storage
- Household electricity
- Load shifting
- Photovoltaics
- Self-consumption