Shifting electricity demand in time can lower load peaks and make use of cheaper price periods. How large this potential really is in a given operation is hard to estimate without a model.
- Setting: freelance assignment
- Client: VEA (Bundesverband der Energie-Abnehmer e. V., German association of energy consumers)
- Tools: Python
My contribution
- Development of a tool to assess load-shifting potential (demand-side management)
- Modular optimisation model that generates itself from a block diagram
- Running and evaluating the analyses
- Preparing the results for the client
Outcome
- A quantitative basis for decisions on using flexibility
- Potential assessment for typical use cases