Energy class dependent residential battery storage sizing for PV systems in Cyprus

• Main Authors: Stavros Afxentis, Michalis Florides, Vasilis Machamint, Christos Yianni, Per Norgaard, Hendrik Bindner, Johannes Kathan, Helfried Brunner, Christoph Mayr, Charalambos Anastassiou, Venizelos Efthymiou, George Elia Georghiou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
• Series: The Journal of Engineering
• Subjects: photovoltaic power systems; battery storage plants; energy consumption; air conditioning; energy conservation; power grids; energy storage; boilers; secondary cells; energy class dependent residential battery storage sizing; pv systems; cyprus; battery energy storage systems; photovoltaic system design; power; energy capacity; residential households; typical load consumption profile; electrical air conditioning; electrical water heating resembling; water boiler; common residential house; bess sizing; local energy consumption profile; energy efficiency class; zero pv grid export
• Online Access: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.9338
• ISSN: 2051-3305

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have started to be part of the photovoltaic (PV) system design to allow the further penetration of PV into the grid. This study deals with the sizing (power and energy capacity) of a BESS for residential households which are represented by a typical load consumption profile, they have electrical air conditioning and electrical water heating (water boiler) resembling a common residential house in Cyprus. The BESS sizing is done considering the local energy consumption profile and the energy efficiency class of the house and the water boiler. The BESS is sized in order to achieve zero PV grid export and to increase self-consumption.