TY - GEN

T1 - Analysing the Impacts of an External Power Supplier in a Renewable Energy Community

AU - Feichtinger, Gerald

AU - Ringhofer, Samuel

AU - Posch, Wolfgang

PY - 2024/2/14

Y1 - 2024/2/14

N2 - Renewable energy communities (REC) offer the possibility of joint production and supply of renewable energy sources. This article presents the framework conditions of REC in Austria and comprehensively analyses the financial and ecological effects of an REC using a newly developed analysis tool. The results show positive financial and ecological effects of the REC being investigated by introducing an external power supplier. A sensitivity analysis was applied to evaluate all parameters used in the simulation model and to identify the key influencing variables which are the grid electricity price, the inflation rate and the discount rate.

AB - Renewable energy communities (REC) offer the possibility of joint production and supply of renewable energy sources. This article presents the framework conditions of REC in Austria and comprehensively analyses the financial and ecological effects of an REC using a newly developed analysis tool. The results show positive financial and ecological effects of the REC being investigated by introducing an external power supplier. A sensitivity analysis was applied to evaluate all parameters used in the simulation model and to identify the key influencing variables which are the grid electricity price, the inflation rate and the discount rate.

KW - Renewable energy community

KW - External power supplier

KW - Net present value

KW - NPV

KW - Financial feasibility

UR - https://www.tugraz.at/events/eninnov2024/nachlese/download-beitraege/stream-e#c590847

M3 - Conference contribution

T3 - Symposium Energieinnovation

SP - 1

BT - 18. Symposium Energieinnovation (EnInnov2024)

CY - Graz/AUT

ER -