In the book Towards future smart power systems with high penetration of renewables: Emerging technologies, new tools, and case studies
Academic Press, London, United Kingdom
Summary
Recently, end customers connected to the distribution level have gained a more active role in the power systems due to the proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs). Energy communities (ECs) are proposed as a viable concept to coordinate the DERs of end customers to achieve social, environmental, and economic targets. This chapter provides an overview of EC concepts, the common elements of ECs, the legal figures of ECs defined by EU regulations, and modeling approaches for energy sharing in ECs. Moreover, it presents a technoeconomic comparison between EC and home energy management system (HEMS) approaches for a community of residential participants. The findings proved the numerous benefits that could be obtained by coordinating houses as ECs, like decreasing the energy costs, decreasing energy purchased from retail, and decreasing energy sold to the retailer compared to individual management of houses using HEMS. However, the EC formation by houses increases the peak of energy purchased from the retailer.
Spanish layman's summary:
El capítulo del libro ofrece una visión general del concepto de comunidad energética (CE), los elementos comunes, los marcos jurídicos de la UE y los enfoques de modelización para el uso de la energía. Presenta modelos de optimización, resultados de estudios de caso y su análisis.
English layman's summary:
The book chapter offers an overview of energy community (EC) concept, including common elements, legal EU frameworks, and modeling approaches for energy sharing. it presents optimization models, case study results, and provides an analysis of the findings.
Keywords: energy communities, energy sharing, optimization, regulation, modelling
Editors: M. Tostado-Véliz, A.R. Jordehi, S.A. Mansouri, A. Ramos, F. Jurado
ISBN: 9780443298714
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29871-4.00014-2
DOI of the book:
https://doi.org/10.1016/C2023-0-50991-7
Published: 2025
Citation:
M. Nour, M. Troncia, J.P. Chaves, "Energy management in energy communities", in Towards future smart power systems with high penetration of renewables: Emerging technologies, new tools, and case studies, M. Tostado-Véliz, A.R. Jordehi, S.A. Mansouri, A. Ramos, F. Jurado Ed(s). London, United Kingdom: Ed. Academic Press, 2025, pp. 321-340, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-29871-4.00014-2
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