Residential battery storage to perform load shifting and demand side management has become of utmost importance improve hosting capacity, increase renewable energy penetration meet environmental targets, especially with community policies. As the lifetime electrochemical batteries depends upon their scheduling conditions, multi-year effects operational strategies can affect economics investment...

This paper proposes an economic dispatch strategy for the electricity system with one generation company, multiple utility companies and multiple consumers, which participate in demand response to keep the electricity real-time balance. In the wholesale markets, multiple utility companies will commonly select a reliable agent to negotiate with the generation company on the wholesale price. It i...

Electric power systems are experiencing profound transformation driven by various factors. Bearing in mind the fact that most of today's electrical energy is produced using CO2 emitting fossil fuels, there is an obvious need to switch to renewable energy resources. Various new approaches under a 'Smart Gris umbrella' have thus emerged to tackle this problem. One of them is a so called Smart Hou...

Distributed generation and low carbon loads are already leading to some restrictions in the operation of distribution networks and higher penetrations of e.g. PV generation, heat pumps and electric vehicles will exacerbate such problems. In order to manage the distribution network effectively in this new situation, increased real-time monitoring and control will become necessary. In the future,...

This study examined the impact of two different detention basin designs on residential property value. The hedonic price model was applied to analyze two College Station, TX, subdivisions. One subdivision had only uniuse flood control detention basins (UDBs) and the other included amulti-use detention basin (MDB) integrating a detention pond with a recreational neighborhood park. Geographic inf...