A Model for the Assessment of Different Net-Metering Policies
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Georgios C. Christoforidis 1,*
, Ioannis P. Panapakidis 1, Theofilos A. Papadopoulos 2, Grigoris K. Papagiannis 3, Ioannis Koumparou 4, Maria Hadjipanayi 4 and George E. Georghiou 4
Georgios C. Christoforidis 1,*, Ioannis P. Panapakidis 1, Theofilos A. Papadopoulos 2, Grigoris K. Papagiannis 3, Ioannis Koumparou 4, Maria Hadjipanayi 4 and George E. Georghiou 4
1
Department of Electrical Engineering, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, 50100 Kozani, Greece
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Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
3
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
4
FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy, PV Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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Academic Editor: Rodolfo Araneo
Energies 2016, 9(4), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/en9040262
Received: 14 January 2016 / Revised: 17 March 2016 / Accepted: 21 March 2016 / Published: 1 April 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 15 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2015))
The photovoltaic market has recently experienced an enormous expansion, mainly due to the generous Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) adopted by many countries. However, in the recent years FiTs have been considerably reduced or even disappeared as their role in the PV deployment has ended. One of the alternatives is the Net-Metering (NEM) policy, which has attracted the interest of stakeholders as it provides a basis for the efficient collaboration between generation and the consumption profiles of the consumer. Currently, there is a lack of a universal policy harmonizing the respective legislations of the E.U. member countries. This paper proposes a novel generalized methodology for the techno-economic assessment of different NEM policies in terms of profitability for the prosumer. The methodology is tested in a formulated case study based on the current NEM policy in Greece. The method proposed uses as inputs the averaged load profiles constructed from real measurements collected from 31 consumers in the Thessaloniki area and evaluated PV production. The current NEM policy and four alternatives are examined, using as additional input the average system marginal prices of the year 2013. The results show that the proposed methodology is capable of evaluating a wide variety of NEM policies and can lead to suggestions for policy adaptation in order to establish a win-win contract between all interested stakeholders.
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Christoforidis, G.C.; Panapakidis, I.P.; Papadopoulos, T.A.; Papagiannis, G.K.; Koumparou, I.; Hadjipanayi, M.; Georghiou, G.E. A Model for the Assessment of Different Net-Metering Policies. Energies 2016, 9, 262.
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