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  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,642 Views
14 Pages

Implementation of a Demand-Side Management Solution for South Korea’s Demand Response Program

  • Wonsuk Ko,
  • Hamsakutty Vettikalladi,
  • Seung-Ho Song and
  • Hyeong-Jin Choi

4 March 2020

In this paper, we show the development of a demand-side management solution (DSMS) for demand response (DR) aggregator and actual demand response operation cases in South Korea. To show an experience, Korea’s demand response market outline, fun...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
6,871 Views
26 Pages

17 March 2022

Power distribution networks at the distribution level are becoming more complex in their behavior and more heavily stressed due to the growth of decentralized energy sources. Demand response (DR) programs can increase the level of flexibility on the...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,818 Views
35 Pages

30 October 2025

Variable renewable energy sources and cross-zonal trades stress transmission grids, pushing them toward thermal limits. This systematic review, reported in accordance with PRISMA 2020, examines how demand-side response (DSR) can provide relief at the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,045 Views
21 Pages

31 January 2022

The power gap between supply and demand in the microgrid caused by the uncertainty of wind and solar output and users’ electricity consumption needs to be absorbed by the hybrid energy storage devices and the demand-side electricity price respo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,634 Views
15 Pages

Consecutive Year-by-Year Planning of Grid-Side Energy Storage System Considering Demand-Side Response Resources

  • Haidong Xu,
  • Yifan Ding,
  • Feifei Sun,
  • Renshun Wang,
  • Guangchao Geng and
  • Quanyuan Jiang

24 July 2024

Demand-side response (DR) and energy storage system (ESS) are both important means of providing operational flexibility to the power system. Thus, DR has a certain substitution role for ESS, but unlike DR, ESS planning has a coupling relationship bet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,425 Views
21 Pages

With the gradual increase in the proportion of new energy sources in the power grid, there is an urgent need for more flexible resources to participate in short-term regulation. The impact of communication network channel quality will continue to mag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,622 Views
15 Pages

24 May 2024

With the energy structure transition and the development of the green power market, the role of electricity retailers in multi-market green power trading has become more and more important. Particularly in China, where aggressive green energy policie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
643 Views
16 Pages

In order to improve the ability to suppress unbalanced voltage in bipolar DC microgrids, a comprehensive power regulation control of a novel shared energy storage system is proposed for a multi-scenario bipolar DC microgrid. The novel shared energy s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,995 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2022

The application of microgrids (MG) is more and more extensive, therefore it is important to improve the system management method of microgrids. The intended costs can be further minimized when the energy management system is unified with demand side...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,848 Views
18 Pages

Impact of Demand Side Response on a Commercial Retail Refrigeration System

  • Ibrahim M. Saleh,
  • Andrey Postnikov,
  • Corneliu Arsene,
  • Argyrios C. Zolotas,
  • Chris Bingham,
  • Ronald Bickerton and
  • Simon Pearson

5 February 2018

The UK National Grid has placed increased emphasis on the development of Demand Side Response (DSR) tariff mechanisms to manage load at peak times. Refrigeration systems, along with HVAC, are estimated to consume 14% of the UK’s electricity and could...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
11,023 Views
25 Pages

To facilitate the possible technology and demand changes in a renewable-energy dominated future energy system, an integrated approach that involves Renewable Energy Sources (RES)-based generation, cutting-edge communication strategies, and advanced D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,331 Views
21 Pages

7 January 2021

Demand side response is becoming an increasingly significant issue for reliable power systems’ operation. Therefore, it is desirable to ensure high effectiveness of such programs, including electricity tariffs. The purpose of the study is devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,072 Views
22 Pages

21 July 2021

With the development of integrated energy systems (IES), the traditional demand response technologies for single energy that do not take customer satisfaction into account have been unable to meet actual needs. Therefore, it is urgent to study the in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,830 Views
32 Pages

Optimal Operation of Distribution Networks Considering Renewable Energy Sources Integration and Demand Side Response

  • Ahmed T. Hachemi,
  • Fares Sadaoui,
  • Abdelhakim Saim,
  • Mohamed Ebeed,
  • Hossam E. A. Abbou and
  • Salem Arif

10 December 2023

This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of Demand Side Response (DSR) with renewable integration by solving the stochastic optimal operation problem (OOP) in the IEEE 118-bus distribution system over 24 h. An Improved Walrus Optimization Algorithm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,792 Views
15 Pages

23 June 2022

With the depletion of fossil energy and increasingly serious environmental problems, demand-side resources play an increasingly prominent role in peak shaving and valley filling, energy conservation, and emission reduction. Under the background of fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
224 Views
34 Pages

16 January 2026

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IOT), 5G, and modern power systems, demand-side loads are becoming increasingly observable and remotely controllable, which enables demand-side flexibility to participate more actively in grid dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,961 Views
18 Pages

19 July 2022

Due to failures or even the absence of an electricity grid, microgrid systems are becoming popular solutions for electrifying African rural communities. However, they are heavily stressed and complex to control due to their intermittency and demand g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,281 Views
16 Pages

20 May 2025

Traditional time-of-use (TOU) pricing models ignore the delay characteristics of user behavior; consequently, the resulting load adjustments exhibit discrete patterns, whereas actual load variations follow gradual trajectories in reality. Hence, a dy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,786 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2025

The energy transition towards achieving carbon neutrality is marked by the decarbonization of the power system and a high degree of electrification in end-use sectors. The decarbonization of the power system primarily relies on large-scale renewable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,527 Views
26 Pages

Harnessing the Full Potential of Industrial Demand-Side Flexibility: An End-to-End Approach Connecting Machines with Markets through Service-Oriented IT Platforms

  • Martin Roesch,
  • Dennis Bauer,
  • Leon Haupt,
  • Robert Keller,
  • Thomas Bauernhansl,
  • Gilbert Fridgen,
  • Gunther Reinhart and
  • Alexander Sauer

10 September 2019

The growing share of renewable energy generation based on fluctuating wind and solar energy sources is increasingly challenging in terms of power grid stability. Industrial demand-side response presents a promising way to balance energy supply and co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
381 Views
24 Pages

26 November 2025

Multi-energy microgrids are emerging technologies to facilitate the integration of distributed energy resources and decarbonisation of various energy consumptions. To assist in the low-carbon and efficient operation of multi-energy microgrids, this p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,303 Views
35 Pages

28 February 2024

The transition to sustainable energy sources presents significant challenges for energy distribution and consumption systems. Specifically, the intermittent availability of renewable energy sources and the decreasing usage of fossil fuels pose challe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,095 Views
19 Pages

29 April 2025

The intervention of distributed loads, propelled by the swift advancement of distributed energy sources and the escalating demand for diverse load types encompassing electricity and cooling within virtual power plants (VPPs), has exerted an influence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,603 Views
21 Pages

23 January 2024

In light of the uncertainties associated with renewable energy sources like wind and photovoltaics, this study aims to progressively increase their proportion in the energy mix. This is achieved by integrating carbon capture devices into traditional...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,086 Views
33 Pages

A Review of Barriers and Enables in Demand Response Performance Chain

  • Olga Bogdanova,
  • Karīna Viskuba and
  • Laila Zemīte

19 September 2023

The role of demand response increases considerably with a higher share of renewable energy sources in the energy mix, characterized with more frequent energy market price fluctuations due to mismatch between uncontrollable weather-dependent productio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,214 Views
36 Pages

The Load Shifting Potential of Domestic Refrigerators in Smart Grids: A Comprehensive Review

  • Luís Sousa Rodrigues,
  • Daniel Lemos Marques,
  • Jorge Augusto Ferreira,
  • Vítor António Ferreira Costa,
  • Nelson Dias Martins and
  • Fernando José Neto Da Silva

17 October 2022

Domestic refrigeration and freezing appliances can be used for electrical load shifting from peak to off-peak demand periods, thus allowing greater penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) and significantly contributing to the reduction of CO2 e...

  • Review
  • Open Access
126 Citations
13,392 Views
31 Pages

Overview of Demand-Response Services: A Review

  • Daiva Stanelyte,
  • Neringa Radziukyniene and
  • Virginijus Radziukynas

23 February 2022

It is essential for the electricity sector to analyze and determine the distribution capacity throughput and apply new methods aimed at increasing the capacity of the transmission system. Consequently, the transition to modern electricity networks is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,483 Views
28 Pages

15 October 2022

Demand-side management (DSM) includes various persuasive measures to improve the use of energy; thus, it has been studied from various perspectives in the literature. Nowadays, the context of productivity has an important role in the evaluation of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,642 Views
17 Pages

7 December 2023

At present, the traditional scheduling mode of power grids generally dispatches according to the power generation cost within the safe range. Transmission costs are evenly distributed to customers according to their load ratios. There are no methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,129 Views
34 Pages

Report on a Plus-Energy District with Low-Temperature DHC Network, Novel Agrothermal Heat Source, and Applied Demand Response

  • Marcus Brennenstuhl,
  • Robin Zeh,
  • Robert Otto,
  • Ruben Pesch,
  • Volker Stockinger and
  • Dirk Pietruschka

23 November 2019

District heating and cooling networks can pose the possibility of including a variety of renewable energy sources as well as waste heat into a district’s heat supply concept. Unfortunately, low demand densities as they increasingly occur throug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
308 Views
29 Pages

6 January 2026

The sustained growth of electricity demand and the global transition toward low-carbon energy systems have intensified the need for efficient, flexible, and reliable operation of electrical distribution networks. In this context, the coordinated inte...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,903 Views
34 Pages

14 April 2022

The residential sector is a major contributor to the global energy demand. The energy demand for the residential sector is expected to increase substantially in the next few decades. As the residential sector is responsible for almost 40% of overall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,930 Views
18 Pages

29 September 2020

Demand-side management provides important opportunities to integrate renewable sources and enhance the flexibility of urban power systems. With the continuous advancement of the smart grid and electricity market reform, the potential for residential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
125 Citations
17,275 Views
20 Pages

13 March 2018

In this paper, we present a conceptual study on a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) architecture for the optimal management of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) owned by prosumers participating in Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. Compared to classica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,867 Views
25 Pages

31 January 2025

With the increasing utilization of renewable energy sources, hydrogen production from complementary wind and solar (HPCWS) systems has become a part of the construction of the integrated energy system (IES). However, renewable energy generation faces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,168 Views
24 Pages

5 June 2023

Configuring energy storage devices can effectively improve the on-site consumption rate of new energy such as wind power and photovoltaic, and alleviate the planning and construction pressure of external power grids on grid-connected operation of new...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,367 Views
22 Pages

2 October 2017

Environmental issues and concerns about depletion of fossil fuels have driven rapid growth in the generation of renewable energy (RE) and its use in electricity grids. Similarly, the need for an alternative to hydrocarbon fuels means that the number...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,789 Views
13 Pages

A Flexible Responsive Load Economic Model for Industrial Demands

  • Reza Sharifi,
  • Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam,
  • S. Hamid Fathi and
  • Vahid Vahidinasab

8 March 2019

The best pricing method for any company in a perfectly competitive market is the pricing scheme with regards to the marginal cost. In contrast to this environment, there is a market with imperfect competition. In this market, the price can be affecte...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,805 Views
21 Pages

31 May 2023

In the traditional power system, customers respond to their primary electricity consumption pattern based on price or incentive to take additional advantages. By developing energy hubs (EHs) where electricity, heat, natural gas and other forms of ene...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,492 Views
20 Pages

9 December 2024

In the context of advancing new power systems, a multi-source–grid–load interactive operation framework considering low-carbon demand hierarchical response is developed to further explore the support value of the multi-source–grid&n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,497 Views
15 Pages

15 November 2024

To address the issue of accommodating large-scale wind power integration into the grid, a unit commitment model for power systems based on an improved binary particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed, considering frequency constraints and dem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,453 Views
24 Pages

1 August 2019

One of the challenges in the transition towards a zero-emission power system in Europe will be to achieve an efficient and reliable operation with a high share of intermittent generation. The objective of this paper is to analyse the role that Demand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
914 Views
18 Pages

4 July 2025

Aiming to solve optimization scheduling difficulties caused by the double uncertainty of source-side photovoltaic (PV) output and load-side demand response in active distribution networks, this paper proposes a two-stage distribution robust optimizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,093 Views
16 Pages

10 May 2023

In the pilot provinces of China’s electricity spot market, power generation companies usually adopt the separate bidding mode, which leads to a low willingness of demand-side response and poor flexibility in the interaction mechanism between su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,720 Views
23 Pages

Demand-Side Management of Smart Distribution Grids Incorporating Renewable Energy Sources

  • Gerardo J. Osório,
  • Miadreza Shafie-khah,
  • Mohamed Lotfi,
  • Bernardo J. M. Ferreira-Silva and
  • João P. S. Catalão

1 January 2019

The integration of renewable energy resources (RES) (such as wind and photovoltaic (PV)) on large or small scales, in addition to small generation units, and individual producers, has led to a large variation in energy production, adding uncertainty...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
6,929 Views
27 Pages

An Efficient Power Scheduling in Smart Homes Using Jaya Based Optimization with Time-of-Use and Critical Peak Pricing Schemes

  • Omaji Samuel,
  • Sakeena Javaid,
  • Nadeem Javaid,
  • Syed Hassan Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Khalil Afzal and
  • Farruh Ishmanov

14 November 2018

Presently, the advancements in the electric system, smart meters, and implementation of renewable energy sources (RES) have yielded extensive changes to the current power grid. This technological innovation in the power grid enhances the generation o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,032 Views
15 Pages

Building Automation and Control Systems and Electrical Distribution Grids: A Study on the Effects of Loads Control Logics on Power Losses and Peaks

  • Salvatore Favuzza,
  • Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito,
  • Fabio Massaro,
  • Rossano Musca,
  • Eleonora Riva Sanseverino,
  • Giuseppe Schillaci and
  • Gaetano Zizzo

15 March 2018

Growing home comfort is causing increasing energy consumption in residential buildings and a consequent stress in urban medium and low voltage distribution networks. Therefore, distribution system operators are obliged to manage problems related to t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,210 Views
21 Pages

11 September 2025

Electric arc furnace technology is a key factor in the sustainable transformation of the iron and steel industry. This study compares two discrete-time multi-objective optimization models—integer and mixed-integer linear programming—that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
6,827 Views
32 Pages

Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users

  • Sławomir Bielecki,
  • Tadeusz Skoczkowski,
  • Lidia Sobczak,
  • Janusz Buchoski,
  • Łukasz Maciąg and
  • Piotr Dukat

12 February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown can be regarded as a forced social experiment, the results of which show how to use energy under specific conditions. During this period, there was a reduction in electricity consumption at the level...

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