Self-consumption, whether individual or collective, has been one of the few, if not the only, way to respond to several energy issues, including greening production by using wind, solar and even hydro renewable energy and the scourge of energy poverty, which impacts more than 80 million Europeans.
Many residential customers, companies and local authorities are turning to a simple, fast and economical solution for producing their own electricity. Today, there are nearly 240,000 self-consumption installations in France (source: Enedis Open Data, 4th quarter 2022). There are two types of self-consumption: individual and collective.
Self-consumptionand energy self-sufficiency are two concepts that together form the basis of an energy community. In fact, that which is lacking with individual self-consumption in order to reach energy independence can be provided by collective self-consumption, achieved by sharing energy between equals. Self-consumption is the consumption of
Collective self-consumption is called to be a crucial part of the current energy transition. In addition to the advantages of individual self-consumption, the possibility of improving economic
Abstract. Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can play a key role in ecosystems by satisfying the energy needs of people and businesses, helping countries become energy independent and propelling nations towards a climate-neutral future. Within this context, collective self-consumption (CSC) represents a new challenge, anchored in a new
Self-consumption consists of consuming the electricity that you produce yourself using photovoltaic panels set up on the roof of a building, on car park shelters, or on the ground. Residential customers equipped with solar panels without a storage solution produce 30% of their electricity needs on average*.
Producing and consuming your own solar electricity and sharing it locally is possible with collective self-consumption. The organisation and management of such a project can
To go beyond individual self-consumption of single prosumers, collective forms of self-consumption take advantage of load aggregation to further optimize the use of resources (Frieden et al. 1
To date 1,700 customers have joined the residential ''Mon Soleil & Moi'' service. EDF claimed that with an average 60% self-consumption rate for 3kW solar systems, its new smart management
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can play a key role in ecosystems by satisfying the energy needs of people and businesses, helping countries become energy independent and propelling nations towards a climate-neutral future. Within this context, collective self-consumption (CSC) represents a new challenge, anchored in a new conception of the
Similarly to what happens in individual self-consumption, in CSC projects, the energy generated by the collective technologies must be self-consumed or exported to the distribution grid. Thus, energy transactions must be supported by sophisticated smart metering and ICT infrastructures, required to keep track of energy and cash flows.
To accelerate the energy transition, the EU "Clean Energy for all Europeans" package aims to strengthen the involvement of end consumers in the energy market. To this end, together with so-called
B. Collective self-consumption Individual self-consumption has been defined for some years and encouraged measured datawith financial incentives and cheaper costs of PV systems. In 2009, Germany has given a framework for individual self-consumption with the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), with specific tariff options for
Another relatively new concept related to the integration of local renewable energies is the self-consumption. Unlike micro-grids, the self-consumption concept
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can play a key role in ecosystems by satisfying the energy needs of people and businesses, helping countries become energy independent and propelling nations
collective self-consumption in, e.g., multi-apartment buildings, an activity that is also promoted by the REDII. The main aim of this paper is to understand, compare, and assess the emerging