Can energy storage technologies improve urban energy performance?

Summary of findings and limitations The case study's results, summarized in Table 7, demonstrated that the scope and economic potential of different energy storage technologies and configurations (single and hybrid) for improving the energy performance of an urban energy community depends on (and varies with) its built context (form and function).

Does urban context influence energy storage prospects?

Case study The case study intends to demonstrate the merits of the analytical framework and exhibit the influence of urban context on energy storage prospects. It evaluates and compares the techno-economic potential of ESSs (of single and hybrid types) for improving the performance of energy communities of different urban built types.

Does community energy storage meet performance objectives?

Previous studies on community energy storage have largely focused on system design and operations to meet certain performance objectives such as maximum self-sufficiency (Dorahaki et al., 2023; Fan et al., 2022; Guo et al., 2021; Kang, et al., 2023, 2023; Tostado-Véliz et al., 2022).

What is the economic potential of energy storage type?

Economic potential of energy storage type varies with the built context. Li-ion batteries are economically viable solution for self-sufficiency improvement. Reversible fuel cells are suitable as a long-term storage solution.

Are prosumer buildings a performance potential of urban energy communities?

An expanded version of this model (Mussawar et al., 2023) covered both the community and individual configurations of prosumer buildings to study the performance potential of urban energy communities with respect to their built form and function (land-area wise proportions of different building use-types).

Can a hybrid energy storage system improve community performance?

The optimization model evaluates the storage types altogether and can suggest a hybrid storage solution. The case study findings highlight that the prospects of energy storage systems (multiple types) for the communities intending to enhance their collective performance in an economically viable manner vary with different urban contexts.