DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112282
论文题名: The flexibility gap: Socioeconomic and geographical factors driving residential flexibility
作者: Ribó-Pérez D. ; Heleno M. ; Álvarez-Bel C.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2021
卷: 153 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Energy inequality
; Energy transition
; Residential flexibility
; Spain
英文关键词: Domestic appliances
; Renewable energy resources
; Climate condition
; Electricity system
; Energy transitions
; Integrate renewable energies
; National markets
; Regional criteria
; Residential consumers
; Residential sectors
; Housing
英文摘要: Residential consumers are moving to the center of electricity systems and their flexibility is seen as a key resource to integrate renewable energy sources and support the grid. However, residential flexibility capacities are not homogeneous, as they depend on household appliances, comfort patterns, occupancy, and climate conditions. Here, we calculate the technical flexibility capacities of 45 consumer types in mainland Spain, organised according to income and regional criteria. We show that flexibility gaps exist at both regional and socioeconomic (income) levels with flexibility differences of up to 10 times more capacity between the household groups from the lowest to the highest capacities. These geographical and socioeconomic gaps in flexibility can lead to distortions in national markets and have the potential to exclude citizens from the provision of flexibility services. Our results show in quantitative terms that a consumer-centered approach without considering correcting measures nor these gaps in drafting energy policies may lead to increasing inequality levels in the residential sector. Under an economic competitive paradigm, households with lower income levels or located in regions with lower flexibility potential may be excluded from the provision of flexibility to the detriment of households with larger potential, raising justice concerns in a flexibility-based energy transition. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167984
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作者单位: IIE, Institute for Energy Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain; Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, MS: 90-1121, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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Ribó-Pérez D.,Heleno M.,Álvarez-Bel C.. The flexibility gap: Socioeconomic and geographical factors driving residential flexibility[J]. Energy Policy,2021-01-01,153