Influence of Decentralization and Sector Coupling on the Load Profiles of the Remaining Grid Demand for the Private Household Sector in Germany
Abstract
Since Germany has embarked on a journey to transform its energy supply, the share of the renewable energies and decentralized energy supply has been increasing. The proposed German energy market for the year 2030 consists of 29% and 39% share from renewable energies and decentralized supply respectively, which is almost triple the share compared to the year 2010 (KPMG, 2015). The private household sector receive a constant electricity supply according to the standard load profiles developed by German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW, 2018). This paper focuses on the effects of the decentralized energy supply and sector coupling in private households on the standard load profiles. The electricity, heat and e-mobility load profiles are developed for the state of Thuringia in Germany and the effects of decentralized energy supply are analyzed. The prosumer load profiles are published in hourly resolution in the same format as standard load profiles.
Keywords
Energiewende, Energy transition, Load profiles, Grid analysis, Decentralized energy supply, Photovoltaics, Prosumer load profiles, Demand, Household sector, System analysis