Modeling of demand side shifting potentials for smart power grids

Abstract

Outlining the potential of demand response or load shifting techniques is vital for the smart power grid. While different approaches exist on how to model the demand response ability of different consuming nodes or whole subsystems of the power grid, the existing approaches tend to show the maximum amount of shiftable energy at any given point of time without taking into account the correlation between the temporal duration of shifted energy and its amount. A different approach that tries to solve this question is presented. The outlined solution includes the possibility to include the estimation on possible rebound effects that could happen by introducing demand response techniques.