Lifecycle cost and CO2 emissions of residential heat and electricity prosumers in Finland and the Netherlands

Benjamin Manrique Delgado; Rajesh Kotireddy; Sunliang Cao; Ala Hasan; Pieter Jan Hoes; Jan L.M. Hensen; Kai Sirén

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2018.01.069

Lifecycle cost and CO₂ emissions of residential heat and electricity prosumers in Finland and the Netherlands

Benjamin Manrique Delgado^*
, Rajesh Kotireddy
, Sunliang Cao
, Ala Hasan
, Pieter Jan Hoes
, Jan L.M. Hensen
, Kai Sirén

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aalto University
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

The complexity of finding solutions to reach energy sustainability in the built environment poses a significant challenge. Therefore, there is interest in adequate management of the generation, conversion, storage, use and exchange of heat and electricity. The novelty of this study exists in presenting and comparing multiobjective optimizations for operational CO₂ emissions and lifecycle costs (LCC) of heat and electricity prosumers in the Netherlands and Finland, with and without net-metering. The premise relies on using surplus electricity to drive heat pumps for heat export instead of exporting surplus electricity. In the Netherlands, the calculated cost optimal solutions consist of using surplus electricity to drive an air source heat pump and export heat, with CO₂ emissions and ΔLCC of −41.1 kgCO₂eq/(m² a) and €−69.7/m² (22% lower), respectively. In Finland, the heat export strategy allows a ΔLCC of €−24.5/m² (8% lower), with CO₂ emissions reduced by −32.5 kgCO₂eq/(m² a). Without net-metering, the ΔLCC of the energy system rises to €−4/m² in the Netherlands; with net metering, the ΔLCC lowers to €−65.6/m² in Finland. The results indicate the potential for significant economic and emission reductions in heat and electricity prosumers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	495-508
Journal	Energy Conversion and Management
Volume	160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.01.069
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The research by the first, fourth and seventh listed author was funded by the Academy of Finland Consortium Project “Advanced Energy Matching for Zero-Energy Buildings in Future Smart Hybrid Networks”. Special thanks to ISOVER and Fortum for supplying the measured data and information about Villa ISOVER.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

COemissions
Heat and electricity prosumers
LCC
Multiobjective optimization
Renewable energy systems

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