Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
6-2017
Abstract
Electricity storage facilities, such as industrial batteries, are considered the “holy grail” in decarbonizing the electrical grid. They are being widely installed in commercial buildings, e.g., hospitals and shopping centers. We model the problem of managing electricity storage in a commercial building as a Markov Decision Process. Our numerical results, based on models calibrated to the electricity load profiles of 100 commercial buildings in the U.S., show that for every electricity load profile, storage operation may increase carbon emissions.
Keywords
electricity storage, commercial building, carbon emission, demand charge
Discipline
Energy Policy | Operations and Supply Chain Management
Research Areas
Operations Management
Publication
POMS-HK International 8th Conference 2017, January 7-8; MSOM 2017, June 20-21
First Page
1
Last Page
3
City or Country
Chapel Hill, NC
Citation
ZHOU, Yangfang (Helen).
Is electricity storage green? A study on commercial buildings. (2017). POMS-HK International 8th Conference 2017, January 7-8; MSOM 2017, June 20-21. 1-3.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5289
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Author
Creative Commons License
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