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The Open Modeling Framework for smart grid cost-benefit analysis.
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Provide citations for best value of solar results in the literature. [5h] #272

Closed dpinney closed 9 years ago

dpinney commented 10 years ago

Currently, for consumerOwnedSolar #264 we can't monetize some solar value streams that the utility realizes: loss improvements, peak shaving, and of course all the things we haven't thought of yet.

To keep scope under control we need to stay away from benefits that are only realizable with new inverter standards. And we need to assume customers are net-metered.

This issue is vague. What we're ultimately looking for is citations for the best results we can find on value of solar. Bonus points for clear steps on how to monetize using variables off a form 7 plus PVWatts output.

dpinney commented 10 years ago

And thus begins the experiment on using github for ambiguous research instead of concrete bug tracking.

dpinney commented 10 years ago

We need more like 5 hours to dig into the RMI results.

dpinney commented 9 years ago

Can we add a good source of LCoE for residential solar panels as part of this issue too? I have good LCoE for utility-scale solar but don't have data on what consumers are being quoted by (e.g.) SolarCity when they have rooftop panels installed.

dpinney commented 9 years ago

Analysis by delysis is here.

After reading this, I think our best approach for GOSED is to try to monetize energy and loss reduction in solarRates, and do peak demand reduction if we have spare time. The difficulty with modeling peaks is we'd have to add SCADA data to the inputs to get time-of-day-of-peak, and we don't have a good way to get G&T-level data on coincident peak times.

I like the discussion of intermittent generation value distribution to members--we can pick up that discussion as part of DR efforts in 2015.