Optimal energy management scheme for multi-dwelling units with clustered energy storage systems

Energy storage system (ESS) has started to be adopted for home energy management. However, in multi-dwelling units that are common in the urban area, it is difficult to have enough space to install and operate ESS at home. In this work, installing clustered ESS in the shared space of multi-dwelling units is considered. For more effective operation the ESS resources are shared and virtually integrated to the individual houses. Simulations show that the proposed clustered ESS management scheme has outperformance than the conventional individual management scheme. In addition, the effect of the demand characteristic is also numerically measured.