Peak shaving
Peak shaving or peak load capping is a method of load control in the energy industry . The aim of Peak Shaving is the history from the power network related performance to stabilize. Here, power peaks are cut ( shaved ) by means of load shifting, load shedding or energy storage systems .
application
Peak shaving can generally be used by every electricity consumer. Due to economic considerations, however, it is of particular interest to electricity consumers with registered power measurement, in which the power requirement of a pantograph is recorded every quarter of an hour. In the German electricity network, network operators have the option of allocating any network charges to the electricity consumption of the respective network area. For this purpose, network charges are levied in the form of performance-dependent prices for electricity purchase. This performance-dependent component of the electricity bill refers to the maximum performance demand of a quarter of an hour of a period. This period can be set as a year or a month.
With the help of peak shaving, this maximum power demand can be reduced by means of load shifting, load shedding or energy storage systems. Depending on the service price, this can result in lucrative business models. Particularly in the context of the German energy transition and the associated increase in investments in the public power grid, rising power prices and thus an increasing incentive for peak shaving can be expected.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peak Shaving. In: Glossary. Renewable Energy Agency, accessed June 14, 2020 .
- ↑ § 12 StromNZV - single standard. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ StromNEV - unofficial table of contents. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ What is peak shaving? Next Kraftwerke GmbH, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Fabian Hinz, Daniel Iglhaut, Tobias Frevel, Dominik Möst: Estimation of the development of network usage charges in Germany . May 12, 2014 ( nbn-resolving.org [accessed June 14, 2020]).