This book addresses the problem of building an optimal community energy network in a decentralized distributed energy context. The book introduces a few novel modeling frameworks to assist a single customer or a community of multiple end-user customers in building their optimal electricity system/network and operating their own local energy system. The content of the book is suitable for students, academics and industrial practitioners studying or working in the area of energy management and smart grid energy networks.

Inhalt
Introduction to Distributed Generation Storage.- Section 1: Single Customer.- Modeling Framework of Distributed Generation Storage.- Photovoltaic Battery Systems.- Portfolio Optimization.- Feasibility of Leaving the Grid.- Section 2: Community Energy Network.- Modeling of Non-Cooperating Energy Networks.- Modeling Framework for Cooperating Energy Network with Distributed Generation Storage.- Optimal Operation of a Community Energy Network with Photovoltaic Battery.- Management of a Small Community Network with Multiple Energy and Storage Sources.