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April 11, 2024
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Distributed photovoltaics provides key benefits for a highly renewable European energy system

Publicated to: APPLIED ENERGY. 360 122721- - 2024-04-15 360(), DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122721

Authors:

Rahdan, P; Zeyen, E; Cristobal, GC; Victoria, M
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Affiliations

Aarhus Univ, iCLIMATE Interdisciplinary Ctr Climate Change - Author
Novo Nord Fdn CO2 Res Ctr, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 - Author
Tech Univ Berlin, Dept Digital Transformat Energy Syst, Einsteinufer 25 TA 8 - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Aircraft & Space Vehicles Dept, Plaza Cardenal Cisneros 3 - Author
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Abstract

Distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are projected to be a key contributor to future energy landscape, but are often poorly represented in energy models due to their distributed nature. They have higher costs compared to utility PV, but offer additional advantages, e.g., in terms of social acceptance. Here, we model the European power network with a high spatial resolution of 181 nodes and a 2-hourly temporal resolution. We use a simplified model of distribution and transmission networks that allows the representation of power distribution losses and differentiates between utility and distributed generation and storage. Three scenarios, including a sector-coupled scenario with heating, transport, and industry are investigated. The results show that incorporating distributed solar PV leads to total system cost reduction in all scenarios (1.4% for power sector, 1.9-3.7% for sector-coupled). The achieved cost reductions primarily stem from demand peak reduction and lower distribution capacity requirements because of self-consumption from distributed solar. This also enhances self-sufficiency for countries. The role of distributed PV is noteworthy in the sector-coupled scenario and is helped by other distributed technologies including heat pumps and electric vehicle batteries.
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Keywords

CostsDistributed generationDistribution gridEnergy system modelingHome batteriesRooftop solar pvTransitionTransmissionTrends

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal APPLIED ENERGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 12/176, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Chemical. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-04:

  • WoS: 32
  • Scopus: 38
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 71.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 71 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 24.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 21 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Denmark; Germany.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GALLEGO CASTILLO, CRISTOBAL JOSE) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GALLEGO CASTILLO, CRISTOBAL JOSE.

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