Self-Consumption of Residential PV Systems in Hamburg

Abstract

The analysis of self-consumption and self-sufficiency of household PV systems in Hamburg for the year 2021 is conducted in this thesis. The data for the analysis was obtained from a publicly accessible open-source database. This study aimed to determine the effects of implementing battery storage and integrating electric vehicles as energy storage systems on the patterns of self-consumption and self-sufficiency of residential PV systems. In this research, a total of 4490 Hamburg households with PV systems are accessed. The results clearly demonstrate how seasonal fluctuation affects self-consumption and self-sufficiency profiles. Furthermore, findings indicate that the adoption of battery storage and the penetration of electric vehicles significantly enhances self-consumption and self-sufficiency when compared to the absence of energy storage.