From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption Plans

The increasing use of renewable energy sources in national electricity networks is challenging because of intermittence, i.e., the fact that the availability of the fuel (e.g., solar irradiance, wind) is volatile. This is a new challenge for the energy sector that has led to much research about ener...

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Main Author: Michel Leseure
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6388
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description The increasing use of renewable energy sources in national electricity networks is challenging because of intermittence, i.e., the fact that the availability of the fuel (e.g., solar irradiance, wind) is volatile. This is a new challenge for the energy sector that has led to much research about energy storage. In the manufacturing sector, dealing with the volatility of demand is not a new problem and is addressed by the application of aggregate production planning techniques. Solving an aggregate production planning problem is about finding the best trade-off because capacity and inventory utilization. This paper explores the application of this technique to energy management problems and explains how it can be used as a complementary solution to energy storage, showing how industrial entities can play an active role in greening the electricity sector, solely through a different planning of their inventory levels.
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spelling doaj-art-3c2e4f5ea3774c5a8df770b0048482052024-12-27T14:23:40ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-011724638810.3390/en17246388From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption PlansMichel Leseure0School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UKThe increasing use of renewable energy sources in national electricity networks is challenging because of intermittence, i.e., the fact that the availability of the fuel (e.g., solar irradiance, wind) is volatile. This is a new challenge for the energy sector that has led to much research about energy storage. In the manufacturing sector, dealing with the volatility of demand is not a new problem and is addressed by the application of aggregate production planning techniques. Solving an aggregate production planning problem is about finding the best trade-off because capacity and inventory utilization. This paper explores the application of this technique to energy management problems and explains how it can be used as a complementary solution to energy storage, showing how industrial entities can play an active role in greening the electricity sector, solely through a different planning of their inventory levels.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6388aggregate planningsustainabilityenergy management
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From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption Plans
Energies
aggregate planning
sustainability
energy management
title From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption Plans
title_full From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption Plans
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title_short From Aggregate Production Planning to Aggregate Energy Industrial Consumption Plans
title_sort from aggregate production planning to aggregate energy industrial consumption plans
topic aggregate planning
sustainability
energy management
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6388
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