Integrated Local Energy Communities: From Concepts and Enabling Conditions to Optimal Planning and Operation

The book presents viable solutions for the realization of integrated local energy communities, addressing both technology as well as organizational, business and policy aspects.

Marialaura Di Somma is Research Engineer in the Smart Grid and Energy Networks Laboratory, Energy Technologies Department of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development). Her main research interests are design and operation optimization of distributed energy resources in the context of local energy systems.

Christina N. Papadimitriou is Assistant Professor in the research group Electrical Energy Systems at the TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Previously, she was a scientist at University of Cyprus and FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy. In this context, she participates in European and national projects related to smart grids and sustainable energy.