Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles Trends on Jointly-Acting Renewable Self-Consumers Groups

Extended forms of self-consumption, including jointly-acting renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities, are extremely promising instruments for the dissemination of renewable energies and the achievement of European targets regarding sustainability and reduction of greenhouse emissions. At the same time, electrification in the transportation sector is developing faster and faster, with great success also among private users. In this paper, we will consider an apartment building, the inhabitants of which, thanks to the installation of a photovoltaic and storage system, acts as a group of jointly-acting renewable self consumers, with the aim of gaining advantages in economic and environmental terms. In particular, the impact of the foreseen increase of electric vehicles owned by inhabitants in terms of costs and CO2 emissions is investigated. A range of possible scenarios will be considered, including different sizing and management criteria of the photovoltaic and storage system, with and without the establishment of a jointly-acting renewable self consumers group.