Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown can be regarded as a forced social experiment, the results of which show how to use energy under specific conditions. During this period, there was a reduction in electricity consumption at the level of the power system, but a different specificity d...
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doaj-edcc3234ac9b4efc9a79174c4daa98ce2021-02-13T00:05:33ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-02-011498098010.3390/en14040980Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential UsersSławomir Bielecki0Tadeusz Skoczkowski1Lidia Sobczak2Janusz Buchoski3Łukasz Maciąg4Piotr Dukat5Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 21/25 Nowowiejska St., 00–665 Warsaw, PolandWarsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 21/25 Nowowiejska St., 00–665 Warsaw, PolandWarsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Management, 85 Narbutta St., 02-524 Warsaw, PolandWarsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 21/25 Nowowiejska St., 00–665 Warsaw, Polandinnogy Stoen Operator Sp. z o.o., 46 Piękna St., 00–672 Warsaw, Polandinnogy Stoen Operator Sp. z o.o., 46 Piękna St., 00–672 Warsaw, PolandThe COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown can be regarded as a forced social experiment, the results of which show how to use energy under specific conditions. During this period, there was a reduction in electricity consumption at the level of the power system, but a different specificity distinguishes the group of household users. The article aims at presenting and analysing the identified issues concerning residential electricity users based on the experience from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Data from energy meters from almost 7000 flats in Warsaw’s housing estates during the lockdown in 2020 and the analogous period before the pandemic were used. The analysis showed that, on average, residential users staying practically the whole day in their flats increased their energy consumption, but without increasing their average daily peak power, smoothing the profile in the morning hours to the level reaching the peak power that had occurred in the analogous period before the lockdown. The peak power of the sections feeding the different numbers of dwellings also remained practically unchanged during the lockdown compared to the pre-pandemic period. The pressure to work and educate remotely should contribute to an increase in the digital competence of society, which may result in an increased interest in new forms of activity and cooperation based on demand-side response and prosumption mechanisms, with digital settlements for energy exchange and services.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/980power useCOVID-19 pandemiclockdownload profilesresidential electricity usersbootstrapping |
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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users |
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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users |
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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users |
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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users |
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impact of the lockdown during the covid-19 pandemic on electricity use by residential users |
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown can be regarded as a forced social experiment, the results of which show how to use energy under specific conditions. During this period, there was a reduction in electricity consumption at the level of the power system, but a different specificity distinguishes the group of household users. The article aims at presenting and analysing the identified issues concerning residential electricity users based on the experience from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Data from energy meters from almost 7000 flats in Warsaw’s housing estates during the lockdown in 2020 and the analogous period before the pandemic were used. The analysis showed that, on average, residential users staying practically the whole day in their flats increased their energy consumption, but without increasing their average daily peak power, smoothing the profile in the morning hours to the level reaching the peak power that had occurred in the analogous period before the lockdown. The peak power of the sections feeding the different numbers of dwellings also remained practically unchanged during the lockdown compared to the pre-pandemic period. The pressure to work and educate remotely should contribute to an increase in the digital competence of society, which may result in an increased interest in new forms of activity and cooperation based on demand-side response and prosumption mechanisms, with digital settlements for energy exchange and services. |
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