Browsing by Author "Afxentis, Stavros"

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      Analysis of ‘Increase Self-Consumption’ Battery Energy Storage System Use - A Residential Case Study in Cyprus 

      Chatzigeorgiou, Nikolas; Afxentis, Stavros; Panagiotou, Konstantina; Georghiou, George E. (2019)
      This paper presents the case of the first grid-connected Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Cyprus, integrated with a residential rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system. The BESS assists in increasing the household's ...
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      Economic viability of battery energy storage system applications 

      Yianni, Christos; Florides, Michalis; Afxentis, Stavros; Efthymiou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George E. (2018)
      Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) can provide a number of applications to the grid operators, utilities and consumers, with different financial potentials. In this paper, services and application cases with high economic ...
    • Article  

      Energy class dependent residential battery storage sizing for PV systems in Cyprus 

      Afxentis, Stavros; Florides, Michalis; Machamint, Vasilis; Yianni, Christos; Norgaard, Per; Bindner, Hendrik; Kathan, Johannes; Brunner, Helfried; Mayr, Christoph; Anastassiou, Charalambos; Efthymiou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George Elia (2019)
      Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have started to be part of the photovoltaic (PV) system design to allow the further penetration of PV into the grid. This study deals with the sizing (power and energy capacity) of a ...
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      Enhancing storage integration in buildings with photovoltaics (PV-ESTIA project) 

      Nousdilis, Angelos I.; Kryonidis, Georgios C.; Kontis, Eleftherios O.; Papagiannis, Grigoris K.; Christoforidis, Georgios C.; Bouhouras, Aggelos S.; Georghiou, George; Afxentis, Stavros; Papageorgiou, Ioannis; Veleva, Sanja; Kacarska, Marija; Glamocanin, Vlastimir; Kisyov, Petar (2018)
      European Union's energy targets for 2030 include the transformation of the building stock to nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs). NZEBs are characterized by reduced net-energy demand, since most of their energy needs are ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Improved self-consumption in residential buildings using coupled PV-BES systems 

      Afxentis, Stavros (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2023-05-16)
      Environmental concerns about fossil fuel resources for electricity generation lead towards the integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into the modern power grid. Solar photovoltaics is the most widely used technology ...
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      Residential battery storage sizing based on daily PV production and consumption load profile characterization 

      Afxentis, Stavros; Florides, Michalis; Theocharides, Spyros; Venizelou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George (2018)
      The integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to existing grid-connected residential PV systems can reduce issues stemming from the increased PV penetration and at the same time improve the performance of the ...