LCS-FY2015-PP-10
Economical Evaluation of Energy Trading in a Collectively Receiving Apartment Complex in Which a Fuel Cell is Installed
Summary
Because of recent trend of realizing a low carbon society, fuel cell in residential sector has been attracting much attention. In order to promote introduction of fuel cell, a new system that each house in a condominium may accommodate surplus electricity which is made from fuel cells to other houses in the condominium is suggested.
We can decrease the system power supply dependency under this suggested system. However, the cost of household fuel cell is still expensive, so this system has bad business property now. This paper calculates the economy of the suggested system by simulating flow of electricity in the apartment complex, and discusses about the price of fuel cell which can establish the system successfully.