Fairness for distribution network hosting capacity

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Autores principales: Rubbers, Olivia, Kerckhove, Sari, Hashmi, Md Umar, Van Hertem, Dirk
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Publicado: 2025
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author Rubbers, Olivia
Kerckhove, Sari
Hashmi, Md Umar
Van Hertem, Dirk
author_facet Rubbers, Olivia
Kerckhove, Sari
Hashmi, Md Umar
Van Hertem, Dirk
contents The integration of distributed generation (DG) is essential to the energy transition but poses challenges for lowvoltage (LV) distribution networks (DNs) with limited hosting capacity (HC). This study incorporates multiple fairness criteria, utilitarian, egalitarian, bounded, and bargaining, into the HC optimisation framework to assess their impact. When applied to LV feeders of different sizes and topologies, the analysis shows that bargaining and upper-bounded fairness provide the best balance between efficiency and fairness. Efficiency refers to maximising the social welfare of the LV DNs, while fairness is proportional to the minimisation of disparity in opportunity for installing DG. Feeder topology significantly influences fairness outcomes, while feeder size affects total HC and the inherent fairness of feeders. These results emphasise the importance of regulatory incentives and network designs in order to facilitate fair and efficient DG integration.
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Rubbers, Olivia
Kerckhove, Sari
Hashmi, Md Umar
Van Hertem, Dirk
Systems and Control
The integration of distributed generation (DG) is essential to the energy transition but poses challenges for lowvoltage (LV) distribution networks (DNs) with limited hosting capacity (HC). This study incorporates multiple fairness criteria, utilitarian, egalitarian, bounded, and bargaining, into the HC optimisation framework to assess their impact. When applied to LV feeders of different sizes and topologies, the analysis shows that bargaining and upper-bounded fairness provide the best balance between efficiency and fairness. Efficiency refers to maximising the social welfare of the LV DNs, while fairness is proportional to the minimisation of disparity in opportunity for installing DG. Feeder topology significantly influences fairness outcomes, while feeder size affects total HC and the inherent fairness of feeders. These results emphasise the importance of regulatory incentives and network designs in order to facilitate fair and efficient DG integration.
title Fairness for distribution network hosting capacity
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16834