Development and Application of Sustainable Assessment of Full Potentials in Distributed Energy Resources With Storage Behind the Meter

This work aims to multi-criteria assessment of a system with compound power sources and inter-connected. The basic methodology named Method of Computing and Valuation of Full Potentials (CVFP) is applied in a pilot project, in which CVFP has four dimensions of the development (Technic-economical, Environmental, Social, and Political) as the milestones for the multi-criteria assessment. In this case, a medium voltage consumer appears connected to the electricity distributor with a diesel generator plus a system of energy storage using batteries (battery energy storage systems). The study concludes that the option of using energy storage in smart grids offers more positive results than the diesel option in terms of social and environmental attributes (such as job creation and carbon dioxide [CO 2 ] emission mitigation). However, in technical and economic terms, storage still lacks incentives for its use, being a positive solution when focusing on future gains; diesel, on the other hand, is cheaper and requires maintenance based on already widespread technical knowledge. Politically, both sources lack regulatory aspects for their use; however, diesel, already widespread in the country, acts as a consumption-reducing agent during peak demand periods. On the other hand, the use of storage is not yet widely known and depends on equipment and international expertise. Therefore, storage combined with smart grids shows significant gains in mitigating emissions, which, in a process of seeking to replace non-clean sources and their social and environmental impacts, can be decisive in its selection.