Papers and KPIs for the Evaluation of Renewable Energy Communities' Performance

This database contains the methodology used to explore and identify the papers that containes KPIs related to the evaluation of RECs performance. This methodology is divided into three phases: 1.1) Papers Exploration – Comprehensive search of papers in the field of RECs using Scopus and Web Of Science databases; 1.2) Papers Screening – Initial screening of collected literature based on research domain and accessibility; 1.3) Papers Eligibility – Further filtering papers by extracting those that explicitly define KPIs through mathematical formulations in the context of the RECs. In the Papers Exploration step, the authors conducted a systematic review of the state-of-the-art of literature on performance metrics in the context of the renewable energy community. The search was conducted in March 2024 using the search engines Scopus and Web Of Science (the used queries are detailed explain in thte database). The output of this phase is a large database of the most recent and relevant studies, cataloged by the following information: authors, article title, abstract, author keywords, index keywords, and year of publication. At this stage, only journal articles and research works published after 2010 were considered. In the Papers Screening phase, the articles are further filtered by the authors screening manually all papers based on keywords, titles, and abstracts, removing articles not relevant to the context of the RECs. In addition, articles for which it was not possible to access the full text are excluded. In the Papers Eligibility phase, the articles are entirely read to identify those articles that directly address the use of performance metrics. The eligibility criterion used by the reviewers’ team refers to the explicit definition of KPIs through mathematical formulas combined with their direct usage to evaluate RECs’ performances. The main objective of this phase is therefore to identify those articles that explicitly define and use KPIs, so that they can later be collected and labeled, based on their definition and usage. In additions, KPIs are extracted from the papers deemed elegible generating Tables A1, A2, A3 and A4. In these tables, similar KPIs are aggregated together in one single mathematical definition based on the methodology described in Key Performance Indicators for Renewable Energy Communities: A Comprehensive Review by Lorenzo Giannuzzo, Minuto Francesco Demetrio, Daniele Salvatore Schiera, Samuele Branchetti, Carlo Petrovic