Demand Side Management for the European Supergrid: Occupancy variances of European single-person households

The prospect of a European Supergrid calls for research on aggregate electricity peak demand and Europe‐wide Demand Side Management. No attempt has been made as yet to represent a time‐related demand curve of residential electricity consumption at the European level. This article assesses how active occupancy levels of single‐person households vary in single‐person household in 15 European countries. It makes use of occupancy time‐series data from the Harmonised European Time Use Survey database to build European occupancy curves; identify peak occupancy periods; construct time‐related electricity demand curves for TV and video watching activities and assess occupancy variances of single‐person households.