Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids
With the rapidly growing energy consumption and the rising number of prosumers, next-generation energy management systems are facing significant impacts by peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, which will enable prosumers to sell and purchase energy locally. Until now, the large-scale deployment of P2P...
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| description | With the rapidly growing energy consumption and the rising number of prosumers, next-generation energy management systems are facing significant impacts by peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, which will enable prosumers to sell and purchase energy locally. Until now, the large-scale deployment of P2P energy trading has still posed many technical challenges for both physical and virtual layers. Although the communication infrastructure represents the cornerstone to enabling real-time monitoring and control, less attention has been given to the performance of different communication technologies to support P2P implementations. This work investigates the scalability and performance of the communication infrastructure that supports P2P energy trading on a community microgrid. Five levels make up the developed P2P architecture: the power grid, communication network, cloud management, blockchain, and application. Based on the IEC 61850 standard, we developed a communication network model for a smart consumer that comprised renewable energy sources and energy storage devices. Two different scenarios were investigated: a home area network for a smart prosumer and a neighborhood area network for a community-based P2P architecture. Through simulations, the suggested network models were assessed for their channel bandwidth and end-to-end latency utilizing different communication technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4093c39ce0d4fedaa2f1fa54e72b9622023-11-18T16:30:40ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-07-011613511610.3390/en16135116Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community MicrogridsAli M. Eltamaly0Mohamed A. Ahmed1Sustainable Energy Technologies Center, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso 2390123, ChileWith the rapidly growing energy consumption and the rising number of prosumers, next-generation energy management systems are facing significant impacts by peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, which will enable prosumers to sell and purchase energy locally. Until now, the large-scale deployment of P2P energy trading has still posed many technical challenges for both physical and virtual layers. Although the communication infrastructure represents the cornerstone to enabling real-time monitoring and control, less attention has been given to the performance of different communication technologies to support P2P implementations. This work investigates the scalability and performance of the communication infrastructure that supports P2P energy trading on a community microgrid. Five levels make up the developed P2P architecture: the power grid, communication network, cloud management, blockchain, and application. Based on the IEC 61850 standard, we developed a communication network model for a smart consumer that comprised renewable energy sources and energy storage devices. Two different scenarios were investigated: a home area network for a smart prosumer and a neighborhood area network for a community-based P2P architecture. Through simulations, the suggested network models were assessed for their channel bandwidth and end-to-end latency utilizing different communication technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/13/5116communication infrastructureP2P energy tradingsmart prosumermicrogrid |
| spellingShingle | Ali M. Eltamaly Mohamed A. Ahmed Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids Energies communication infrastructure P2P energy trading smart prosumer microgrid |
| title | Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids |
| title_full | Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids |
| title_fullStr | Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids |
| title_short | Performance Evaluation of Communication Infrastructure for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Community Microgrids |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of communication infrastructure for peer to peer energy trading in community microgrids |
| topic | communication infrastructure P2P energy trading smart prosumer microgrid |
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