Development and test of distributed ledger technologies applications in a microgrid distributed control D. Coll-Mayor, A. Notholt   2019/07/15

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of a setof research projects being developed at the distributed resources laboratory at the University of Reutlingen. The main aim of these projects is to couple distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) with distributed control of microgrids. Firstly, a DLT based solution for a local market platform has been developed. This enables end customers to participate in new local micro-energy-markets by providing them with a distributed, decentralized, transparent and secure Peer to Peer (P2P) payment system. Secondly, this solution has been integrated with an autonomous (agent-based) grid management. The integrated solution of both marked platform as well as agent based control has been implemented and tested in a real microgrid with different distributed components such as PV System, CHP and different kinds of controllable loads. This microgrid is located in the distributed energy resources laboratory at the University of Reutlingen. Thirdly, the resulting solution is being implemented as an easy to customize market solution by AC2SG Software Oy, a Finland based software company, developing solutions for the Indian market. In a next phase, the solution is going to be tested in real environment in off-grids systems in India.

Authors and affiliations

D. Coll-Mayor1, A. Notholt1
1 School of Engineering. Reutlingen University. Reutlingen (Germany)

Key words

Distributed markets, distributed ledger technologies, blockchain, distributed energy resources, off-grid systems.

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