Distributed ledger technology for fully automated congestion management

Energy Informatics

Martin Trschel¹  Matthias Postina²  Astrid Niee⁵  Sebastian Lehnhoff⁶  Stephan Balduin⁶  Norman Ihle⁷ 

[1] Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg, Germany, Oldenburg, Germany;D Division Energy, OFFIS –EWE AG, Oldenburg, Germany, Oldenburg, Germany;Energy Informatics, Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, Oldenburg, Germany;Group Energy Informatics, Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Leibniz UniversitäR&t Hannover, Hannover, Germany

关键词: Congestion management;    Distributed energy scheduling;    Blockchain;    Distributed ledger technology;    Agent-based control;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42162-018-0033-3

学科分类：计算机网络和通讯

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Congestion management in distribution grids is an important task for distribution grid operators, both from a financial and a technological perspective. Whereas large generation units and large controllable loads might in general be controllable in a manual way, this is no option for small distributed generators and loads. With flexibility control in multiple owner scenarios, documentation, transparency and automation are of crucial importance. In this work, we present a fully automated congestion management approach based on a combination of distributed ledger technology and distributed algorithms in an agent-based architectural approach. We present a case study focused on the visualization of the concept and discuss the advantages and possible challenges for this approach. Whereas distributed ledger technology has been introduced for peer-to-peer energy trading within the last years, no similar approach has been presented yet for stable distribution grid management.

【 授权许可】

CC BY