Decentralized Microgrids

Abstract

The development of renewable energy is accompanied by new requirements traditio- nally not met by the existing power grid and its accounting processes. In an effort to support power exchange between the micro-producers, a native peer-to-peer model for power trades is developed on top of a redefined grid topology. Through direct physical power links, peers control their own end and can police their power exchanges. While conforming to a set of exchange rules, power routers can interconnect peers in this to- pology and are designed to meet that control and power exchange. By connecting the peer consumption, production, and storage facilities as well, power routers regulate and manage the peer’s energy. Power regulation, power negotiation and power accounting subsystems allow power routers to interface with the electrical layer, negotiate power with other power routers and handle payments. In addition to a decision subsystem reflecting the peer’s trade profile, the power router is able to organize consumption, production and power exchange accordingly.