Blockchain-Based Smart Grids

Examines developments and guidelines on integrating energy applications with smart grids related to blockchain technology

Miadreza Shafie-khah (Edited by)

9780128178621, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 30 April 2020

232 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.34 kg

Blockchain-Based Smart Grids presents emerging applications of blockchain in electrical system and looks to future developments in the use of blockchain technology in the energy market. Rapid growth of renewable energy resources in power systems and significant developments in the telecommunication systems has resulted in new market designs being employed to cover unpredictable and distributed generation of electricity. This book considers the marriage of blockchain and grid modernization, and discusses the transaction shifts in smart grids, from centralized to peer-to-peer structures. In addition, it addresses the effective application of these structures to speed up processes, resulting in more flexible electricity systems.

1. Introductory chapter: An overview of the book 2. A panorama of applications of blockchain technology to energy 3. Transition towards blockchain-based electricity trading market 4. Decentralized operation of interdependent power and energy networks: Blockchain and security 5. The role of various market participants in blockchain business model 6. Blockchain and its application fields in both power economy and demand side management 7. Blockchain-based demand response using prosumers scheduling 8. Blockchain in decentralized demand-side control of microgrids 9. Blockchain for decentralized optimization of energy sources: EV charging coordination via blockchain-based charging power quota trading 10. Islanded microgrid management based on blockchain communication 11. Blockchain-based protection schemes of DC microgrids

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]