P2P Energy Exchange Architecture for Swarm Electrification-Driven PV Communities

Khaled Taouil (), Rahma Aloulou, Salma Bradai, Amal Gassara, Mohamed Wajdi Kharrat, Badii Louati and Michel Giordani
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Khaled Taouil: Laboratory of Signals, Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Networks (SM@RTS), Sfax 3021, Tunisia
Rahma Aloulou: Digital Research Center of Sfax, Sfax 3021, Tunisia
Salma Bradai: Orange Innovation Center, Tunis 1053, Tunisia
Amal Gassara: Digital Research Center of Sfax, Sfax 3021, Tunisia
Mohamed Wajdi Kharrat: Laboratory of Signals, Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Networks (SM@RTS), Sfax 3021, Tunisia
Badii Louati: Orange Innovation Center, Tunis 1053, Tunisia
Michel Giordani: Orange Innovation, 38240 Meylan, France

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-29

Abstract: Swarm electrification-driven communities face significant challenges, including implementing advanced distributed control in areas with limited ICT access and establishing trust among villagers hesitant to grant access to their assets. This paper proposes a distributed DC microgrid architecture for P2P energy exchange in these communities, ensuring stability and an effective exchange operation. By implementing a Blockchain marketplace specifically designed to suit the rural context, the proposed architecture ensures tracing of exchange transactions to fairly settle participants. Validation experiments demonstrate its efficacy in achieving peak shaving. It provides 11% of the requester’s total demand from the community even while maintaining the constraint of reducing discharge–charge cycles to one per day, thereby preserving battery life. Additionally, the solution reduces prosumer production losses by 16% of the total PV production.

Keywords: swarm electrification; rural PV communities; DC microgrids; Blockchain; P2P energy exchange; community-shared loads (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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