Increasing photovoltaic self-consumption with game theory and blockchain

Matthieu Stephant; Dhaker Abbes; Kahina Hassam-Ouar; Antoine Labrunie; Benoît Robyns

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Increasing photovoltaic self-consumption with game theory and blockchain

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.27-10-2020.166770,
    author={Matthieu Stephant and Dhaker Abbes and Kahina Hassam-Ouar and Antoine Labrunie and Beno\"{\i}t Robyns},
    title={Increasing photovoltaic self-consumption with game theory and blockchain},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web},
    volume={8},
    number={34},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={EW},
    year={2020},
    month={10},
    keywords={Photovoltaic self-consumption, Game theory, Blockchain, Energy communities},
    doi={10.4108/eai.27-10-2020.166770}
}

Matthieu Stephant
Dhaker Abbes
Kahina Hassam-Ouar
Antoine Labrunie
Benoît Robyns
Year: 2020
Increasing photovoltaic self-consumption with game theory and blockchain
EW
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-10-2020.166770

Matthieu Stephant¹^,*, Dhaker Abbes¹, Kahina Hassam-Ouar², Antoine Labrunie³, Benoît Robyns¹

1: Univ. Lille, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Centrale Lille, Junia, ULR 2697 - L2EP, F-59000 Lille, France
2: HEI, Junia, 13 Rue de Toul, 59000, Lille, France
3: Greenbirdie, 13 rue Raymond Losserand, 75014 Paris, France

*Contact email: matthieu.stephant@yncrea.fr

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This paper presents a distributed approach to optimise self-consumption on a local energy community containing photovoltaic generators, electric vehicles, loads and a storage system. OBJECTIVES: The goal is to maximise energy sharing between users while preserving the indivual objectives of each user. METHODS: Game theory is employed to model users’ behavior and preferences. A distributed algorithm is used to solve the optimisation problem. In addition, a physical model of the grid is built to verify if the solutions respect grid constraints. Finally, a private blockchain environnement is deployed to concretely implement this distributed framework with a smart contract. RESULTS: It is shown that the proposed approach effectively leads to an increase of self-consumption rate on the local grid. CONCLUSION: The proposed distributed framework, combining game theory and blockchain, shows real potential to improve energy sharing on energy communities.

Keywords: Photovoltaic self-consumption, Game theory, Blockchain, Energy communities

Received: 2020-07-17
Accepted: 2020-10-22
Published: 2020-10-27
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.27-10-2020.166770

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