Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Micro/Mini-Grids for Local Energy Communities: A Review and Case Study of Nepal

Ashish Shrestha; Rajiv Bishwokarma; Anish Chapagain; Sandesh Banjara; Shanta Aryal; Bijen Mali; Rajiv Thapa; Diwakar Bista; Barry P. Hayes; Antonis Papadakis; Petr Korba

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940751

IEEE Access (Jan 2019)

Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Micro/Mini-Grids for Local Energy Communities: A Review and Case Study of Nepal

Ashish Shrestha,
Rajiv Bishwokarma,
Anish Chapagain,
Sandesh Banjara,
Shanta Aryal,
Bijen Mali,
Rajiv Thapa,
Diwakar Bista,
Barry P. Hayes,
Antonis Papadakis,
Petr Korba

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Ashish Shrestha: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Rajiv Bishwokarma: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Anish Chapagain: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Sandesh Banjara: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Shanta Aryal: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Bijen Mali: NEA Engineering Company, Kathmandu, Nepal
Rajiv Thapa: Center for Electricity Trade Research and Facilitation, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Diwakar Bista: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Barry P. Hayes: School of Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Antonis Papadakis: Department of Electrical Engineering, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Petr Korba: School of Engineering, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940751
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 131911 – 131928

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Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are being integrated into the power market by customers rather than large scale energy suppliers, thereby slowly transforming the centralized, unidirectional market to a decentralized, bidirectional market and transitioning customers into prosumers. Various system architectures are used in the real field to coordinate the energy distribution in the micro/ mini-grids integrated with DERs, all of which have their strengths, weaknesses and challenges. Peer-to-peer (P2P) is an emerging architecture in the field of electrical energy trading and Distributed Generation (DG) management that can be applied in local energy markets. This paper focuses on P2P energy trading, with an in-depth discussion on its various operating algorithms, their principles, characteristics, features and scope through state of art review on P2P. Furthermore, the energy system of Nepal is used as a case study in this paper, and the micro/mini-grids of Nepal and their associated challenges, constraints and opportunities for improvement are discussed. Finally, an energy trading model is proposed to address the problems occurring in the specific case of Nepalese energy market.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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