TY - GEN
T1 - A Framework for Collaborative Virtual Power Plant Ecosystem
AU - Adu-Kankam, Kankam O.
AU - Camarinha-Matos, Luís M.
N1 - Funding Information:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00066%2F2020/PT#
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - The notion of Collaborative Virtual Power Plant Ecosystem (CVPP-E) contributes to an effective organization of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in such a way that they can act or exhibit the attributes of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). This concept is derived by merging or integrating principles, organizational structures, and mechanism from the domain of Collaborative Networks (CN) into the area of VPPs. The expectation is that if actors in the RECs engage in collaborative actions this would enable a REC to perform functions that are similar to a VPP. Conceptually, the CVPP-E is constituted of a community manager, a common community energy storage system, prosumers who own a combination of photovoltaic and a battery storage system, and passive consumers, all connected to an energy grid. The key attribute of this proposed ecosystem is that members engage in collective actions or collaborative ventures that are based on a common goal and aimed at achieving sustainable energy generation, consumption, and vending. In this study, we present a high-level model for the aspects of collaboration in the CVPP-E. This involves the compatible/common goals framework, the sharing framework, and the collective actions framework. These frameworks serve as the backbone of the CVPP-E and play a vital role in the modelling of a CVPP-E. Various simulation scenarios are used to assess the proposed model.
AB - The notion of Collaborative Virtual Power Plant Ecosystem (CVPP-E) contributes to an effective organization of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in such a way that they can act or exhibit the attributes of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). This concept is derived by merging or integrating principles, organizational structures, and mechanism from the domain of Collaborative Networks (CN) into the area of VPPs. The expectation is that if actors in the RECs engage in collaborative actions this would enable a REC to perform functions that are similar to a VPP. Conceptually, the CVPP-E is constituted of a community manager, a common community energy storage system, prosumers who own a combination of photovoltaic and a battery storage system, and passive consumers, all connected to an energy grid. The key attribute of this proposed ecosystem is that members engage in collective actions or collaborative ventures that are based on a common goal and aimed at achieving sustainable energy generation, consumption, and vending. In this study, we present a high-level model for the aspects of collaboration in the CVPP-E. This involves the compatible/common goals framework, the sharing framework, and the collective actions framework. These frameworks serve as the backbone of the CVPP-E and play a vital role in the modelling of a CVPP-E. Various simulation scenarios are used to assess the proposed model.
KW - Collaborative networks
KW - Collective action framework
KW - Common goal framework
KW - Energy community
KW - Energy sharing
KW - Sharing framework
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-14844-6_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-14844-6_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85139041764
SN - 978-3-031-14843-9
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 151
EP - 166
BT - Collaborative Networks in Digitalization and Society 5.0
A2 - Camarinha-Matos, Luís M.
A2 - Ortiz, Angel
A2 - Boucher, Xavier
A2 - Osório, A. Luís
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
T2 - 23rd IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2022
Y2 - 19 September 2022 through 21 September 2022
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