Utilization of a blockchainized reputation management service for performance enhancement of Smart Grid 2.0 applications

Yapa, Charithri, de Alwis, Chamitha, Liyanage, Madhusanka and Ekanayake, Janaka ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-3767 2024. Utilization of a blockchainized reputation management service for performance enhancement of Smart Grid 2.0 applications. Journal of Industrial Information Integration 39 , 100580. 10.1016/j.jii.2024.100580

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Abstract

Blockchain has become the technology enabler in delivering modern Smart Grid 2.0 functionalities. Many services including Peer-to-Peer energy trading, distribution network management, financial settlements, and energy data management are catered through blockchain-enabled platforms. However, areas such as service quality-based pricing strategies, supply–demand balancing in distribution system to attain enhanced reliability and consumption-oriented rewarding mechanisms need improving in order to achieve the full benefits of the envisaged grid architecture. In response, this study proposes a novel Blockchain-as-a-Service for Energy Trading (BaaSET) platform, which offers reputation-based services, executed through smart contracts for smart grid applications. Reputation-based grid operations are automatically executed through smart contracts deployed onto a blockchain. The reputation is estimated using power quality and reliability indices, obtained through grid measurements. Further, tests have been conducted to evaluate the associated latency and the implementation cost of the proposed blockchainized service architecture. Test results signify the performance to be comparatively better considering the state-of-the-art. The results further suggest alternatives to improve the scalability of the architecture, to cater the increasing number of stakeholders in the SG 2.0 environment.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2452-414X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	15 March 2024
Date of Acceptance:	23 January 2024
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 14:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166256

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