Energy management including photovoltaic panel and energy storage for Smart Grids through mobile application

Abstract

Power systems are undergoing fundamental changes, with emphasis on low-carbon and responsibility on the demand side. This transformation consists on modernization of generation, transmission, distribution and consumer technologies, providing to consumers more participation in managing their energy usage and generation through medias that are part of everyday life, as applications on mobile devices. This paper presents methods for monitoring and controlling the energy consumption and generation using photovoltaic system with energy storage in Smart Grid through a mobile application. It proposes energy consumption's analysis methods, establishment of goal of energy consumption, means to load and storage energy control. The mobile application is presented along with its functional description. Through this application, the costumer may visualize its energy consumption and generation data in a time of use tariff and use this information to support decisions to control its smart plugs and energy storage through schedules.