A review of multi agent based decentralised energy management issues

Abstract

This paper proposes the concept of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) management, based on dynamic clustering of energy resources for better coordination of supply and demand. A review on load profiling and forecasting mechanisms is provided which to be utilised in building knowledge, needed for local and global coordination. To avoid large scale complexities, a decentralised control approach with Multi Agent System (MAS) is deployed. A review on MAS technologies and their application in power system is presented. With MAS we provide a framework for designing producer, consumer and cluster agents. These agents further negotiate Service Level Agreements for managing supply and demand and optimally utilizing the energy resources.