Blockchain-Based Smart Grids

Examines developments and guidelines on integrating energy applications with smart grids related to blockchain technology

Examines developments and guidelines on integrating energy applications with smart grids related to blockchain technology

• Considers the current challenges facing smart grids and presents solutions on how blockchain technology could counter these issues

• Incorporates detailed applications of blockchain in smart grids based on dynamic research and developments

• Includes models, algorithms, and frameworks to practically demonstrate the uses of blockchain technology

• Written by a global group of authors for worldwide coverage

Blockchain-Based Smart Grids presents emerging applications of blockchain in electrical system and looks to future developments in the use of blockchain technology in the energy market. Rapid growth of renewable energy resources in power systems and significant developments in the telecommunication systems has resulted in new market designs being employed to cover unpredictable and distributed generation of electricity. This book considers the marriage of blockchain and grid modernization, and discusses the transaction shifts in smart grids, from centralized to peer-to-peer structures. In addition, it addresses the effective application of these structures to speed up processes, resulting in more flexible electricity systems.

Aimed at moving towards blockchain-based smart grids with renewable applications, this book is useful to researchers and practitioners in all sectors of smart grids, including renewable energy providers, manufacturers and professionals involved in electricity generation from renewable sources, grid modernization, and smart grid applications.

About the Editor

Dr. Miadreza Shafie-khah is a professor at the University of Vaasa, Finland. He is the editor-in-chief and associate editor of several prestigious journals and guest editor of various special issues on smart grids and smart cities. He has been the coordinator of several projects in demand response, decentralized electricity markets, and multiagent systems. He is an IEEE senior member and published more than 300 journal papers, book chapters, and conference papers.