Virtual Power Plant Management in Smart Grids with XMPP Based IEC 61850 Communication

Communication plays a key role in the effective management of virtual power plants (VPPs). For effective and stable operation of VPPs, a reliable, secure, and standardized communication infrastructure is required. In the literature, efforts were made to develop this based on industry standards, such as the IEC 60870-5-104, OpenADR 2.0b and IEC 61850. Due to its global acceptance and strong object-oriented information models, IEC 61850 standard-based communication is preferred for smart grid operations, including VPPs. However, communication models based on IEC 61850 present cybersecurity and scalability challenges. To address this issue, this paper presents an eXtensible Message Presence Protocol (XMPP)-based IEC 61850 communication for VPPs. Firstly, a full mapping of IEC 61850 messages for VPP energy management is carried out. Secondly, XMPP-based single- and multiple-domain communications are demonstrated. Finally, a federation concept has been added to facilitate communication in multi-domain communication networks. These models show that a standard communication model can be implemented with IEC 61850 and XMPP, not only for VPPs but other wide-area communication implementations in smart grids. This not only facilitates plug-and-play (PnP) with easy component additions but secures smart grid communication against cyber-attacks.

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Standards-Compliant Chat-Based Middleware Platform for Smart Grid Management

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12040694 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 694 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hrvoje Keserica ◽

Stjepan Sučić ◽

Tomislav Capuder

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Power Systems ◽

Power Plants ◽

Centralized Control ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Distributed Energy ◽

Iec 61850 ◽

Data Semantics ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Systems Architectures

The evolution of power systems towards the Smart Grid has introduced a significant number of unsolved issues degrading its accelerated deployment. The centralized control of distributed energy resources (DER) by utilizing virtual power plants is one of the essential Smart Grid ideas lacking plug and play capability. International standard IEC 61850 defines an architecture for describing Smart Grid subsystems. One of the main IEC 61850 contributions is a data model semantics describing different subsystems used for power systems production. The potential to utilize data semantics for describing DERs along with middleware technologies such as eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) can significantly decrease the integration timeframe of advanced power systems architectures such as virtual power plants and microgrids. This paper demonstrates the advantages of using the IEC 61850 standard along with the possibility of utilizing XMPP technology and how this affects new control architectures. Additionally, prototype implementation results are shown depending on the different communication infrastructure settings and application types used for DER control.

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Optimal Dispatch of Renewable and Virtual Power Plants in Smart Grid Environment through Bilateral Transactions

Electric Power Components and Systems ◽

10.1080/15325008.2021.1970286 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Gumpu Sreenivasulu ◽

Pamulaparthy Balakrishna

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Power Plants ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Grid Environment ◽

Optimal Dispatch ◽

Virtual Power Plants

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Integrating the Electrical Vehicles in the Smart Grid through unbundled Smart Metering and multi-objective Virtual Power Plants

2011 2nd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies ◽

10.1109/isgteurope.2011.6162786 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Mihai Sanduleac ◽

Mircea Eremia ◽

Lucian Toma ◽

Paul Borza

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Power Plants ◽

Smart Metering ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Multi Objective ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Electrical Vehicles

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Smart Grid and Intelligent Office Buildings: Virtual Power Plants—The Basis for the Optimal Use of Renewable Energy Sources

Renewable Energy in the Service of Mankind Vol II ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-18215-5_11 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 127-135

Author(s):

Kennedy Aduda ◽

Wim Zeiler ◽

Gert Boxem

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Smart Grid ◽

Power Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Office Buildings ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Virtual Power Plants

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A Survey of Vehicle-to-Grid Implementation through Virtual Power Plants

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.631-632.314 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 631-632 ◽

pp. 314-317

Author(s):

Zhong Wei Sun ◽

Jing Jiao

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Smart Grid ◽

Power Plants ◽

Implementation Strategies ◽

Control Methods ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Vehicle To Grid ◽

Energy Delivery ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Grid Applications

The Smart Grid uses two-way flows of electricity and information to create a widely distributed automated energy delivery network, and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) are two innovative smart grid applications. This survey focuses on V2G implementation through VPPs. First, the concept of V2G and its architectures are introduced. Then VPP, a new power plant concept and its corresponding control methods are described. Finally, implementation strategies of V2G through VPPs are categorized.

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Overview, issues and prevention of energy theft in smart grids and virtual power plants in Indian context

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2017.08.032 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 365-374 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sampath Kumar V. ◽

Jagdish Prasad ◽

Ravi Samikannu

Keyword(s):

Smart Grids ◽

Power Plants ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Indian Context ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Energy Theft

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Distributed Charging Prioritization Methodology Based on Evolutionary Computation and Virtual Power Plants to Integrate Electric Vehicle Fleets on Smart Grids

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12122402 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 2402 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

J.I. Guerrero ◽

Enrique Personal ◽

Antonio García ◽

Antonio Parejo ◽

Francisco Pérez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Algorithm ◽

Evolutionary Computation ◽

Electric Vehicle ◽

Smart Grids ◽

Power Plants ◽

Power Grid ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Increase Energy Efficiency ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Evolution Control

Electric vehicle fleets and smart grids are two growing technologies. These technologies have provided new possibilities to reduce pollution and increase energy efficiency. In this sense, electric vehicles are used as mobile loads in the power grid. A distributed charging prioritization methodology is proposed in this paper. The solution is based on the concept of virtual power plants and the usage of evolutionary computation algorithms. Additionally, a comparison of several evolutionary algorithms—namely genetic algorithm, genetic algorithm with evolution control, particle swarm optimization, and hybrid solution—is shown, in order to evaluate the proposed architecture. The proposed solution is presented as a means to prevent overload of the power grid.

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A multi-agent system architecture for smart grid management and forecasting of energy demand in virtual power plants

IEEE Communications Magazine ◽

10.1109/mcom.2013.6400446 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 106-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

L. Hernandez ◽

C. Baladron ◽

J. M. Aguiar ◽

B. Carro ◽

A. Sanchez-Esguevillas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

System Architecture ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Power Plants ◽

Multi Agent System ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Agent System ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Grid Management

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Energy Management of Virtual Power Plant Considering Distributed Generation Sizing and Pricing

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app9142817 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (14) ◽

pp. 2817 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Masoud Maanavi ◽

Arsalan Najafi ◽

Radu Godina ◽

Mehrdad Mahmoudian ◽

Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Energy Management ◽

Smart Grids ◽

Power Plants ◽

Virtual Power ◽

Virtual Power Plant ◽

Security Issues ◽

Network Availability ◽

Virtual Power Plants ◽

Efficient Vector

The energy management of virtual power plants faces some fundamental challenges that make it complicated compared to conventional power plants, such as uncertainty in production, consumption, energy price, and availability of network components. Continuous monitoring and scaling of network gain status, using smart grids provides valuable instantaneous information about network conditions such as production, consumption, power lines, and network availability. Therefore, by creating a bidirectional communication between the energy management system and the grid users such as producers or energy applicants, it will afford a suitable platform to develop more efficient vector of the virtual power plant. The paper is treated with optimal sizing of DG units and the price of their electricity sales to achieve security issues and other technical considerations in the system. The ultimate goal in this study to determine the active demand power required to increase system loading capability and to withstand disturbances. The effect of different types of DG units in simulations is considered and then the efficiency of each equipment such as converters, wind turbines, electrolyzers, etc., is achieved to minimize the total operation cost and losses, improve voltage profiles, and address other security issues and reliability. The simulations are done in three cases and compared with HOMER software to validate the ability of proposed model.

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