A Study on the Effectiveness of Blockchain Technologies and Energy Storage in the Electricity Distribution System

根据英国分布式能源协会的数据，通过从忙碌时段转移负荷（即需求侧管理）和更好地使用现场发电，可以提供16%的峰值电力。在他们的最新报告中，他们引用了到2020年节省6亿英镑，到2035年节省23亿英镑。拟议的研究课题通过研究和分析现有的点对点电力交易方法（包括但不限于区块链技术）来探讨实现这一目标的方法。它旨在在配电网络中的消费者和发电机之间实施更有效的能源交易方法，最大限度地提高分布式发电的收入潜力，并最大限度地减少线路损耗，传输成本和基础设施升级的需求。它将研究使用主动需求侧响应和储能系统来克服位置限制，这些限制阻止系统利用分布式发电的优点。改变能源交易的设想方式，将有助于以更有效的方式利用电网。这种被称为点对点交易的方法可以解决与分布式发电相关的几个问题，例如双向电力流，并允许分布式可再生能源技术的进一步渗透。该项目还具有额外的社会影响，因为该交易平台将实现能源捐赠，从而提高英国对燃料贫困的认识。

According to the Association of Distributed Energy in the UK, 16% of the peak electricity could be delivered by shifting load from busy periods (i.e. demand-side management) and better informed use of on-site generation. In their latest report, they quoted savings of £600 million by 2020 and £2.3 billion by 2035. The proposed research topic investigates a way of achieving this through research and analysis of the existing methods of peer-to-peer electricity trading methods including, but not limited to, blockchain technologies. It aims to implement a more efficient energy transaction method between consumers and generators in the distribution network which would maximise the revenue potential of distributed generation and minimise the line losses, transmission costs and need for infrastructural upgrades. It will investigate the use of active demand-side response and energy storage systems to overcome locational constraints that prevent the system from exploiting the merits of distributed generation. Changing the way energy transactions are conceived, would help utilise the electricity grid in a more effective way. This proposed method called peer-to-peer trading could defeat several problems associated with distributed generation such as bi-directional power flow and allow further penetration of distributed renewable energy technologies. There is also an added social impact of the project as this transaction platform would enable donation of energy, creating awareness about fuel poverty in the UK.