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01.08.2014 | Research Project

Smart Grid Challenges for Electricity Retailers

verfasst von: John Collins, Wolfgang Ketter

Erschienen in: KI - Künstliche Intelligenz | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

The need to achieve sustainability is driving a major transformation of the energy sector. The traditional top-down approach to electricity supply and grid management is being strongly disrupted by a range of forces including distributed renewables, retail market liberalization, and the need for energy consumers to adapt their behavior to the availability of renewable energy sources. We introduce Power TAC, a competitive simulation that challenges researchers to build autonomous trading agents that tackle the complex decision processes a retailer will need to face in future competitive retail electricity markets.

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Metadaten
Titel
Smart Grid Challenges for Electricity Retailers
verfasst von
John Collins
Wolfgang Ketter
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
KI - Künstliche Intelligenz / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0933-1875
Elektronische ISSN: 1610-1987
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-014-0311-6

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