Merlinda Andoni

TL;DR: This work provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental principles that underpin blockchain technologies, such as system architectures and distributed consensus algorithms, and discusses opportunities, potential challenges and limitations for a number of use cases, ranging from emerging peer-to-peer energy trading and Internet of Things applications, to decentralised marketplaces, electric vehicle charging and e-mobility.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors provide a broad perspective on the opportunities and challenges that stakeholders using this technology face, in both current and emergent markets, such as peer-to-peer energy trading platforms.

TL;DR: In this article , a review of 139 peer-reviewed journal articles examines the market designs used in these energy trading models and identifies five evidence gaps which require future research before these markets could be widely adopted, including the lack of: consideration of physical constraints; a holistic approach to market design and operation; consideration about how these market designs will scale; consideration of information security; and, consideration of market participant privacy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed several optimization and forecasting methods, and applied them to model the operation of multiple renewable generators across Scotland, trading energy as a single virtual power plant (CVPP).

TL;DR: This work studies the properties of several curtailment rules widely used in UK renewable energy projects, and their effect on the viability of renewable generation investment, and proposes a new curtailment rule which guarantees fair allocation of curtailment amongst all generators with minimal disruption.