Multi-agent based electricity market simulator with VPP: Conceptual and implementation issues

This paper presents a new architecture for MASCEM, a multi-agent electricity market simulator. The main focus is the MASCEM ability to provide the means to model and simulate Virtual Power Producers (VPP). VPPs are represented as a coalition of agents, with specific characteristics and goals. VPPs c...

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Published in2009 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors Pinto, T., Vale, Z. A., Morais, H., Praca, I., Ramos, C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2009
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Distributed control
Distributed Generation
Economic forecasting
Electricity Markets
Electricity supply industry
Environmental economics
Intelligent agent
Intelligent Agents Coalitions
Power generation economics
Power system dynamics
Power system economics
Power system modeling
Simulation
Virtual Power Producers
Virtual power producers distributed
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Summary:This paper presents a new architecture for MASCEM, a multi-agent electricity market simulator. The main focus is the MASCEM ability to provide the means to model and simulate Virtual Power Producers (VPP). VPPs are represented as a coalition of agents, with specific characteristics and goals. VPPs can reinforce the importance of distributed generation technologies, mainly based on renewable energy sources, making them valuable in electricity markets. The new features are implemented in Prolog which is integrated in the JAVA program by using the LPA Win-Prolog Intelligence Server (IS) that provides a DLL interface between Win-Prolog and other applications.
ISBN:9781424442416
1424442419
ISSN:1932-5517
DOI:10.1109/PES.2009.5275565