Poster Abstract: Peer-to-Peer Communication Using Enhanced German Smart Meter Gateway Infrastructure

Eike Niehs (TU Braunschweig); Julien Essers (TU Braunschweig); Johannes Rothert (TU Braunschweig); Bernd Engel (TU Braunschweig)

Abstract

The progressive expansion of distributed energy resources and the rising number of flexible energy consumption devices influence the need for new approaches to control these components. Residential homes previously limited to energy consumption, are becoming prosumers through photovoltaics or battery storage systems. Monitoring, managing, and optimizing such systems can be performed using energy management systems. Germany is currently introducing the Smart Meter Gateway, which provides a general communication interface for grid control and communication with energy management systems and smart-metering systems. We introduce a communication concept that enables peer-to-peer communication within the current technical guidelines. We discuss the limitations and advantages of this concept. It is shown that peer-to-peer communication is possible in the smart meter infrastructure, but requires an external market participant, which acts as a proxy to forward the communication. Therefore, we discuss extensions to the smart meter infrastructure to support decentralized distributed energy management.