MARTINE—A Platform for Real-Time Energy Management in Smart Grids

This paper presents MARTINE (Multi-Agent based Real-Time INfrastruture for Energy), a simulation, emulation and energy management platform the study of problems related to buildings smart grids. Relevant advances grid operation have been proposed, focusing either on software models decision support or physical infrastructure control approaches. These two perspectives are, however, complementary, no practical assessment can be achieved without suitable interaction analysis impact that decision-making resources, vice-versa. overcomes this limitation by integrating, in single platform: real with associated devices resources; emulated components complement ones present buildings; simulated players using multi-agent systems, real-time simulation hardware loop capabilities, which enables integrating virtual components; knowledge layer incorporates all required models. thus provides comprehensive resources. The advantages are demonstrated through three use cases, agriculture irrigation, implementation demand response load modeling various network configurations.