As expectations have risen about the deployment of smart grids, it is important to investigate the diffusion process of smart equipment such as smart meters, photovoltaic generation, and electric/hybrid vehicles. However, since the revealed preference data have not been accumulated for smart equipment diffusion, this paper conducts a conjoint analysis to examine consumers’ stated preferences on...

Smart Grid systems not only transport electric energy but also information which will be active part of the electricity supply system. This has led to the introduction of intelligent components on all layers of the electrical grid in power generation, transmission, distribution and consumption units. For electric distribution systems, Information from Smart Meters can be utilized to monitor and...

This position paper provides qualitative considerations on the design and implementation of a smart heating control system for private households. We envision the system to rely on the opportunistic exploitation of information made available by existing smart devices. Since heating represents the major source of energy consumption in domestic environments, significant energy savings may be achi...

The energy landscape for the Low-Voltage (LV) networks is undergoing rapid changes. These changes are driven by increased penetration of distributed Low Carbon Technologies, both on generation side (i.e. adoption micro-renewables) and demand electric vehicle charging). previously passive ‘fit-and-forget’ approach to LV network management becoming increasing inefficient ensure its effective oper...

In smart power grids, meters (SMs) are deployed at the end side of customers to report fine-grained consumption readings periodically utility for energy management and load monitoring. However, electricity theft cyber-attacks can be launched by fraudulent through compromising their SMs false pay less usage. These attacks harmfully affect sector since they cause substantial financial loss degrad...

In modern distribution systems, load uncertainty can be fully captured by micro-PMUs, which record high-resolution data; however, in practice, micro-PMUs are installed at limited locations networks due to budgetary constraints. contrast, smart meters widely deployed but only measure relatively low-resolution energy consumption, cannot sufficiently reflect the actual instantaneous volatility wit...

A low cost Short Message System (SMS) based Home security system equipped with motion, smoke, temperature, humidity and light sensors has been studied and tested. The sensors are controlled by a microprocessor PIC 18F4520 through the SMS having password protection code for the secure operation. The user is able to switch light and the appliances and get instant feedback. Also in cases of emerge...

One of the main trends in the evolution of smart grids is transactive energy, where distributed energy resources, e.g. smart meters, develop towards Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices enabling prosumers to trade energy directly among each other, without the need of involving any centralised third party. The expected advantages in terms of cost-effectiveness would be significant, indeed technical ...