Demand Response and Smart Charging

Abstract

Soon, our living spaces will become a virtual energy cluster of the energy system with the increase and smart use of distributed energy assets such as electric vehicles, heat pumps, roof-top photovoltaics, and battery systems. The Open Digital Innovation Hub (ODIH) project aims to govern this hybrid architecture and its energy components and smart management systems. This study presents a broad perspective from the basic charger types to the revealed protocols as a complete component of the smart charging system in general and the comprehensive strategies and specific techniques that provide the smart charging solutions. A prominent contribution of this study with the ODIH project’s implementation is that this chapter has an extensive level of detail that can be used as a reference while creating the relevant regulations. In this context, we have made critical recommendations for regulating smart charging and demand response functionalities consisting of electric vehicles, and residential prosumers penetrated grid systems. Our ultimate goal is to show that ODIH can be an active player in Demand Response through viable Smart Charging algorithms.