Hyperledger Fabric Smart Grid Communication Testbed on Raspberry PI ARM Architecture

Abstract

Necessary energy policy targets trying to limit climate change effects are very ambitious. New technologies and combinations of available technologies are needed to achieve the goals by 2030/2050. A promising technology being explored in smart grids communications is the Blockchain, allowing peer-to-peer contractual-like or monetary-like interactions without the need for trust for an intermediary. This paper describes a Smart Grid Controller Blockchain Platform, allowing to simulate Virtual Power Plants communication along load profiles or smart meter measurement data. The communication requirements of these recent advances are similar to industrial cyber-physical systems, hence, applicable in other research domains.