blockchain and artificial intelligence enabled peer-to-peer energy trading in smart grids
abstract
peer-to-peer (p2p) energy trading allows smart grid-connected parties to trade renewable energy with each other. it is widely considered a scheme to mitigate the supplydemand imbalances during peak-hour. in a p2p energy trading system, users (e.g., prosumers, electric vehicles (ev)) increase their utility by trading energy securely with each
other at a lower price than that of the main grid. however, three challenges hinder the
development of secured p2p energy trading systems. first, there is a lack of implicit trust
and transparency between trading participants because they do not know each other. second, p2p energy trading systems cannot offer an intelligent trading strategy that could
maximize users’ (agents’) utility. this is because the agents may lack previous trading
experience data that enable them to select an optimal trading strategy. third, the current
energy trading platforms are mainly centralized, which makes them vulnerable to malicious
attacks and single point of failure (spof). this may interrupt the transaction validation
mechanism when the system is compromised, and the central database is unavailable. [...]