Henninger Annegret, Mashatan Atefeh
Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada;
J Risk Financ Manag. 2022 Apr 20;15(5):191. doi: 10.3390/jrfm15050191. eCollection 2022 May.
The heterogeneous and decentralized nature of renewable energy sources is too much to handle for traditional and centralized IT grid infrastructure. Blockchain technology can address many of the associated challenges. This paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art technology layers of grid system infrastructure, a proposed future state using blockchain technology, and gap analysis. The paper also contributes a set of architectural requirements for a blockchain-enabled future state and a proposed hybrid architecture using blockchain technology, verifiable credentials, and smart contracts. This architecture can uniquely support the technology layers critical to renewable energies, including system architecture, registries, grid management, billing, privacy, and interoperability.
可再生能源的异构性和分散性对于传统的集中式IT电网基础设施来说难以应对。区块链技术可以解决许多相关挑战。本文概述了电网系统基础设施的当前技术层面、使用区块链技术的未来设想状态以及差距分析。本文还提出了一套适用于启用区块链的未来状态的架构要求，以及一种使用区块链技术、可验证凭证和智能合约的混合架构。这种架构能够独特地支持对可再生能源至关重要的技术层面，包括系统架构、注册管理机构、电网管理、计费、隐私和互操作性。
