Background of the Study Master Project 2022

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Contents
Background of the Study.................................................................................................................3
Objectives of Study..........................................................................................................................5
Project Question...............................................................................................................................6
Methodology....................................................................................................................................6
Expected Results..............................................................................................................................7
Work Program.................................................................................................................................7
References.................................................................................................................... 9

Background of the Study
Energy systems are undergoing continuous and rapid alterations with an aim of accommodating
the ever increasing volumes of incorporated renewable generation for instance solar PV and
wind energy (Mylrea and Gourisetti, 2017). Renewable energy sources have been noted to
undergo enormous development in the recent past, promoted by privatization, unbundling that
has been done in the energy sector as well as a boost from the various financial as well as energy
initiatives. 24.6% of the United Kingdom gross consumption of electric in the year 2016 was
generated by renewable energy sources majorly from offshore and onshore wind farms alongside
PV solar plants representing 44.9% and 12.5% of the cumulative 35.7GW installed renewable
energy sources capacity in that order (Albrecht et al., 2018).
Renewable energy sources are variable, challenging to predict ad a factor of the different weather
conditions, thus realising new management as well as operation challenges of the electricity
systems since more flexible measures are needed to ascertain safe operation and stability
(Mannaro, Pinna and Marchesi, 2017). Flexibility measures are among them integration of
supplies that are fast acting, devices for energy storage as well as demand response. Adding to
the transformational change as a result of distributed energy systems alongside renewables,
energy systems are at the verge of going into digital era as demonstrated by the enormous
adoption of smart meters in many countries.
In the change from the conventional power grid to smart power grids, the cost, efficiency,
demand as well as issues relating to emission need to be taken into consideration fully. As a new
and emerging technology, blockchain has been adopted extensively in numerous fields for the
benefits that it comes with (Andoni et al., 2019). The technology was in deed ignored and