Summary of Reinforcement Learning Enabled Peer-to-peer Energy Trading For Dairy Farms, by Mian Ibad Ali Shah et al.
Reinforcement Learning Enabled Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading for Dairy Farms
by Mian Ibad Ali Shah, Enda Barrett, Karl Mason
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents MAPDES, a Multi-Agent Peer-to-Peer Dairy Farm Energy Simulator, which leverages Reinforcement Learning techniques to optimize dairy farm energy trading and reduce reliance on traditional grids. The simulator is designed to address the unique challenges posed by dynamic farm communities, enabling experimentation with P2P energy trading strategies. By integrating renewables and peer-to-peer energy sales, MAPDES simulations show significant cost savings, including a 43% reduction in electricity expenses, a 42% decrease in peak demand, and a 1.91% increase in energy sales compared to baseline scenarios. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Dairy farms are switching to renewable energy sources to save money and reduce their reliance on traditional power grids. This change helps them sell excess energy back to the grid or to neighbors. However, running a farm is like a big team effort, so it’s hard to predict how much energy they’ll need at any given time. To help dairy farms figure out the best way to trade energy with each other, researchers created a special computer program called MAPDES. It uses a technique called Reinforcement Learning to find the most efficient ways for farms to share their excess energy and make money by selling it back to the grid. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Reinforcement learning
