Descripción del proyecto
THE MOPVENCO PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR MODELLING, MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN ENERGY COMMUNITIES. RENEWABLE ENERGIES ARE CURRENTLY USED IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY (CALLED PROGRAMMABLE) TO GUARANTEE ENERGY IN PERIODS OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. ON THE OTHER HAND, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF PROGRAMMABLE SOURCES, THE ENERGY SURPLUS GENERATED BY RENEWABLE SOURCES CAN BE STORED AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN PERIODS OF LOW PRODUCTION AND HIGH ENERGY DEMAND. THIS CONCEPT OF STORAGE CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL ACCUMULATORS, HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS AND SUPERCAPACITORS, ALL OF WHICH TRANSLATE INTO ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES CLOSE TO POWER GENERATION. HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT AT COOPERATIVE LEVEL. SPECIFICALLY, IF AN ENERGY COMMUNITY IS CREATED WITH A SET OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND, AT SOME POINT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS AN ENERGY NEEDING, THE REST OF THE MEMBERS CAN SUPPLY THAT NEEDING INSTEAD THE GENERAL ELECTRICAL NETWORK.IN THIS WAY, THE CONCEPT OF THE ENERGY COMMUNITY IS DEFINED, AND IT IS SITUATED WHERE THE USER OF THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM NOT ONLY PLAYS THE PASSIVE ROLE OF ENERGY CONSUMER, BUT ALSO OF PROSUMER (PRODUCER / CONSUMER) WITH A GENERATION SYSTEM AND POSSIBLY OF STORAGE CONNECTED TO THE MICROGRID THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SUPPLY THEIR ENERGY NEEDS AND THOSE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ENERGY COMMUNITY. IN THIS SCENARIO, NEW PROBLEMS ARISE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MICROGRID: MODELLING, MONITORING, MANAGEMENT, TRANSACTIONS, POWER OPTIMIZATIONS AMONG OTHERS ISSUES.MOPVENCO AIMS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS FROM A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE COMPONENTS OF MODERN RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION, CONVERSION AND STORAGE SYSTEMS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY. INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING ALGORITHMS AND STORAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT WILL BE STUDIED. ALSO, THE MODELLING OF POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE GENERATING SYSTEMS WILL BE STUDIED. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE PAID TO AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS AND FAULT ANALYSIS WITHIN AN ENERGY COMMUNITY. AMONG THE TECHNIQUES USED, ESPECIALLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE, SINCE THEY CAN BE APPLIED BOTH FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE ENERGY THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES, AND FOR THE ESTIMATION OF ENERGY DEMANDED BY EACH COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE DEVICES THAT MAKE UP THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE GENERATION AND TRANSPORT OF ENERGY PRODUCED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES. FINALLY, TO PROMOTE VIRTUOUS BEHAVIOUR ON THE PART OF USERS, AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE INNOVATIVE CONCEPT OF ENERGY COMMUNITIES, THE TRACKING OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN USERS OF THE ENERGY COMMUNITY WILL BE VERIFIED USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNIQUES TO RECORD BOTH ENERGY EXCHANGES AND ENERGY QUOTAS AND EFFICIENCY ACHIEVED. IN FACT, THANKS TO BLOCKCHAIN, IT IS PROPOSED TO CREATE AN ENERGY BALANCE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY CONTROLLED AND VALIDATED BY BLOCKCHAIN.