Local Electricity Markets

Part I Distributed energy resources as enablers of local electricity markets 1. New electricity markets. The challenges of variable renewable energy Ana Estanqueiro and António Couto 2. Integration of electric vehicles in local energy markets José Almeida and João Soares 3. From wholesale energy markets to local flexibility markets: structure, models and operation Fernando Lopes 4. From the smart grid to the local electricity market Fernando Lezama, Tiago Pinto, Zita Vale, Gabriel Santos and Steve Widergren Part II Local market models and opportunities 5. Local market models Amin Shokri Gazafroudi, Hosna Khajeh, Miadreza Shafie-khah, Hannu Laaksonen and Juan Manuel Corchado 6. Peer-to-peer energy platforms Liyang Han, Thomas Morstyn and Malcolm D. McCulloch 7. Transmission system operator and distribution system operator interaction Hugo Gabriel Morais Valente, E. Lambert and J. Cantenot 8. Local electricity markets-practical implementations Ricardo Faia, Fernando Lezama and Juan Manuel Corchado Part III Enablers for local electricity markets 9. Local energy markets, commercially available tools Jan Segerstam 10. Distributed energy resource management system Quoc Tuan Tran, Van Hoa Nguyen, Ngoc An Luu and Elvira Amicarelli 11. Modeling, simulation, and decision support Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi, Emre Çelebi, Murat Elhüseyni and Güvenç Sahin 12. Blockchain as messaging infrastructure for smart grids Iván S. Razo-Zapata and Mihail Mihaylov 13. Load profiling revisited: prosumer profiling for local energy markets Gianfranco Chicco and Andrea Mazza 14. Forecasting Elena Mocanu, Decebal Constantin Mocanu, Nikolaos G. Paterakis and Madeleine Gibescu 15. Mathematical models and optimization techniques to support local electricity markets John Fredy Franco, Leonardo H. Macedo, Nataly Bañol Arias, Alejandra Tabares, Rubén Romero and João Soares Part IV Regulatory framework: Current trends and future Perspectives 16. An economic analysis of market design: Local energy markets for energy and grid services L. Lynne Kiesling 17. South American Markets-regulatory framework: current trends and future prospects in South America Rubipiara C. Fernandes, Edison A.C. Aranha Neto and Fabrício Y.K. Takigawa 18. Electricity markets and local electricity markets in Europe Zita Vale, Débora de São José and Tiago Pinto 19. Local electricity markets: regulation, opportunities, and challenges in the United Kingdom Karim L. Anaya 20. Competition and restructuring of the South African electricity market Komla Agbenyo Folly 21. Asia electricity markets Panhong Cheng and Yan Gao 22. Current trends and perspectives in Australia Alan Moran Conclusions and paths for future research and development