Development of a peer-to-peer energy trading platform
Abstract
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading is a business concept built on an interconnected platform
that acts as an online marketplace where customers and producers "meet" to exchange
electricity without the need for a middleman.
For small-scale Distributed Energy Resources, a hierarchical software platform was proposed
that would operate as a link between the customer and the prosumer (DERs). CSS, HTML,
JavaScript, and Python were used to create a peer-to-peer energy trading platform. A
consumer can use this platform to choose which producer to buy electricity from and then use
the platform to finalize the transaction using mobile money or a bank account.