@article {531, title = {A NOVEL IOT-AS-A-SERVICE STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE ENERGY AND COST SAVING IN MICROGRIDS}, journal = {International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE)}, volume = {7}, year = {2018}, month = {10/2018}, address = {Madrid, Spain}, abstract = {

Smart Grids play a crucial role for always more efficient, flexible and reliable integration of technologies in the electricity marketplace. At the {\textquotedblleft}edge{\textquotedblright} of Smart Grids, appliances and consumer devices consume electricity by Microgrids. End-users need easily and dynamically accessible electricity marketplace and heterogeneous renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, etc.), in order to satisfy energy needs. This implies two main challenges: 1) managing the variable availability of renewables, mainly due both to variable electricity marketplace conditions and to a not-continuous energy sourcing; 2) managing the energy supply/demand ratio especially in presence of scarcity or surplus conditions in the electrical energy providing service. In this paper we propose a novel two-levels Internet of Things-as-a-Service (IoTaaS) strategy to {\textquotedblleft}win{\textquotedblright} the above-mentioned challenges.

}, keywords = {cloud computing; energy management; internet of things; iotaas; smart grids}, issn = {2227-524X}, url = {https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/21767}, author = {Maurizio Giacobbe and Antonio Puliafito and Marco Scarpa and Maria Gabriella Xibilia} }