Automated demand response strategies using home energy management system in a RES-based smart grid

Demand Response (DR) applications via Home Energy Management System (HEMS) at the building level in a strategically integrated RES-based electricity grid can help reduce the building peak demand as well as energy consumption and the power inefficiency in the grid respectively. Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) based on Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are seen as a reliable alternative and more efficient grid optimization to the traditional fossil energy sources-based grid. But a proper combination of demand response and the DEG can significantly make a revolutionary change in the electricity grid. This paper focuses on the impact of integrated control of Solar PV and the Wind Turbine on improving the supply-side and coordinated control strategy for automated demand response by ensuring efficient use of home appliances including Electric Vehicle (EV), air cooling, water heating etc. based on HEMS in order to reduce the peak demand and overall power inefficiency in the grid. For that purpose and analysis, a highly accurate aggregated model of Solar PV, Wind turbine and the home appliances has been developed in the Simulink (MATLAB) and an iterative algorithm based on Load Shifting technique has been established for HEMS controller with embedded MATLAB code. The obtained simulation result illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed system.