An Effective Home Energy Management System Considering Solar PV Generation

With developments in Internet of Things (IoT), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and communication techniques, implementation of smart grids has become practical. Due to developments in renewable energy generation devices, there is high possibility of Solar PVs being installed at residential level connected with power grid. This would create a situation where the variance of demand on grid within a day is high. To deal with such situations, demand response (DR) schemes would be implemented by the utility to influence the consumer load profile. In that case, reduction of cost and economic usage of electricity becomes vital for a nation like India where most of the population is concentrated in medium standard of living. To achieve this objective, a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) model, for a residential load with a local grid connected solar PV, has been proposed in this paper which effectively reschedules the loads during dynamic pricing conditions on the grid.