Distributed energy integration and transactive energy framework for a developing economy

Widespread use of sustainable energy sources is a necessary economic decision in the face of tightening supplies of fossil fuel sources like coal and restrictive exploitation of large hydroelectric schemes. As a perennial solution Distributed Energy Resources centred on renewable energy has become an established energy sourcing strategy even in developing economies. Still there are certain areas, especially technical, which require unique approaches distinct from the energy integration strategies followed in a fossil fuel economy. Transactive Energy provides a resilient framework for large scale distributed generation while allowing regulatory control to be exercised for integrated development of electrical energy networks. With wider acceptance of modern development paradigms that use Smart Cities as key economic movers issues of integrating new electrical energy sources at multiple grid levels in such a framework is examined for arriving at implementable models and strategies.