Demand-Side Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading

Vahid Vahidinasab, Ph.D., is the Director of NTU-GridLab and a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). He has over 18 years of experience as a power and energy systems researcher and academic and has worked on various interdisciplinary projects. Before joining NTU, Vahid held leading research, academic, and management roles at Newcastle University, Niroo (Electric Power) Research Institute, and Shahid Beheshti University. His research interests include the integration of sustainable energy systems, smart grids/microgrids operation and control, and the application of advanced optimization and machine learning algorithms in these studies. He has published numerous books, book chapters, journal, and conference articles and serves on the editorial board of several international journals.

 Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Ph.D., is a Professor at the School of Energy Systems at LUT University. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University and a Professor at the University of Tabriz. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His main research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids. 

Chapter 1. Overview of the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Transactions and Transactive Energy (TE) Concepts, Challenges, and Outlook.- Chapter 2. The Role and Position of P2P and TE in Worldwide Energy Evolution.- Looking at P2P Transactions and TE Through the Lens of Sharing Economy and Digital Economy.- Chapter 3. TE Technologies, Standards, and Communication Protocols.- Chapter 4. Policy, Regulation, and Market Issues in P2P Transactions.- Chapter 5. Pilots and Demonstrators Around the World.- Chapter 6. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Issues in P2P Transactions.- Chapter 7. Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches in P2P.- Chapter 8. Transactions.- Chapter 9. Long-Term Effects of P2P Transactions on Energy Systems.- Chapter 10. Participation of the Demand-Side Agents in Ancillary Services via P2P Transactions.- Chapter 11. The Cryptocurrencies and Their Role in Future Energy Transactions.- Chapter 12. Blockchain-based TE Platform for Energy Transactions.- Chapter 13. Distributed Optimization Applications to P2P Trading.- Chapter 14. Utilizing Shared Energy Storage in P2P Trading.