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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Translated title of the contribution | Virtual energy information network: A resilience perspective |
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/07/2013 |
<mark>Journal</mark> | Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik |
Issue number | 4-5 |
Volume | 130 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 121-126 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | German |
Increasing demand in energy consumption, missed modernisations, and the increasing difficulties in predicting power production due to volatile renewable energy sources (e.g.; based on wind or sun) impose major challenges to the power grid. Power supply and power demand are closely interconnected with the need to maintain the power grid in a stable state with a sufficient quality of power. This requires energy-relevant information to be exchanged through the so called Energy Information Network. Communication, however, is challenging within the Energy Information Network due to privacy, security, resiliency, and quality-of-service requirements. Particularly, the resilience of communication within the Energy Information Network needs to be considered to maintain the power grid in a stable and controlled state. This paper suggests a Virtualised Energy Information Network (VEIN), where the Energy Information Network is divided into multiple virtual networks that run over a common substrate network. Furthermore, this paper discusses benefits of this approach in terms of privacy, security, and resilience and points out open research questions.