Cloud Energy Storage Management Including Smart Home Physical Parameters

Consumption of green energy in residential communities is increasing compared to conventional supply. However, the variability in generation due to different weather parameters is a significant challenge to their growth rate. Energy storage has the potential to address this issue, and sharing economy-based cloud energy storage (CES) has gained popularity as a way to reduce energy consumption costs and increase revenue. This study analyzes the deployment of CES infrastructure operation in seven residential smart homes community. All seven homes utilized CES services based on their daily net load demand. In the first phase, the PSO algorithm optimized the load trajectory, taking into account all smart home parameters and physical components. Subsequently, the operational cost of CES in the community is evaluated in scenarios with and without home energy management systems. Simulation results indicated that the energy consumption cost of the residential community from the grid is zero, and revenue is 43.59% higher when home energy management systems are employed. The modeled home parameters significantly affected total community energy costs.