Technology Enablers for Open Energy Marketplaces

IoT/IoE/DLTs Platforms Interoperability

Image source: SETISMagazineMay 2018

Digitisation of the Energy Sector

Dr. Ovidiu Vermesan, SINTEF

Digitisation of the Energy Sector

Source: European Commission Source: World energy issues monitor 2017, World Energy Council, 2017
European Interoperability Framework

12 Underlying Principles 4 Layers of interoperability

Source: European Commission

 Internet of Energy
The grid is two-way,
networked, distributed,
clean, and intelligent.
Distributed energy
resources (DER), (i.e. solar
PV, energy storage, and
EVs) are ubiquitous.
Transactive energy (TE), End-to-end energy services Utilities rely on
allows DER owners to and energy distribution interoperable and
trade their self-generated orchestrators operate in scalable solutions
power. open energy markets. enabled by IoT, DLTs, AI,
and analytics-driven
End-to-end security, safety,
automation to manage
resilience, robustness are
the grid.
embedded in platforms.
Blockchain/DLTs for Energy Sector
• Open distributed database that processes transactions between anonymous
contributors without a central authority. DLTs based IoT platforms.
Architecture - Platforms - Interoperability
Intelligence
Availability
Dependability
Manageability
Integrability
Scalability
Composability
IoT Interoperability
IoT

IoT 3D Layered Reference

Architecture
CEN-CENELEC-ETSI
Smart Grid Coordination Group
Smart Grid Reference Architecture

Collaboration and Processes

Application
Service Identifiability
Abstraction Trustworthiness
Storage Security
Processing Safety
Network Communication Privacy
Physical Connectivity
Resilience
Reliability
Interoperability

Source: Adapted from A. Tolk und J. A. Muguira, "The levels of conceptual interoperability model"
Patterns of IoT Platforms Interoperability
Cross Platform Access Cross Application Domain Access Platform Independence

Platform-Scale Independence Higher-level Service Facades Platform Independence

VI)
 Blockchain Platforms Interoperability
OverLedger = The first interoperable blockchain operating
system that facilitates the internet-scale development of
decentralised multi-chains applications.
Overledger is NOT another blockchain, it’s the “Overledger”
that sits on top of blockchains providing a meta-gateway.
Source: Quant
OverLedger is focusing on three goals:
1. Developing an interface to connect the
world’s networks to multiple blockchains.
2. Bridging existing networks (e.g. financial
services) to new blockchains. Challenges with Interoperability Blockchains
3. Developing a new blockchain operating
system with a protocol and a platform to
allow developers to easily create next-
generation, multi-chain applications.
Blockchain Platforms Interoperability
BIG IoT Architecture Overview
Offering
model
used for
http://big-iot.eu/ discovery
Consumer Application

BIG IoT Consumer Lib

Offering BIG IoT Marketplace

Description
defines Access API

BIG IoT Provider Lib

Provider Platform / Device Offering Description

used as payload
BIG IoT Interoperability Approach

Applications

BIG IoT Marketplace

BIG IoT API

BIG IoT Ecosystem Platforms

IoT Suite Platform

Bezirk Platform
Smart Data Platform
Wubby Platform
OpenIoT Platform
BIG IoT Marketplace
Advanced Parking Mgmt.
TIC Platform
Smart Traffic Platform
NoFlow
thingFul
Integration of Heterogeneous Platforms
Consumer
Consumer Consumer Consumer Consumer
Logic Logic Logic Logic

Consumer Lib Consumer Lib Consumer L. Consumer Lib

+ Mapping

Common API Gateway A1 Proxy A1

Service Provider Service
Native Support Provider
Lib
A1 Lib
Provider

+Mapping
Provider Srv Logic Srv Logic
Lib

Platform w/
legacy IF legacy IF
BIG-IoT Legacy Legacy Constrained
Support Platform Platform Device

Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4

Thank You!

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Ovidiu.Vermesan@sintef.no