Blockchain and IoT Enabled Smart Grids
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 11002
Special Issue Editors
Interests: blockchain; smart grids; cyber security; wireless sensor networks; IoT
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2. Waterford Institute, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 211800, China
Interests: cyber security; applied cryptography; multimedia security; privacy protection; biometrics; security management; location based service; cloud computing security
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blockchain technology is a disruptive technology that used the peer-to-peer ledger to immutably record transactions and generated a digital tamper-proof ledger. Historical transactions are safely stored forever and can be used as evidence when required. Blockchain technology offers transparency (as an open ledger), immutability, traceability, and smart contracts that create new opportunism in different industry sectors. Blockchain was initially adopted by the banking and finance sector, but now several other industries use it, such as mining, supply chain, healthcare, agriculture, etc.
Smart grid is an area where blockchain technology is changing the landscape. Peer-to-peer energy trading is now becoming a reality with distributed blockchain technology implementations. Many countries are exploring these novel opportunities to build their energy infrastructure using blockchain platforms. There are several areas where blockchain can streamline energy management, such as energy trading, decentralised energy infrastructure, prosumer communities, electric vehicles charging and discharging, and prosumer energy sharing and management.
Thus, this Special Issue seeks high-quality articles focussing at the intersection of smart grids, IoT and blockchain by solving the following key topics (but not limited to):
- Blockchain–IoT-enabled sensor networks for smart grids;
- Smart contacts in the blockchain–IoT ecosystem for smart grids;
- Security and privacy of smart grid data and management using blockchain;
- Sensor data fusion and real-time energy management via blockchain;
- Smart grid provisioning based on the blockchain–IoT architecture;
- Deployment of IoT-based sensor-data management in smart grids;
- Machine learning and deep learning algorithms for blockchain and IoT driven smart grids;
- Fog/edge/cloud /dew computing-based techniques for IoT and blockchain-based smart grids;
- Development of novel cryptocurrencies for IoT–blockchain-enabled smart grid platforms.
Dr. Vidyasagar Potdar
Dr. Yuan Tian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Blockchain
- Distributed ledger
- Prosumers
- Prosumer communities
- Internet of Things
- Smart sensor
- Pervasive sensor system
- Consensus
- Smart Grids
- Distributed energy resources
- Virtual power plants
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