Energy Monitoring Platform for Smart Grid Applications

The traditional power grid concept is suffering from lack of energy flow control mechanism. This is due to absence of distributed energy generation and storage nodes along the grid. With introduction of the Smart grid concept, this topic is addressed. However, such concept requires information on actual energy consumption that are distributed among the Smart grid flow control nodes in a secure way. These information should be as detailed as possible. This paper presents a consumption monitoring platform that is suitable for household and office building installations. The consumption data are gathered via wireless networks, while security is addressed on the application layer.