Embedded Trusted Monitoring and Management Modules for Smart Solar Panels

Sara Chaychian, Emilio Mistretta, Colin Mallett, Marcus Lee, Georgios Pissanidis, Soodamani Ramalingam, Hock Chye Gan, Dave Wisely

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Abstract

This paper investigates developing a prototype of smart solar panels. This architecture consists of a panel monitoring module and the central management unit. The monitoring module is to be embedded inside each PV panel making it secure to transfer the trusted data via Wi-Fi to the central Management unit (which can accommodate an array of PV panels in an installation). This module is required for data storage and provides the ability to upload secure data to the cloud. This platform presents the ability to securely manage large numbers of rooftop solar panels in a distributed ledger by implementing block chain algorithm. For achieving this purpose, Module 400 is envisaged to be turned into a Blockchain node as it provides the infrastructure to implement this technology.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE WCST World Congress on Sustainable Technologies
Subtitle of host publicationWCST - 2017, 11-14 December, 2017, University of Cambridge, UK
Place of PublicationUK
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2017

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