Recent advances on data-driven services for smart energy systems optimization and pro-active management

Abstract

Optimization and proactive management of energy systems are crucial for achieving sustainability, efficiency and resilience in future smart energy networks. Data-driven approaches offer promising solutions for tackling the complex and dynamic challenges of energy systems, such as uncertainty, variability, and heterogeneity. Meanwhile, recent advances in decreasing hardware costs and improving data accessibility have allowed for the collection of high-quality data, leading to the development of more accurate and robust data-driven models of different energy systems. In this study, a comprehensive overview of current and future trends in data-driven optimization for smart energy systems is presented. After introducing the motivation and the background of this research field, the potential applications and benefits of optimization in various domains is discussed, such as electric vehicles charge, district heating networks and energy districts. Subsequently this review focuses on different methods and techniques for data-driven optimization and proactive management, ranging from scientific models to machine learning algorithms. Finally, the novel European project, DigiBUILD, is introduced, where different case studies are tested in several pilots, including electric vehicle charging management for increasing renewable energy source consumption, district heating network operative costs optimization and building energy and comfort management.