A cloud computing approach for power management of microgrids

The successful deployment of microgrid is a necessity for meeting the ever increasing energy demands. The various tasks that are linked with the microgrid such as resource allocation, resource optimization, power flow analysis, economic dispatch etc can be met with a control model with the hierarchical structure based on cloud computing architecture. The architecture has the advantages that resource allocation and management can be realized in an economically efficient manner. The architecture integrates the past and present data to make the collected information more accurate and provides more flexible service for users.