Embedded Trusted Monitoring and Management Modules for Smart Solar Panels
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Author
Chaychian, Sara
Mistretta, Emilio
Mallett, Colin
Lee, Marcus
Pissanidis, Georgios
Ramalingam, Soodamani
Gan, Hock Chye
Wisely, Dave
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2299/21179
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.