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Vol.1 , No. 1, Publication Date: Apr. 21, 2015, Page: 6-19
 with an integrated energy monitoring and management platform that leverages on cloud computing datacenter. For the SGEMS, Demand Side Management (DSM) was implemented using Oracle JAVA Netbeans and MySQL. This was embedded in the Enterprise Energy Analytic Tracking Cloud Portal platform (EETACP) of SGEMS. A deployment context was mapped out and was satisfactorily tested on a simulated Distributed Cloud Computing Network (DCCN) using Riverbed Modeller version 17.5. The advantages of this new initiative were discussed while outlining its implementation strategy.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/895.jpg)
| [1] | K. C. Okafor, Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. |
| [2] | O. U. Oparaku, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. |
| [3] | I. E. Achumba, Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. |
| [4] | G. N. Ezeh, Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. |
| [5] | K. O. Chilakpu, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal university of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. |
Renewable energy has received universal acceptance as the energy of the future. Review of literature highlighted several research efforts geared towards the optimization of the availability and usage of this energy alternative. However, literature has failed to highlight any research efforts focused on the aspect of monitoring and management procedures that would facilitate avoidance of energy wastage from end user perspective. This paper articulates existing works on green energy management systems, their architectural operation, and their merits and demerits. The work then proposed a Robust Smart Green Energy Management System (R-SGEMS) with an integrated energy monitoring and management platform that leverages on cloud computing datacenter. For the SGEMS, Demand Side Management (DSM) was implemented using Oracle JAVA Netbeans and MySQL. This was embedded in the Enterprise Energy Analytic Tracking Cloud Portal platform (EETACP) of SGEMS. A deployment context was mapped out and was satisfactorily tested on a simulated Distributed Cloud Computing Network (DCCN) using Riverbed Modeller version 17.5. The advantages of this new initiative were discussed while outlining its implementation strategy.
Keywords
Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Demand Side Management, Smart Green, Cloud Computing, Optimization
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