COOPERATIVE POWER EXCHANGE BETWEEN TWO ROOFTOP SOLAR PLANTS INTERFACED WITH ARDUINO IOT CLOUD

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to develop a system which enables the sharing of excess power generated by the solar panels to maximize the use of renewable energy sources and reduce the reliance on traditional power grids. The monitoring system collects data from the two rooftop solar plants and trans-mits it to the cloud for visualization, retrieval, and data storage. The Arduino IOT Cloud provides a platform for the monitoring of power generation and consumption, and the Node MCU ESP8266 enables communication between the two solar plants. The system implements a cooperative power exchange algorithm that allows the two rooftop solar plants to exchange power based on their energy production levels. The system operates on a peer-to-peer instantaneous energy monitoring, where the two rooftop solar plants can share excess power to each other.