An IoT Load Management System for Residential Photovoltaic Prosumers

The photovoltaic power has become the most popular, least expensive and most easily accessible form of renewable energy. The residential, commercial or industrial sectors are encouraged to use the photovoltaic electricity for self-consumption as an alternative to the power supply. A widely used technology to increase the self-consumption is to manage the demanded load of prosumer in order to match the load profile to the PV output power. The objective of this paper is to present a load management system, designed as an Internet of Things application, developed by authors in order to increase the self-consumption indices of a residential prosumer.