Due to the transition to a carbon-free society, the number of small solar power plants installed by households is growing rapidly. Due to fluctuations in the production of solar power plants, energy storage systems are often installed so that the generated energy can also be used when the solar power plant is not operating.
Unlike traditional houses, which are only consumers, a house with solar panels and an energy storage system has much more control over when it buys energy and when it sells excess energy. This will be especially important in the future, as the price of energy is expected to further decrease during the day when solar power plants produce the most.
In my master’s thesis, I built a digital twin of a house with installed solar panels and an energy storage system. Using this twin, I developed two principles of reinforcement learning (RL) operation. I compared their results and operational complexity and explained the advantages and disadvantages of each model.
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