Online Learning for Aggregating Forecasts in Renewable Energy Systems

The presented research was motivated by the E+grid project which aims at building an energy-positive public lighting microgrid using photovoltaic panels, LED luminaries that regulate their lighting levels based on motion sensor signals, energy storage, various sensors and smart meters, wireless commination and a central controller (see Figure 1). A prototype system was developed by an industry-academy consortium formed by GE Hungary, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and two institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MFA and SZTAKI). The physical prototype, containing 191 luminaries and 152 m2 of PV panels, is located in Budapest at the campus of the MFA Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences [1].