A middleware control layer for distributed generation systems

The deregulation of the electricity market and the increased interest in distributed generators call for new methods of control and data distribution. This work describes a middleware layer that enables power inverters to communicate and cooperate. It is responsible for interconnecting the distributed generators (plug-and-play), coping with changing environments, distribution of status data, failure detection and coordination of the nonactive power production. A test setup with two generators is deployed to verify the described method.