To achieve desired carbon emission reductions, integrating renewable
generation and accelerating the adoption of peer-to-peer energy trading is
crucial. This is especially important for energy-intensive farming, like dairy
farming. However, integrating renewables and peer-to-peer trading presents
challenges. To address this, we propose the Multi-Agent Peer-to-Peer Dairy Farm
Energy Simulator (MAPDES), enabling dairy farms to participate in peer-to-peer
markets. Our strategy reduces electricity costs and peak demand by
approximately 30% and 24% respectively, while increasing energy sales by 37%
compared to the baseline scenario without P2P trading. This demonstrates the
effectiveness of our approach.Comment: Proc. of the Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability, ECAI 2023,
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