A Federated learning model for Electric Energy management using
  Blockchain Technology
Muhammad Shoaib Farooq Azeen Ahmed Hayat
Energy shortfall and electricity load shedding are the main problems for
developing countries. The main causes are lack of management in the energy
sector and the use of non-renewable energy sources. The improved energy
management and use of renewable sources can be significant to resolve energy
crisis. It is necessary to increase the use of renewable energy sources (RESs)
to meet the increasing energy demand due to high prices of fossil-fuel based
energy. Federated learning (FL) is the most emerging technique in the field of
artificial intelligence. Federated learning helps to generate global model at
server side by ensemble locally trained models at remote edges sites while
preserving data privacy. The global model used to predict energy demand to
satisfy the needs of consumers. In this article, we have proposed Blockchain
based safe distributed ledger technology for transaction of data between
prosumer and consumer to ensure their transparency, traceability and security.
Furthermore, we have also proposed a Federated learning model to forecast the
energy requirements of consumer and prosumer. Moreover, Blockchain has been
used to store excess energy data from prosumer for better management of energy
between prosumer and grid. Lastly, the experiment results revealed that
renewable energy sources have produced better and comparable results to other
non-renewable energy resources.