Smart in-home devices, if integrated with the capability to transact energy with one another and with the electric grid, can offer a disruptive solution to managing energy supply and demand. Such transactive energy networks could turn homes from passive energy consumers into intelligent, active energy storage and service providers for the future grid.
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Wang, N.(. Transactive control for connected homes and neighbourhoods. Nat Energy 3, 907–909 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0257-2
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