Maxime Grangereau (EDF - Ecole Polytechnique) Federated stochastic control of numerous heterogeneous energy storage systems

We propose a stochastic control problem to manage cooperatively heterogeneous Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs: water heaters, heat pumps...) to promote power balance in electricity networks. We develop a method to solve this problem with a decentralized architecture, in order to respect privacy of individual users and to reduce both the telecommunications and the computational burden compared to the setting of an omniscient  central planner. This paradigm is called federated learning in Read more [...]