1. Department of Telecommunications Zagreb, July 2013 MASTER THESIS Nr. 605 VISUALIZATION MODULE FOR A SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR POWER TRADING Tomislav Briševac

2. Department of Telecommunications Zagreb, July 2013 2 of 12Outline  Electricity market  Power Trading Agent Competition (PowerTAC)  Power TAC overview  Power TAC Visualizer 2013  Conclusion and further work

3. Department of Telecommunications Zagreb, July 2013 3 of 12 Electricity market  electricity – a produced good which can be traded  trading takes place in an electricity market  main entities:  producers (generation companies)  electricity retailers  end customers  consumers  producers  prosumers Wholesale marketRetail market Producers Retailers End customers

4. Department of Telecommunications Zagreb, July 2013 4 of 12 Power Trading Agent Competition  by 2020, around 35% of the total energy demand in the EU will be generated by green energy resources  question raised: market response?  answer: Power Trading Agent Competition (Power TAC)  Power TAC  competitive simulation environment which models electricity market  explores potential strategic, competitive or collusive behavior of market participants

5. Department of Telecommunications Zagreb, July 2013 5 of 12 Power TAC overview  basic time unit – timeslot = 1 day  competition = 1440 timeslots  central entities – brokers (intelligent agents)  goal – make highest profit

6. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC project  6 universities  University of Zagreb contribution  Power TAC Visualizer  CrocodileAgent Zagreb, July 2013 6 of 12 Power TAC Visualizer 2012

7. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC Visualizer 2013  architecture mostly inherited from Visualizer 2012  two modules:  front-end module  back-end module  new components:  Metro UI  HighCharts Zagreb, July 2013 7 of 12 Back-end module Front-end module Ajax CSS JavaScript XHTML jQuery HighCharts JSF - related JSF facelets Primefaces Spring framework Metro UI Power TAC Simulator Messagess

8. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC Visualizer 2013 design  key performance indicators (KPIs)  broker’s success in different game segments  identifying game segments in which broker’s performance could be improved  multiple modules  tasks  high level overview  enhanced analysis  push mechanism Zagreb, July 2013 8 of 12

9. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (1)  spider chart  high level overview of different game parts Zagreb, July 2013 9 of 12

10. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (2)  multiple level pie chart Zagreb, July 2013 10 of 12

11. Department of Telecommunications Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (3)  multiple pane charts  parallel analysis Zagreb, July 2013 11 of 12

12. Department of Telecommunications Conclusion and further work  Power TAC Visualizer 2013  enhanced game analysis  push mechanism  new GUI  Further work  more detailed game overview  generation companies visualization  wholesale clearing Zagreb, July 2013 12 of 12