Research on Distributed Energy Consensus Mechanism Based on Blockchain in Virtual Power Plant

Dewen Wang1,2, Zhao Wang1, Xin Lian1

  • 1School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China.

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