Empowering Energy Efficiency: Exploring Applications, Overcoming Challenges, Charting the Future Trends of the IoT in Smart Energy Systems

Abstract

The term “Internet of Things” refers to a combination of technological and communication infrastructures that connect many heterogeneous things to the internet and to one another. \Its integration into engineering systems has increasingly gained popularity in recent years due to its promise to improve and revolutionise end users’ lives.IoT integration in smart energy systems enables a wide range of applications that span a number of different energy system domains. IoT has developed into a
cutting-edge emerging technology to be integrated into smart energy systems thanks to its many advantages, which include unmatched fast communication between subsystems, the maximisation of energy use, the decrease in environmental impacts, a boost in the dividends of renewable energies. We have given an outline of the relationship between SES, IoT, the Internet of Energy (IoE) in this study. The primary IoT applications in smart energy systems—which include smart cities, smart buildings and homes—are investigated and analysed. The article also examines the obstacles preventing the use of IoT technologies in SES as well as potential solutions to these obstacles. In addition, the path of this technology’s research and the justifications for industry adoption are discussed. The purpose of this work is to provide scholars working in this area, decision-makers in the field of energy policy, energy economists, energy administrators with a potential literature overview on the functions and effects of IoT technology in smart energy systems.