Abstract
The power system and markets have become increasingly complex along with
an effort to digitalize the energy sector. Accessing flexibility
services, in particular, through digital energy platforms, has enabled
communication between multiple entities within the energy system and
streamlined flexibility market operations. However, digitalizing these
vast and complex systems introduces new cybersecurity and privacy
concerns, which must be properly addressed during the design of the
digital energy platform ecosystems. In this study, the potential and
operation of digital flexibility platforms are reviewed, and a generic
architecture with/without a combined distributed ledger technology
framework is proposed. Finally, concerns about cybersecurity and privacy
on digital energy platforms are discussed.