@article{article_1590147, title={A Novel Framework for Sustainable Hybrid Energy Distribution Network Using Distributed Decision Protocols}, journal={International Journal of Engineering Research and Development}, volume={17}, pages={349–369}, year={2025}, DOI={10.29137/ijerad.1590147}, author={Çağlayan, Nihan and Yılmaz, İbrahim and Erdebilli, Babek}, keywords={Distributed decision-making, Decentralized optimization, Systems analysis, Hybrid energy systems}, abstract={Nowadays, population growth and technological advancements are contributing to the growth of global electricity demand. The aim of this research is to form a new distributed decision-making protocol (DDM) to increase the reliability and sustainability of HES. Using this DDM, it is intended to minimize the effects of planned and unplanned production interruptions on the independent and autonomous energy producers within the HES. By implementing this protocol, energy producers in the HES are intended to collaborate and achieve mutual benefits in cases where they are not able to fulfill the needs of their customers. As a case study, there are sixteen independent power plants that are simulated as CN enterprises in four independent communities. The DDM protocol aims to manage the collaboration among independent energy producers, to use the sources of the producers effectively, to increase the profit rates, and to optimize the sustainability of the energy supply for each community. The results demonstrates that the proposed protocol gives satisfying results under the criteria of profit, demand fulfillment rate, sustainability, and resource utilization both for each energy producers and entire HES. Moreover, the increase in collaboration rate within each community increased these parameters by average of 90%.}, number={2}, publisher={Kirikkale University}