Published October 10, 2022 | Version v1
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Optimal Strategy of Energy Aggregators in the Energy and Regulation markets: Chance-Constrained Approach

  • 1. GECAD - Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development, LASI - Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Description

Multiple energy systems have become increasingly interdependent in recent years. In the smart grids, energy aggregators (EAs) as intermediaries between consumers and energy markets are responsible to supply the required energy of consumers. However, fluctuations in consumption could endanger the expected cost of EAs. Therefore, EAs shall use flexible resources to diminish the unexpected variation of demand. Among various types of energy resources, battery energy storages (BESs) and combined heat and power (CHP) units are flexible alternatives to provide the required electricity and heat demand of consumers. In this work, a linear model is presented for the participation of EAs in the energy and regulation markets based on the electrical and thermal requirements of consumers. To model the impacts of stochastic consumption, the chance-constrained programming approach is used. Moreover, the McCormick relaxation is addressed to linearize the cost function of the CHP unit. The performance is evaluated via a case study and various confidence levels. Simulation results indicate that increasing the confidence level from 0.75 to 0.85 results in a 5.4% increase in EA’s costs.

Notes

This work has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under project TradeRES (grant agreement No 864276). The authors acknowledge the work facilities and equipment provided by GECAD research center (UIDB/00760/2020) to the project team. FCT is supporting contract CEECIND/01423/2021.

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Funding

European Commission
TradeRES - Tools for the Design and modelling of new markets and negotiation mechanisms for a ~100% Renewable European Power Systems 864276
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
UIDB/00760/2020 - Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development UIDB/00760/2020