Energy management system for distribution networks integrating photovoltaic and storage units

The concept of the energy management system, developed in this work, is to determine the optimal combination of energy from several generation sources and to schedule their commitment, while optimizing the cost of purchased energy, power losses and voltage drops. In order to achieve these objectives, the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) was modified and applied to an IEEE 33-bus test network containing 10 photovoltaic power plants and 4 battery energy storage systems placed at optimal points in the network. To evaluate the system performance, the resolution was performed under several test conditions. Optimal Pareto solutions were classified using three decision-making methods, namely analytic hierarchy process (AHP), technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and entropy-TOPSIS. The simulation results obtained by NSGA-II and classified using entropy-TOPSIS showed a significant and considerable reduction in terms of purchased energy cost, power losses and voltage drops while successfully meeting all constraints. In addition, the diversity of the results proved once again the robustness and effectiveness of the algorithm. A graphical interface was also developed to display all the decisions made by the algorithm, and all other information such as the states of power systems, voltage profiles, alarms, and history.