Evaluating the benefits of coordinated emerging flexible resources in electricity markets

E. Heydarian-Forushani, M.E.H. Golshan and Pierluigi Siano

Applied Energy, 2017, vol. 199, issue C, 142-154

Abstract: Increasing share of variable renewable energy sources (VRESs) with the aim of tackling climate changes impose several techno-economic challenges to power system operation. VRESs reduce the available flexibility by displacing existing flexible units due to their priority in dispatch and simultaneously enhance the need for additional flexibility due to their uncertain nature. In this light, the system is faced with a flexibility gap. One way to cover the created flexibility gap is the incorporation of emerging flexible resources into power systems operation. On this basis, this paper proposes a comprehensive flexible generation portfolio including bulk energy storages (BESs), plug-in electric vehicle parking lots (PEV PLs), and demand response (DR) programs. A stochastic market-based model is proposed to coordinate the interactions among these flexibility providers considering different sets of uncertainty, such as wind power generation and PEV owner’s behavior. Finally, various generation mixtures are prioritized based on the system operator’s economic, technical, and environmental desires to provide a guideline to opt the most effective generation mixture in the context of flexibility promotion.

Keywords: Bulk energy storages; Demand response; Electric vehicles; Flexibility; Stochastic programming; Wind energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.04.062

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