Aggregate regulation strategy of distributed energy storage under power spot market in China

Abstract

The reform of power spot market in China provides a new profit mode, determining energy trading strategy based on the power spot prices for distributed energy storages. However, individually accessing every distributed energy storage to the dispatch centre results in a high cost and low efficiency, which needs to be improved by connecting through the aggregator. To this end, this paper proposes a regulation mode and strategy for distributed energy storages participating in energy trading through aggregation. First, the optimal centres of distributed energy storages are searched as the aggregation centres according to the electrical distance distributed by the energy storage, and the model of each distributed energy storage aggregation group is established. On this basis, the conditional value at risk (CVaR) method is introduced to quantify the income risk brought by the fluctuation of power spot prices, following with the optimization model for day‐ahead stage and real‐time stage. Finally, case studies under multiple scenarios of power spot market verify that the regulation mode and strategy can effectively guarantee the economic profits of distributed energy storages by setting aggregation groups and reasonable risk preference coefficients.

Research on the Changing Trends in Electricity Prices in Gansu Province Considering High Future Penetration of Sustainable Energy

“…On the other hand, in order to cope with the volatility of new energy output, there will also be a large increase in energy storage, supporting thermal power units, and other flexibility to adjust resource investment. The utilization efficiency of such resources is generally low, and will also promote rising electricity prices [4][5][6][7]. Therefore, in the process of the evolution of the new power system, trends of change in electricity pricing are still uncertain.…”