Application of Digital Technologies for Expansion Planning of Integrated Energy Systems

Abstract

Active promotion of digital technologies in the energy sector requires a change in the principles of building energy systems, as well as the concept of their expansion planning. The functioning of infrastructural energy systems that are transforming as a result of the innovative development is fundamentally impossible without advanced information and communication technologies and intelligent digital tools. Energy systems are becoming sophisticated cyber-physical systems. At the same time, the problems of cybersecurity are exacerbating. The joint functioning of several types of energy systems in the form of a single integrated energy system provides new functional capabilities. The use of digital technologies in integrated energy systems provides the collection, processing, transmission and representing of information on all components of the system regarding all aspects of integration. Digitalization of integrated energy systems is carried out in the following two directions: application of digital technologies for individual subsystems for the purpose of their control; the use of digital technologies for technical and technological integration solutions in order to ensure coordination of subsystems and the implementation of system-wide goals. The adoption of digital technologies in integrated energy systems contributes to the organization of flexible, coordinated control of the expansion planning of such systems.

Technological trends in the energy sector: challenges and threats

“…It covers a wide range of issues, including the creation of an appropriate institutional framework defining regulatory, technological and economic rules for the reliable and efficient development and functioning of energy systems in new conditions. Significant transformations will undergo organizational models that provide technological coordination, investment activities, and management of the interaction of numerous entities belonging to different forms of ownership and having divergent interests in the energy business process [4][5][6]. In relation to the transformation of energy systems in the conditions of energy transition, constructions in the form of the 3D concept (Decarbonization, Decentralization and Digitalization) are often used, and recently -3C (Co-provision, Co-organization, Codevelopment).…”

“…The second is connected with innovative energy-efficient technologies and equipment, on the one hand, implementing new system approaches to building energy systems, and on the other hand, adequately taking into account the diverse structure of loads (electrical, thermal, etc. ), their ratio, as well as the active behavior of the consumer [4].…”