Collaborative Research: Integrating Random Energy Into the Smart Grid

智力优势智能电网是我们这个时代最重要、最雄心勃勃的工程项目之一。可再生能源发电的深度整合是智能电网愿景的关键驱动力。一个根本的挑战是这些能源变化很大？它们不可调度，经历巨大而快速的变化，并且难以预测。电网必须通过一系列解决方案来吸收这种变化，其中包括改进的预测、需求塑造、电力存储、优化电网运营和新的市场工具。我们的目标是分析该组合的风能整合。我们将开发一个分析框架来研究如何在深度渗透水平的竞争性电力市场中解决风力变化问题。我们将研究基于市场的弃风、整合、可变发电和灵活负载的匹配以及新颖的合同工具。更广泛的影响我们研究的社会影响来自于可再生能源发电对于能源安全和环境可持续性至关重要这一事实。我们的研究直接解决了显着提高可再生能源发电普及率所必须克服的障碍。我们研究的技术影响将源于我们的新颖框架，用于分析现有选项并设计可再生能源整合的新颖机制。这将提供新的见解和分析方法，指导技术组件和协调机制的最佳组合的设计。 我们研究的教育影响源于我们将各级教育与研究相结合的认真努力。我们将为学生提供电力系统运行、优化、控制和经济学方面的多学科培训，使他们成为实现智能电网愿景的领导者。

Intellectual MeritThe Smart Grid is among the most important and ambitious engineering endeavors of our time. Deep integration of renewable electricity generation is a key driver of the Smart Grid vision. A fundamental challenge is that these energy sources are highly variable ? they are not dispatchable, experience large and rapid changes, and are difficult to predict. The electricity grid must absorb this variability through a portfolio of solutions that include improved forecasts, demand shaping, electricity storage, optimal grid operations, and new market instruments. Our objective is to analyze this portfolio for wind energy integration. We will develop an analytical framework to study how wind variability can be addressed in competitive electricity markets at deep penetration levels. We will investigate market based wind curtailment, aggregation, matching of variable generation and flexible loads, and novel contract instruments.Broader ImpactThe societal impact of our research comes from the fact that renewable electricity generation is critical for energy security and environmental sustainability. Our research directly addresses the obstacles that must be overcome to significantly increase the penetration of renewable generation. The technological impact of our research will stem from our novel framework to analyze existing options and design novel mechanisms for renewable integration. This will offer new insights and analysis methods which will guide the design of optimal portfolios of technology components and coordination mechanisms. The educational impact of our research is derived from our serious efforts at integrating education at all levels with our research. We will equip our students with the multi-disciplinary training in power systems operations, optimization, control, and economics to become leaders in making the Smart Grid vision a reality.