Optimal utilization and planning of modernized electricity transmission grids

现代化输电网的优化利用和规划

• 批准号: 556578-2020
• 负责人: Zareipour, HamidrezaH
• 金额: $ 2.01万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=751998
• 关键词: Optimal; utilization; planning; modernized; electricity

Consistent with national and global trends, Alberta's power sector is set to transform. The coal generation fleet is planned to retire by 2030 and there is a growing market and interest to produce a large share of Alberta's electricity from clean resources. The additional clean electricity is expected to be mostly supplied through (i), transmission-connected wind and solar generators, and (ii), renewable distribution-connected generators- for example, rooftop solar energy generators. Additionally, integration of various forms of on-site, behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DER) into power distribution networks across the province is growing. These changes disrupt the patterns of energy flow across the grid and introduce unprecedented uncertainty in both supply- and demand-side of the electricity systems, making grid planning more challenging than ever. This partnership is the continuation of a successfully concluded collaborative research program between Dr. Zareipour and the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO). This research will design new methods and tools for flexibly enhancing the process of optimal transmission system utilization and planning by considering more planning factors and future scenarios than existing methods while rendering solutions at a reasonable computation time. This research topic is important because its potential outcomes will, in the short-term, enable the industry enhance their planning processes while saving the often prohibitively expensive engineering time and resources. In the longer term, and as the power sector transforms and new challenges emerge, the outcomes of this proactive partnership would position the industry to directly save ratepayers both economically and socially through smarter, cost-effective grid investments. From a broader national interest perspective, the outcomes of the research will support maintaining a reliable, affordable, and progressively clean electricity system. This will in turn help maintain the competitive advantage of the Canadian economy and supports Canada in reaching its international emission reduction commitments.

与国家和全球趋势一致，阿尔伯塔的电力部门将进行转型。燃煤发电机组计划在2030年前退役，而阿尔伯塔的大部分电力都来自清洁能源，这一市场和兴趣正在不断增长。预计新增清洁电力将主要通过以下方式提供：（i）与输电相连的风力和太阳能发电机;（ii）与可再生配电相连的发电机，例如屋顶太阳能发电机。此外，各种形式的现场、仪表后分布式能源（DER）与全省配电网络的整合正在增长。这些变化破坏了电网中的能量流动模式，并在电力系统的供需双方引入了前所未有的不确定性，使电网规划比以往更具挑战性。这种伙伴关系是Zareipour博士和阿尔伯塔电力系统运营商（AESO）之间成功完成的合作研究计划的延续。该研究将设计新的方法和工具，通过考虑比现有方法更多的规划因素和未来场景，同时在合理的计算时间内提供解决方案，灵活地增强输电系统最佳利用和规划的过程。这个研究课题很重要，因为它的潜在成果将在短期内使该行业能够增强其规划流程，同时节省通常昂贵的工程时间和资源。从长远来看，随着电力行业的转型和新挑战的出现，这种积极的合作伙伴关系的结果将使该行业能够通过更智能，更具成本效益的电网投资在经济和社会上直接节省纳税人。从更广泛的国家利益角度来看，研究结果将支持维持一个可靠、负担得起和逐步清洁的电力系统。这反过来将有助于保持加拿大经济的竞争优势，并支持加拿大实现其国际减排承诺。