Performance of smart distribution systems (SDS) with large-scale renewable energy sources (LSRES)

可靠、高效、低成本、高质量的电力供应是维持或提高加拿大高生活水平的主要因素之一。目前的电力供应系统面临着许多挑战：环境污染、严格的监管要求、能源供应基础设施老化、杂醇油价格高昂以及电力部门训练有素的人力和专业知识严重短缺。这些因素使得配电系统以一种根本不同的方式运行至关重要：使用智能配电系统。 智能配电系统（SDS）是一种现代电力系统，它使用通信，传感器，自动化和计算机来提高电力系统的灵活性，安全性，可靠性，效率和安全性。这种系统为消费者提供了更多的选择，使他们有机会控制自己的用电量，并通过调整用电量对电价变化作出反应。这些系统的实施是一项艰巨的任务，需要认真的研究和独创性。需要进行大量的研究工作，以便使特殊发展情况成为现实，并克服与融合有关的问题。 本提案中提出的研究目的是研究这些活动的一个子集：被认为对智能配电系统的发展和大规模可再生能源（LSRES）的整合至关重要的活动。 这项研究将（i）提供对SDS的良好理解;（ii）开发一个智能配电系统模型，这对于实施将成为SDS组成部分的新技术至关重要：可再生能源、智能电表、多代理控制和需求响应;（iii）建立一个非常需要的程序，以评估LSRES的连通性，这是必要的，如果加拿大公用事业公司要处理新的可再生能源的倡议，如安大略的上网电价计划;及（iv）促进可再生能源的贡献增加加拿大燃料组合的愿景。

A reliable, efficient, low-cost, high-quality supply of electricity is one of the major factors in maintaining or improving Canada's high standard of living. A number of challenges are associated with the current electricity supply system: environmental pollution, stringent regulatory demands, an aging energy supply infrastructure, the high price of fusel fuel, and the acute shortage of trained manpower and expertise in the electric energy sector. These factors make it crucial that the distribution system be operated in a fundamentally different manner: using a smart distribution system. A smart distribution system (SDS) is a modern electric system that uses communication, sensors, automation, and computers to improve the flexibility, security, reliability, efficiency, and safety of an electricity system. Such systems offer consumers increased choice by providing opportunities for them to control their electricity use and respond to electricity price changes by adjusting their consumption. The implementation of these systems is an enormous undertaking that requires serious research and ingenuity. Substantial research effort is needed in order for SDS to become reality and for the problems associated with integration to be overcome. The purpose of the research presented in this proposal is to study a subset of these activities: ones that are considered essential for the development of smart distribution systems and the integration of large scale renewable energy sources (LSRES). This research will (i) provide a good understanding of SDS; (ii) develop a smart distribution system model that is essential for enabling the implementation of the new technologies that will be an integral part of SDS: renewable energy sources, smart meters, multi-agent control, and demand response; (iii) establish a much needed procedure suitable for evaluating the connectivity of LSRES, which is necessary if Canadian utilities are to deal with new renewable energy initiatives such as Ontario's Feed-in-Tariff Program; and (iv) facilitate the increased contribution of renewable energy sources to the Canadian fuel mix vision.