Optimal planning and operation of microgrids

迫在眉睫的环境问题、能源供应地的安全以及核电安全问题促使全球范围内对可再生能源(RE)的研究和开发。风能和太阳能资源等可再生能源的一个关键属性是间歇性。RE不可调度，它们表现出很大的波动，并且是不确定的。应对RE间歇性的方法包括协调不同来源的组合(利用太阳能和风能来源的互补性)，以及控制分布式资源(储能、可编程负荷和智能电器)。在此背景下，这项研究建议的范围是通过提供技术突破，以可靠而无监督的方式满足电力负荷，为将可再生能源整合到当前电力系统中带来解决方案。该提案涉及两个主题：a)为单一微电网制定先进的控制和一体化战略；b)对感兴趣区域的微电网进行最佳规划。开发的控制策略将在安大略省萨尼亚的现有微电网系统上实施。拟议的办法有可能通过将微型电网的最佳规划和运行联系起来，极大地推动和改变将可再生能源带到邻里一级的办法。

Pressing environmental issues, security of energy supply sites, and nuclear power safety concerns drive research and development towards renewable energy sources (RES) worldwide. A key attribute of RES, such as wind and solar resources, is intermittency. RES are not dispatchable, they exhibit large fluctuations, and are uncertain. Means of coping with RES intermittency include coordinated combination of different sources (leveraging e.g., the complementarity of solar and wind sources), and the control of distributed resources (energy storage, programmable loads, and smart appliances). In this context, the scope of this research proposal is to bring solutions for integrating renewables into the current power system by providing the technological breakthroughs to satisfy electrical loads in a reliable yet unsupervised manner. This proposal addresses two main themes: a) Development of advanced control and integration strategies for a single microgrid and b) Optimal planning of microgrids on a region of interest. The developed control strategies will be implemented on the existing microgrid system in Sarnia, Ontario. The proposed approach has the potential to significantly advance and transform the approaches for bringing renewables to the neighbourhood level by bridging the optimal planing and operation of microgrids.