Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty
The large-scale integration of new energy is an inevitable trend to achieve the low-carbon transformation of power systems. However, the strong randomness of wind power, photovoltaic power, and loads poses severe challenges to the safe and stable operation of systems. Existing studies demonstrate in...
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| author | Guangxiu Yu Ping Zhou Zhenzhong Zhao Yiheng Liang Weijun Wang |
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| description | The large-scale integration of new energy is an inevitable trend to achieve the low-carbon transformation of power systems. However, the strong randomness of wind power, photovoltaic power, and loads poses severe challenges to the safe and stable operation of systems. Existing studies demonstrate insufficient integration and handling of source-load bilateral uncertainties in wind–solar–fossil fuel storage complementary systems, resulting in difficulties in balancing economy and low-carbon performance in their energy storage configuration. To address this insufficiency, this study proposes an optimal energy storage configuration method considering source-load uncertainties. Firstly, a deterministic bi-level model is constructed: the upper level aims to minimize the comprehensive cost of the system to determine the energy storage capacity and power, and the lower level aims to minimize the system operation cost to solve the optimal scheduling scheme. Then, wind and solar output, as well as loads, are treated as fuzzy variables based on fuzzy chance constraints, and uncertainty constraints are transformed using clear equivalence class processing to establish a bi-level optimization model that considers uncertainties. A differential evolution algorithm and CPLEX are used for solving the upper and lower levels, respectively. Simulation verification in a certain region shows that the proposed method reduces comprehensive cost by 8.9%, operation cost by 10.3%, the curtailment rate of wind and solar energy by 8.92%, and carbon emissions by 3.51%, which significantly improves the economy and low-carbon performance of the system and provides a reference for the future planning and operation of energy systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8bdcac2cf253427d811e37fb9baaf1ca2025-08-20T03:36:31ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732025-07-011815401110.3390/en18154011Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load UncertaintyGuangxiu Yu0Ping Zhou1Zhenzhong Zhao2Yiheng Liang3Weijun Wang4State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company Economic and Technical Research Institute, Chengdu 610095, ChinaState Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company Economic and Technical Research Institute, Chengdu 610095, ChinaState Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company Tianfu New Area Power Supply Company, Chengdu 610093, ChinaDepartment of Economic Management, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, ChinaDepartment of Economic Management, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, ChinaThe large-scale integration of new energy is an inevitable trend to achieve the low-carbon transformation of power systems. However, the strong randomness of wind power, photovoltaic power, and loads poses severe challenges to the safe and stable operation of systems. Existing studies demonstrate insufficient integration and handling of source-load bilateral uncertainties in wind–solar–fossil fuel storage complementary systems, resulting in difficulties in balancing economy and low-carbon performance in their energy storage configuration. To address this insufficiency, this study proposes an optimal energy storage configuration method considering source-load uncertainties. Firstly, a deterministic bi-level model is constructed: the upper level aims to minimize the comprehensive cost of the system to determine the energy storage capacity and power, and the lower level aims to minimize the system operation cost to solve the optimal scheduling scheme. Then, wind and solar output, as well as loads, are treated as fuzzy variables based on fuzzy chance constraints, and uncertainty constraints are transformed using clear equivalence class processing to establish a bi-level optimization model that considers uncertainties. A differential evolution algorithm and CPLEX are used for solving the upper and lower levels, respectively. Simulation verification in a certain region shows that the proposed method reduces comprehensive cost by 8.9%, operation cost by 10.3%, the curtailment rate of wind and solar energy by 8.92%, and carbon emissions by 3.51%, which significantly improves the economy and low-carbon performance of the system and provides a reference for the future planning and operation of energy systems.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/15/4011source-load uncertaintyfuzzy chance constraintscomplementary energy systemsenergy storage allocationtwo-tier optimization |
| spellingShingle | Guangxiu Yu Ping Zhou Zhenzhong Zhao Yiheng Liang Weijun Wang Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty Energies source-load uncertainty fuzzy chance constraints complementary energy systems energy storage allocation two-tier optimization |
| title | Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty |
| title_full | Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty |
| title_fullStr | Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty |
| title_short | Energy Storage Configuration Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Thermal Complementary Energy System, Considering Source-Load Uncertainty |
| title_sort | energy storage configuration optimization of a wind solar thermal complementary energy system considering source load uncertainty |
| topic | source-load uncertainty fuzzy chance constraints complementary energy systems energy storage allocation two-tier optimization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/15/4011 |
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