Sustainable Power Grids with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources

分布式能源高渗透的可持续电网

• 批准号: RGPIN-2021-02574
• 负责人: Kamwa, Innocent
• 金额: $ 5.54万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=742085
• 关键词: Sustainable; Power; Grids; Penetration; Distributed

The massive integration of renewable energy sources with zero marginal costs, connected through power electronics to the grid, imposes us to rethink how to protect, control and optimize power systems. Their low controllability pushes to envision solutions based on storage devices and demand responses to balance the system, setting the electric grid as key policy tool to switching to 100% renewable economy. It will indeed increase the hosting capacity of renewable generation while enabling decentralized electricity trading, with higher quality of service and satisfaction for customers, by facilitating microgrids and customer owned Distributed Energy Resources (DER). It is of prime interest to investigate methods and approaches to deal with and exploit the potential of DER, at both distribution and transmission levels to maximize grid-hosting capability of variable resources. It is also important to understand the development and operation of active distribution systems with high penetration of DERs, while exploiting bilateral interactions of transmission-distribution networks to provide grid services from client-side resources. In this context, the research findings will touch on key innovation areas that are shaping the functionality of modern electricity grid: (a) Decentralized smart grids, both large and small scale that complement each other to enable new variable-generation management schemes. (b) Decentralized transactive energy platforms that empower consumers, turning them into active participants equipped with innovative technologies for increasing DER-based energy supply. (c) New operation procedures that enhance electricity system flexibility to manage uncertainties and new ways to operate the grid that reduce wind/solar curtailment due to grid congestion. The specific research objectives include: 1) activate the grid edge for new business models empowering the consumer with peer-to-peer and transactive controls and markets; 2) ensure stable and reliable use of customer side DER by the grid operator in power electronics-dominated systems with ubiquitous grid-forming converters and hierarchical controls; and 3) manage simultaneously power grid technical and economical performance in the presence of uncertainties, using data-driven and AI-enabled automatic operations. The program will engage strongly in the training of highly qualified personnel at the three university cycles by involving students at the bachelor's, master's and PhD levels in the design and implementation of advanced DER technologies at the core of the three main research tracks. In addition, these students will carry out the transfer of knowledge and technology to the industry through internships with IREQ, MITACS or Alliance funding and high-paying jobs after graduation. The transfer to industry of technologies developed in the context of this major project is indeed a very important part of the students' research program and training philosophy.

通过电力电子将可再生能源与零边缘成本的大量整合到零边缘成本上，并强加于我们重新考虑如何保护，控制和优化电力系统。它们的低可控性将基于存储设备的设想和需求响应以平衡系统，将电网作为切换到100％可再生经济的关键政策工具。通过促进微电网和客户拥有的分布式能源（DER），它确实会提高可再生生成的托管能力，同时实现分散的电力交易，对客户的服务质量和满意度更高。在分布和传输水平上研究和利用DER的潜力，以最大程度地提高可变资源的电网托管能力，这是主要的兴趣。了解具有DER的高渗透的主动分配系统的开发和运行也很重要，同时利用传输 - 分布网络的双边相互作用来提供客户端资源的网格服务。在这种情况下，研究结果将涉及塑造现代电网功能的关键创新领域：（a）分散的智能电网，无论是大小的小规模，它们相互补充以启用新的可变生成管理方案。 （b）分散的交易能源平台，赋予消费者能力，将他们变成具有创新技术的活跃参与者，以增加基于DER的能源供应。 （c）增强电力系统灵活性的新操作程序，以管理不确定性和操作网格的新方法，以减少由于电网充血而导致的风/太阳能减少。特定的研究目标包括：1）激活新业务模型的网格边缘，以用对等控制和交易控制和市场赋予消费者的能力； 2）确保电网运算符在电力电子主导的系统中稳定而可靠的使用客户侧，并具有无处不在的网格形成转换器和分层控制； 3）使用数据驱动和启用AI的自动操作在不确定性的情况下同时管理电网技术和经济性能。 该计划将通过让学士学位，硕士和博士学位水平的学生参与三个主要研究轨道的核心的高级DER技术的设计和实施，从而在三个大学周期中培训高素质的人员。此外，这些学生将通过IREQ，MITACS或联盟资金和毕业后的高薪工作实习，将知识和技术转移给行业。在这个主要项目背景下发展的技术行业的转移确实是学生研究计划和培训理念的重要组成部分。