Decentralized approach for security enhancement of wind‐integrated energy systems coordinated with energy storages

Abstract

Wind speed fluctuations in wind-integrated energy systems render the need for the fast and proper response of the conventional thermal generating units. This is while ramping constraints of these units as the backbone of the traditional power generation cycle depreciate their response, which poses a serious security challenge. This article is aimed at enhancing the security of multiarea wind-integrated energy systems by the coordinated deployment of energy storage systems (ESSs). To realize a practical model, a probabilistic reformulation of decentralized security-constrained optimal power flow by taking into account the thermal units' ramping constraints is developed, which tackles the uncertainties of wind speed fluctuations through a proper provision of ramping requirements by ESSs. Moreover, the optimality condition decomposition algorithm is used to solve security-constrained optimal power flow at each area of the energy system in a decentralized manner. Furthermore, to reduce the computational burden, a contingency filtering approach is employed that filters the uncritical conditions during the solution process. Different scenarios of transmission line and generator outages are explored by linear outage factors, including the line outage distribution factor and the power transfer distribution factor. In the established model, the value of loss of load and the value of wind curtailment factors are employed to reflect the economic impact of load shedding and wind energy curtailment. For supplying the lost power in generation outages, the participation factor of the connected sources is modified, which considers the remained generation capacity of sources. To assess the efficiency of the proposed model, the New England 39-bus testbed is put under extensive investigation. The results are discussed in depth.