Two-stage scheduling strategy of air-conditioning load participating in PV absorption of distribution network

Abstract

Aiming at the grid operation problems brought by large-scale photovoltaic(PV) connection to the distribution network, this paper proposes a two-stage scheduling strategy for air-conditioning load to participate in the PV absorption of distribution network, considering the schedulable capacity of air-conditioning load. First, in the first stage, in the micro-grid layer, each air-conditioning load aggregator(LA) makes a market bidding based on non-cooperative game to determine the day-ahead scheduling plan according to the plan of PV absorption formulated by the micro-grid operator in the past.; In the second stage, in the distribution network layer, when the micro-grid itself cannot fully absorb the PV power and the power is transferred to the main network, resulting in the voltage overlimit problem in the network, the grid company adjusts the voltage by using the schedulable capacity of air-conditioning load. The simulation results show that the strategy proposed in this paper can not only enhance the utilization of PV power and adjust the distribution network voltage, but also improve the profit of the air-conditioning LAs, reduces the regulation cost of the micro-grid operators and the grid company and has high economic efficiency.