Method of controlling a power network
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a power network comprising a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities connected to the power generation facilities, the method comprising:
- monitoring a production capacity of the power generation facilities;
monitoring a storage capacity of the power storage facilities;
determining a grid requirement to be fulfilled, wherein the grid requirement can be required grid power to deliver;
determining an optimal facility control plan based on the storage capacity and the production capacity;
wherein determining the optimal facility control plan further comprises performing a revenue projection for a combination of energy and ancillary services based on a plurality of forecast variables comprising;
wind forecast energy forecast energy price forecast spinning reserve price forecast;
reactive power price forecast;
ramping capability forecast;
inertial response forecast frequency response forecast;
distributing active power references and reactive power references between the power generation facilities and power storage facilities according to an active component and a reactive component of a grid requirement; and
operating the power network, according to the facility control plan, to feed power from the power generation facilities into the electricity grid and/or to transfer power from the power generation facilities to the power storage facilities and/or to feed power from the power storage facilities into the electricity grid, wherein said operating of the power network is performed to fulfill the grid requirement.
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling a power network that includes a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities connected to the power generation facilities. The method includes monitoring a production capacity of the power generation facilities, monitoring a storage capacity of the power storage facilities and determining an optimal facility control plan on the basis of the storage capacity and the production capacity. The method further includes operating the power network, according to the facility control plan, to feed power from the power generation facilities into the electricity grid and/or to transfer power from the power generation facilities to the power storage facilities and/or to consume power from the power storage facilities.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a power network comprising a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities connected to the power generation facilities, the method comprising:
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monitoring a production capacity of the power generation facilities; monitoring a storage capacity of the power storage facilities; determining a grid requirement to be fulfilled, wherein the grid requirement can be required grid power to deliver; determining an optimal facility control plan based on the storage capacity and the production capacity;
wherein determining the optimal facility control plan further comprises performing a revenue projection for a combination of energy and ancillary services based on a plurality of forecast variables comprising;
wind forecast energy forecast energy price forecast spinning reserve price forecast;
reactive power price forecast;
ramping capability forecast;
inertial response forecast frequency response forecast;distributing active power references and reactive power references between the power generation facilities and power storage facilities according to an active component and a reactive component of a grid requirement; and operating the power network, according to the facility control plan, to feed power from the power generation facilities into the electricity grid and/or to transfer power from the power generation facilities to the power storage facilities and/or to feed power from the power storage facilities into the electricity grid, wherein said operating of the power network is performed to fulfill the grid requirement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A power network controller for controlling a power network, the power network comprising a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities comprising:
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an optimizing module for determining an optimal facility control plan based on a storage capacity of the power storage facilities and a generation capacity of the power generation facilities and the requirements of the grid that need to be fulfilled, wherein the grid requirement can be required grid power to deliver;
wherein the optimal facility control plan is further based on performing a revenue projection for a combination of energy and ancillary services based on a plurality of forecast variables comprising;
wind forecast;
energy forecast;
energy price forecast;
spinning reserve price forecast reactive power price forecast ramping capability forecast inertial response forecast;
frequency response forecast;a reference computation unit for computing references for operating the power generation facilities and the power storage facilities on the basis of the facility control plan; and a reference distributor unit for distributing active power references and reactive power references between the power generation facilities and power storage facilities according to an active component and a reactive component of a grid requirement and to fulfill a grid requirement.
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13. A method of controlling a power network comprising a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities connected to the power generation facilities, wherein the power storage facilities comprises at least one reversible power storage facility, wherein power output by the power generation facilities and the at least one reversible power storage facility is collected at a point of common connection the method comprising:
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monitoring a production capacity of the power generation facilities; monitoring a storage capacity of the power storage facilities; determining a grid requirement to be fulfilled, wherein the grid requirement can be required grid power to deliver; determining an optimal facility control plan based on the storage capacity of the power storage facilities and the production capacity of the power generation facilities;
wherein determining the optimal facility control plan further comprises performing a revenue projection for a combination of energy and ancillary services based on a plurality of forecast variables comprising;
wind forecast;
energy forecast;
energy price forecast;
spinning reserve price forecast;
reactive power price forecast ramping capability forecast inertial response forecast frequency response forecast;distributing active power references and reactive power references between the power generation facilities and power storage facilities according to an active component and a reactive component of a grid requirement; and operating the power network, according to the optimal facility control plan, to feed power from the power generation facilities into the electricity grid and/or to transfer power from the power generation facilities to the power storage facilities and/or to consume power from the power storage facilities.
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