Northeast Asia interconnection and virtual power system simulator design

In this paper, a virtual power system simulator (VPSS) using a virtual power plant (VPP) concept is introduced. VPSS efficiently emulates power system operations and electricity transactions in order to protect the access to future electricity markets utilizing the power system interconnections in Northeast Asia (NEA). This paper introduces methods on how to structure and operate the operative mechanism and the simulator design for these proposed inter-regional interconnections in the NEA. The inter-regional power system interconnection structure is expressed by using an interregional scenario performed by the Integrated Inter-Regional Transmission Organization (IIRTO). In these NEA countries, electric power bidding scenarios and price signal scenarios are options that are able to be defined by one VPSS based on the IIRTO parameters.