Distributed Optimal Dispatch of Virtual Power Plant via Limited Communication

Author

Hongming Yang ; Dexin Yi ; Junhua Zhao ; Zhaoyang Dong

Author_Institution

Eng. Res. Center of Electr. Power & Traffic Safety Monitoring & Control & Energy Conservation Technol., Changsha Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changsha, China

Volume

28

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Aug. 2013

Firstpage

3511

Lastpage

3512

Abstract

In this letter, a distributed optimal dispatch method based on the distributed primal-dual sub-gradient algorithm is proposed. By coordinating individual decision-making of distributed energy resources (DERs) in the virtual power plant (VPP) via limited communication, the profit of VPP can be maximized. It can be proven that the proposed distributed algorithm has similar performance to the centralized dispatch.

Keywords

distribution networks; energy resources; gradient methods; power generation dispatch; DER; VPP; distributed energy resources; distributed optimal dispatch method; distributed primal-dual sub-gradient algorithm; individual decision-making; limited communication; virtual power plant; Decision making; Density estimation robust algorithm; Energy resources; Investment; Optimization; Power generation; Power systems; Communication; distributed optimal dispatch; distributed primal-dual sub-gradient; virtual power plant;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2242702

Filename

6472128