TY - GEN
T1 - Investigating the Impacts of Microgrids and Gas Grid Interconnection on Power Grid Flexibility
AU - Kamrani, Farshid
AU - Fattaheian-Dehkordi, Sajjad
AU - Abbaspour, Ali
AU - Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Mahmud
AU - Lehtonen, Matti
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The introduction of microgrids (MGs) and renewable energy sources (RESs) has caused significant shifts in the operation of power systems. Despite many benefits, integration of RESs has emerged new issues in the power systems operation. One of the issues recently raised by some utilities, is the severe ramps which are seen in systems with high penetration of RES. On the other hand, the traditional flexible power plants could not provide the ramp required in these systems. As a result, flexible local resources in independent entities like MGs should be employed to tackle this issue in these systems. In this paper, a novel model is developed to investigate the effects of MGs and gas grid interconnection on the flexibility of the power grid. Finally, the proposed model is analyzed in different case studies to show the importance of power-gas-power system in an MG from the economic, flexibility and reliability perspectives.
AB - The introduction of microgrids (MGs) and renewable energy sources (RESs) has caused significant shifts in the operation of power systems. Despite many benefits, integration of RESs has emerged new issues in the power systems operation. One of the issues recently raised by some utilities, is the severe ramps which are seen in systems with high penetration of RES. On the other hand, the traditional flexible power plants could not provide the ramp required in these systems. As a result, flexible local resources in independent entities like MGs should be employed to tackle this issue in these systems. In this paper, a novel model is developed to investigate the effects of MGs and gas grid interconnection on the flexibility of the power grid. Finally, the proposed model is analyzed in different case studies to show the importance of power-gas-power system in an MG from the economic, flexibility and reliability perspectives.
KW - Flexibility
KW - Microgrid
KW - P2G systems
KW - Power-gas-power system
KW - Renewable energies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083662754&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SGC49328.2019.9056629
DO - 10.1109/SGC49328.2019.9056629
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85083662754
T3 - Smart Grid Conference SGC
SP - 106
EP - 111
BT - Proceedings of the 2019 Smart Gird Conference, SGC 2019
PB - IEEE
T2 - Smart Grid Conference
Y2 - 18 December 2019 through 19 December 2019
ER -
