TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing DER flexibility in a German distribution network for different scenarios and degrees of controllability
AU - Silva, André
AU - Carvalho, Leonel
AU - Bessa, Ricardo
AU - Sumaili, Jean
AU - Seca, Luís
AU - Schaarschmidt, Gunnar
AU - Silva, João
AU - Matos, Manuel
AU - Hermes, Roland
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper evaluates the flexibility provided by distributed energy resources (DER) in a real electricity distribution network in Germany. Using the Interval Constrained Power Flow (ICPF) tool, the maximum range of flexibility available at the primary substation was obtained for different operation scenarios. Three test cases were simulated, differing mainly in the considered level of renewable energy sources (RES) production. For each test case, the obtained results enabled the construction of flexibility areas that define, for a given operating point, the limits of feasible values for the active and reactive power that can be exchanged between the TSO and the DSO. Furthermore, the tool can also be used to evaluate the contribution from each type of DER to the overall distribution network flexibility.
AB - This paper evaluates the flexibility provided by distributed energy resources (DER) in a real electricity distribution network in Germany. Using the Interval Constrained Power Flow (ICPF) tool, the maximum range of flexibility available at the primary substation was obtained for different operation scenarios. Three test cases were simulated, differing mainly in the considered level of renewable energy sources (RES) production. For each test case, the obtained results enabled the construction of flexibility areas that define, for a given operating point, the limits of feasible values for the active and reactive power that can be exchanged between the TSO and the DSO. Furthermore, the tool can also be used to evaluate the contribution from each type of DER to the overall distribution network flexibility.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85007578810
T3 - IET Conference Publications
BT - IET Conference Publications
PB - Institution of Engineering and Technology
T2 - CIRED Workshop 2016
Y2 - 14 June 2016 through 15 June 2016
ER -