Adequacy is a key concern of power system planning,which refers to the availability of sufficient facilities to meet demand.The capacity value(CV)of variable renewable energy(VRE)generation represents its equivalent c...Adequacy is a key concern of power system planning,which refers to the availability of sufficient facilities to meet demand.The capacity value(CV)of variable renewable energy(VRE)generation represents its equivalent contribution to system adequacy,in comparison to conventional generators.While VRE continues to grow and increasingly dominates the generation portfolio,its CV is becoming non-negligible,with the corresponding impact mechanisms becoming more complicated and nuanced.In this paper,the concept of CV is revisited by analyzing how VRE contributes to power system balancing at a high renewable energy penetration level.A generalized loss function is incorporated into the CV evaluation framework considering the adequacy of the power system.An analytical method for the CV evaluation of VRE is then derived using the statistical properties of both hourly load and VRE generation.Through the explicit CV expression,several critical impact factors,including the VRE generation variance,source-load correlation,and system adequacy level,are identified and discussed.Case studies demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method in comparison to the traditional capacity factor-based methods and convolution-based methods.In the IEEERTS79 test system,the CV of a 2500 MW wind farm(with40%renewable energy penetration level)is found to be 6.8%of its nameplate capacity.Additionally,the sensitivity of CV to various impact factors in power systems with high renewable energy penetration is analyzed.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2022YFB2403300)in part by the Scientific&Technical Project of State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Company(No.SGSHDK00DWJS2310470)in part by the Scientific&Technical Project of China Electric Power Planning&Engineering Institute(No.K202316)。
文摘Adequacy is a key concern of power system planning,which refers to the availability of sufficient facilities to meet demand.The capacity value(CV)of variable renewable energy(VRE)generation represents its equivalent contribution to system adequacy,in comparison to conventional generators.While VRE continues to grow and increasingly dominates the generation portfolio,its CV is becoming non-negligible,with the corresponding impact mechanisms becoming more complicated and nuanced.In this paper,the concept of CV is revisited by analyzing how VRE contributes to power system balancing at a high renewable energy penetration level.A generalized loss function is incorporated into the CV evaluation framework considering the adequacy of the power system.An analytical method for the CV evaluation of VRE is then derived using the statistical properties of both hourly load and VRE generation.Through the explicit CV expression,several critical impact factors,including the VRE generation variance,source-load correlation,and system adequacy level,are identified and discussed.Case studies demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method in comparison to the traditional capacity factor-based methods and convolution-based methods.In the IEEERTS79 test system,the CV of a 2500 MW wind farm(with40%renewable energy penetration level)is found to be 6.8%of its nameplate capacity.Additionally,the sensitivity of CV to various impact factors in power systems with high renewable energy penetration is analyzed.
