Electric Power ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 166-177.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202005004

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Multi-agent Coordination and Optimal Dispatch of Microgrid with CES Based on Ecological Game

LI Xianshan, CHEN Aobo, CHENG Shan, CHEN Minrui   

  1. Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Operation and Control of Cascade Hydropower Stations, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China
  • Received:2020-05-06 Revised:2020-10-20 Published:2021-07-12
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51607105) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (No.2016CFA097)

Abstract: Distributed energy storage can alleviate the randomness problem caused by a large number of distributed power sources connected to micro-grid, but high initial installation cost and operation and maintenance difficulties limit its large-scale promotion and application. In this paper, “cloud energy storage” system is introduced to micro-grid to provide users with efficient “virtual distributed energy storage” services. Based on the idea of natural ecosystems, a multi-agent ecological game coordination optimization dispatching model for microgrids with CES is proposed. According to interest appealing relationship, the multi-agent structure of the microgrid system is constructed with four intelligent agents, including micro-grid operator, general load aggregators, cloud energy storage and cloud storage users, and their optimization models were developed respectively. The micro-grid power ecosystem was constructed, and the game optimization model among agents and among power ecosystems was established. The reinforcement learning algorithm based on the Nash equilibrium was used to solve the multi-agent ecological game model. The simulation results show that the cloud energy storage service optimizes the load curve, reduces the electricity cost, and cloud energy storage operators also gain benefits, achieving a multi-party win-win effect.

Key words: cloud energy storage, multi-agent, ecological game, Nash equilibrium, reinforcement learning