Providing Ancillary Services with Photovoltaic Generation in Multi- Timescale Grid Operation

Xin Fang, Jin Tan, Haoyu Yuan, Shengfei Yin, Jianhui Wang

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Abstract

With penetration levels of photovoltaic (PV) generation substantially increasing, electric power systems need more flexible resources that can provide ancillary services to mitigate the variability and uncertainty of the PV. On one hand, the increase in PV generation necessitates more flexible resources; on the other hand, because of its low operation cost, PV generation has been replacing conventional generation, which is currently the main flexible resource. Consequently, there is a trend to require renewable generation, including PV, to provide flexible ancillary services. This paper proposes a multi-timescale grid operation model considering the various control strategies of PV providing different ancillary services. Numerical case studies demonstrate that with PV providing both regulation reserve and primary frequency reserve, the system operating costs and PV curtailment will be reduced significantly. Results show that not only the system reliability can be improved but also PV profitability with PV providing more ancillary services.

Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Apr 2021
Event52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020 - Tempe, United States
Duration: 11 Apr 202113 Apr 2021

Conference

Conference52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTempe
Period11/04/2113/04/21

Bibliographical note

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© 2021 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5C00-80935

Keywords

  • ancillary services
  • multi-timescale grid operation
  • PV generation

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