A review of the evolution and main roles of virtual power plants as key stakeholders in power systems

JF Venegas-Zarama, JI Muñoz-Hernandez… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) allow the aggregated management of diverse power
technologies in systems of different size, complexity and connectivity. The main objectives of …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria decision making monarch butterfly optimization for optimal distributed energy resources mix in distribution networks

P Singh, NK Meena, J Yang, E Vega-Fuentes… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The optimal integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is a multiobjective and
complex combinatorial optimization problem that conventional optimization methods cannot …

A double-layer planning method for integrated community energy systems with varying energy conversion efficiencies

Y Mu, W Chen, X Yu, H Jia, K Hou, C Wang, X Meng - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy hub is considered a unit where multiple energy carriers can be converted,
conditioned, and stored, thereby providing the functions of input, output, conversion, and …

Operation of a technical virtual power plant considering diverse distributed energy resources

M Gough, SF Santos, M Lotfi, MS Javadi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual power plants (VPPs) have emerged as a way to coordinate and control the growing
number of distributed energy resources (DERs) within power systems. Typically, VPP …

[HTML][HTML] Allocation of renewable energy resources in distribution systems while considering the uncertainty of wind and solar resources via the multi-objective Salp …

IF Davoudkhani, F Zishan, S Mansouri, F Abdollahpour… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the importance of renewable energy sources in distribution systems, this article
addresses the problem of locating and determining the capacity of these sources, namely …

A Stackelberg Game-based planning approach for integrated community energy system considering multiple participants

Q Jiang, Y Mu, H Jia, Y Cao, Z Wang, W Wei, K Hou… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The game relationship between the Energy Server (ES) and the Energy Consumer (EC) in
the Integrated Community Energy System (ICES) can change the energy supply and …

Virtual power plant optimization in smart grids: A narrative review

B Goia, T Cioara, I Anghel - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are promising solutions to address the decarbonization and
energy efficiency goals in the smart energy grid. They assume the coordination of local …

Virtual power plant operational strategies: Models, markets, optimization, challenges, and opportunities

MM Roozbehani, E Heydarian-Forushani… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
High penetration of distributed generation and renewable energy sources in power systems
has created control challenges in the network, which requires the coordinated management …

Active dynamic aggregation model for distributed integrated energy system as virtual power plant

H Zhao, B Wang, X Wang, Z Pan, H Sun… - Journal of Modern …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed integrated multi-energy systems (DIMSs) can be regarded as virtual power plants
to provide additional flexibility to the power system. This paper proposes a robust active …

Aggregating additional flexibility from quick-start devices for multi-energy virtual power plants

H Zhao, B Wang, Z Pan, H Sun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multi-energy virtual power plant can be defined as flexible cooperation of multi-energy
distributed energy resources including heating and cooling devices that operates as a single …