Twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient based stochastic optimal dispatch of hydro and wind power considering the uncertainty of wind power in power-time dimensions

Abstract

The randomness, fluctuation and uncertainty of wind power brings great challenges to the dispatch and control of the power system. In order to raise the economy of hydro and wind power optimal dispatch, a stochastic optimal dispatching model considering the uncertainty of wind power in both time and power dimensions is proposed. The versatile distribution is used to describe the uncertainty of wind power in different power-time intervals, providing foundation for positive and negative reserves of hydro power. Moreover, to solve the multi-objective stochastic optimal dispatching model, the twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient (TD3) algorithm is utilized, which can avoid falling into local optimum and has stronger search ability when dealing with high-dimensional multi-objective optimization problem. Simulations in a wind farm and hydro power station of western China show that the proposed model can accurately describe the uncertainty of wind power, and TD3 algorithm can find the global optimal solution more effectively than the traditional intelligent algorithms and other deep reinforcement learning algorithms.