Pub Date : 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102086
Chao He , Junwen Peng , Wenhui Jiang , Jiacheng Wang , Sirui Zhang , Yi Zhang , Hong Na
With the large-scale integration of electric vehicles (EVs) and the growing penetration of renewable energy, integrated energy systems (IES) are facing increased complexity in coordinated scheduling. This complexity arises from multi-source heterogeneity, heightened operational uncertainty, and the challenge of coordinating demand-side responses. To address these issues, we propose a coordinated optimization framework that integrates vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, demand response (DR) mechanisms, and carbon trading incentives. The framework facilitates dynamic coordination of flexible resources, such as EV charging/discharging, energy storage, grid electricity procurement, and heat pump loads. This improves operational flexibility, economic efficiency, and carbon reduction potential. To solve the multi-objective, non-convex optimization problem, we introduce a Deep Q-Network (DQN) algorithm from deep reinforcement learning. By utilizing policy learning, the algorithm dynamically optimizes operational decisions across various energy units, enabling adaptive scheduling in response to real-time system changes. Simulation results show that the proposed framework outperforms traditional rule-based and static strategies in terms of load regulation, carbon emission control, and operational cost. These findings highlight the broad applicability and scalability of the integrated scheduling mechanism with reinforcement learning for low-carbon dispatch in IES.
{"title":"Coordinated scheduling mechanism of electric vehicle V2G and DR in integrated energy systems via deep reinforcement learning","authors":"Chao He , Junwen Peng , Wenhui Jiang , Jiacheng Wang , Sirui Zhang , Yi Zhang , Hong Na","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102086","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102086","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the large-scale integration of electric vehicles (EVs) and the growing penetration of renewable energy, integrated energy systems (IES) are facing increased complexity in coordinated scheduling. This complexity arises from multi-source heterogeneity, heightened operational uncertainty, and the challenge of coordinating demand-side responses. To address these issues, we propose a coordinated optimization framework that integrates vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, demand response (DR) mechanisms, and carbon trading incentives. The framework facilitates dynamic coordination of flexible resources, such as EV charging/discharging, energy storage, grid electricity procurement, and heat pump loads. This improves operational flexibility, economic efficiency, and carbon reduction potential. To solve the multi-objective, non-convex optimization problem, we introduce a Deep Q-Network (DQN) algorithm from deep reinforcement learning. By utilizing policy learning, the algorithm dynamically optimizes operational decisions across various energy units, enabling adaptive scheduling in response to real-time system changes. Simulation results show that the proposed framework outperforms traditional rule-based and static strategies in terms of load regulation, carbon emission control, and operational cost. These findings highlight the broad applicability and scalability of the integrated scheduling mechanism with reinforcement learning for low-carbon dispatch in IES.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102086"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102100
Md Mosarrof Hossen , Aya Nabil Sayed , Faycal Bensaali , Armstrong Nhlabatsi , Muhammad E.H. Chowdhury
Human behavior significantly impacts domestic energy consumption, making it essential to monitor and improve these consumption patterns. Traditional methods often rely on centralized servers to gather and analyze consumption data, which can lead to significant privacy risks as personalized information becomes accessible online. To address this challenge, this study aims to optimize household energy consumption while preserving data privacy by proposing an innovative two-stage Federated Learning (FL) framework that delivers real-time micro-moment-based recommendations. Leveraging FL enables efficient model training across diverse end-user applications while preserving data privacy. The proposed framework employs a two-stage FL training methodology, utilizing the DRED and QUD datasets, and achieves substantial performance improvements. A comparative evaluation of three FL algorithms (FedAvg, FedProx, Mime-lite) identifies the most suitable aggregation strategy. The model achieves robust performance, with approximately 98 % accuracy and F1-score in the second training stage. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of FL in enabling personalized, privacy-preserving energy recommendations. The novelty of this work lies in combining micro-moment prediction with a multi-stage FL architecture tailored for smart home energy optimization. This study highlights the potential of FL to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability while safeguarding user privacy, paving the way for future research in energy optimization and sustainable living.
{"title":"Privacy-preserving energy optimization via multi-stage federated learning for micro-moment recommendations","authors":"Md Mosarrof Hossen , Aya Nabil Sayed , Faycal Bensaali , Armstrong Nhlabatsi , Muhammad E.H. Chowdhury","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human behavior significantly impacts domestic energy consumption, making it essential to monitor and improve these consumption patterns. Traditional methods often rely on centralized servers to gather and analyze consumption data, which can lead to significant privacy risks as personalized information becomes accessible online. To address this challenge, this study aims to optimize household energy consumption while preserving data privacy by proposing an innovative two-stage Federated Learning (FL) framework that delivers real-time micro-moment-based recommendations. Leveraging FL enables efficient model training across diverse end-user applications while preserving data privacy. The proposed framework employs a two-stage FL training methodology, utilizing the DRED and QUD datasets, and achieves substantial performance improvements. A comparative evaluation of three FL algorithms (FedAvg, FedProx, Mime-lite) identifies the most suitable aggregation strategy. The model achieves robust performance, with approximately 98 % accuracy and F1-score in the second training stage. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of FL in enabling personalized, privacy-preserving energy recommendations. The novelty of this work lies in combining micro-moment prediction with a multi-stage FL architecture tailored for smart home energy optimization. This study highlights the potential of FL to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability while safeguarding user privacy, paving the way for future research in energy optimization and sustainable living.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102100"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102093
Xiaocheng Wang , ZeLong Li , Qiaoni Han , Pengjiao Sun
In recent years, due to improper management of the relationship between charging stations (CSs) and distribution networks (DNs) in many areas, the fluctuation of power grid load has increased, which has affected the overall economic benefits of the power system. After analyzing the clear hierarchical relationship between CSs and DNs and their inherent rationality and selfishness, Stackelberg game is adopted. In this game, the DN tries to minimize its operating costs, while the goal of the CS is to maximize its profits. On the other hand, since it is difficult for DN to be aware of the load of each region in real time, this paper introduces regional load forecasting to help DN make more reasonable electricity pricing and power distribution plans. Moreover, due to the disorder and uncertainty of electric vehicle (EV) charging, the CS needs to control the charging behaviors of EVs, that is, the intelligent charging strategy is introduced to optimize the charging process, so as to ensure the load of the CS and improve its income. Finally, in order to solve the formulated Stackelberg game, the backward induction method is used to determine the optimal electricity purchase quantity of CSs and the optimal electricity price of DN through iteration. The simulation results show that the proposed method reduces the operating cost of DN by 20 % and increases the profit of CS by 18 %, and has significant advantages compared with other methods.
{"title":"Stackelberg game between charging stations and distribution networks with regional load forecasting and intelligent charging strategies","authors":"Xiaocheng Wang , ZeLong Li , Qiaoni Han , Pengjiao Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102093","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102093","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, due to improper management of the relationship between charging stations (CSs) and distribution networks (DNs) in many areas, the fluctuation of power grid load has increased, which has affected the overall economic benefits of the power system. After analyzing the clear hierarchical relationship between CSs and DNs and their inherent rationality and selfishness, Stackelberg game is adopted. In this game, the DN tries to minimize its operating costs, while the goal of the CS is to maximize its profits. On the other hand, since it is difficult for DN to be aware of the load of each region in real time, this paper introduces regional load forecasting to help DN make more reasonable electricity pricing and power distribution plans. Moreover, due to the disorder and uncertainty of electric vehicle (EV) charging, the CS needs to control the charging behaviors of EVs, that is, the intelligent charging strategy is introduced to optimize the charging process, so as to ensure the load of the CS and improve its income. Finally, in order to solve the formulated Stackelberg game, the backward induction method is used to determine the optimal electricity purchase quantity of CSs and the optimal electricity price of DN through iteration. The simulation results show that the proposed method reduces the operating cost of DN by 20 % and increases the profit of CS by 18 %, and has significant advantages compared with other methods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102093"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102097
Xu Zhang , Wei Feng , Yanhui Zhang , Xuemei Dai
The interaction between virtual power plants (VPP) and distribution system operators is constrained by privacy preservation and voltage security requirements. Conventional dynamic operating envelopes (DOE) can safeguard privacy and voltage security, but they fail to guide VPP aggregation toward proactively mitigating voltage violations in distribution grids. This paper proposes a voltage sensitivity-guided aggregation driven by a model-data integration framework to address this limitation. The framework integrates a voltage-sensitivity affine model with data-driven uncertainty characterization, enabling aggregation with voltage regulation effects. Specifically, a voltage sensitivity affine model is established at the point of common coupling, where the stochastic factors of distributed energy resources are characterized using Gaussian mixture models combined with error propagation theory. The affine model is subsequently reformulated as a chance-constrained programming model, thus achieving the aggregation for VPP to ensure privacy preservation and voltage regulation. Case studies on the IEEE 33-bus distribution test system demonstrate that the proposed framework reduces aggregation costs and significantly enhances voltage regulation compared with conventional DOE-based aggregation approaches.
{"title":"Voltage sensitivity-guided aggregation for virtual power plants via a model-data integration framework","authors":"Xu Zhang , Wei Feng , Yanhui Zhang , Xuemei Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The interaction between virtual power plants (VPP) and distribution system operators is constrained by privacy preservation and voltage security requirements. Conventional dynamic operating envelopes (DOE) can safeguard privacy and voltage security, but they fail to guide VPP aggregation toward proactively mitigating voltage violations in distribution grids. This paper proposes a voltage sensitivity-guided aggregation driven by a model-data integration framework to address this limitation. The framework integrates a voltage-sensitivity affine model with data-driven uncertainty characterization, enabling aggregation with voltage regulation effects. Specifically, a voltage sensitivity affine model is established at the point of common coupling, where the stochastic factors of distributed energy resources are characterized using Gaussian mixture models combined with error propagation theory. The affine model is subsequently reformulated as a chance-constrained programming model, thus achieving the aggregation for VPP to ensure privacy preservation and voltage regulation. Case studies on the IEEE 33-bus distribution test system demonstrate that the proposed framework reduces aggregation costs and significantly enhances voltage regulation compared with conventional DOE-based aggregation approaches.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102097"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102095
Zohreh Salmani Khankahdani , Mohammad Sadegh Ghazizadeh , Vahid Vahidinasab
Smart prosumers, equipped with generation, storage, and advanced communication infrastructure, have significant potential to provide grid services. However, effectively harnessing this potential in decentralized environments requires novel optimization frameworks that coordinate system operators with prosumers while preserving data privacy. To address this challenge, a two-layer hierarchical optimization structure is proposed to maximize grid service provision by smart prosumers under high-impact low-probability (HILP) events with minimal information exchange. In the first layer, smart prosumers, including Internet data centers and battery swapping stations, optimize and announce their available flexible capacities during emergencies. In the second layer, the distribution system operator (DSO) integrates these capacities into emergency operation planning, complemented by the dynamic routing of battery logistic trucks and the execution of distribution feeder reconfiguration (DFR) to restore power to customers in fault-affected areas. Implementation on the IEEE 69-bus distribution network demonstrates that the proposed hierarchical framework reduces load shedding by 44.82 % and emergency operation costs by 28.2 % while maintaining agent data confidentiality. These results are derived under deterministic conditions, assuming reliable communication, full prosumer participation, and accessible logistics. While uncertainties such as communication delays, partial participation, or disrupted transportation are not yet modeled, the framework provides a computationally efficient basis for decentralized resilience enhancement.
{"title":"Leveraging smart prosumers for grid resilience under high-impact low-probability events: A privacy-preserving optimization framework","authors":"Zohreh Salmani Khankahdani , Mohammad Sadegh Ghazizadeh , Vahid Vahidinasab","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102095","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smart prosumers, equipped with generation, storage, and advanced communication infrastructure, have significant potential to provide grid services. However, effectively harnessing this potential in decentralized environments requires novel optimization frameworks that coordinate system operators with prosumers while preserving data privacy. To address this challenge, a two-layer hierarchical optimization structure is proposed to maximize grid service provision by smart prosumers under high-impact low-probability (HILP) events with minimal information exchange. In the first layer, smart prosumers, including Internet data centers and battery swapping stations, optimize and announce their available flexible capacities during emergencies. In the second layer, the distribution system operator (DSO) integrates these capacities into emergency operation planning, complemented by the dynamic routing of battery logistic trucks and the execution of distribution feeder reconfiguration (DFR) to restore power to customers in fault-affected areas. Implementation on the IEEE 69-bus distribution network demonstrates that the proposed hierarchical framework reduces load shedding by 44.82 % and emergency operation costs by 28.2 % while maintaining agent data confidentiality. These results are derived under deterministic conditions, assuming reliable communication, full prosumer participation, and accessible logistics. While uncertainties such as communication delays, partial participation, or disrupted transportation are not yet modeled, the framework provides a computationally efficient basis for decentralized resilience enhancement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102095"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102096
Mingyue Zhang , Yang Han , Te Zhou , Yongchao Sun , Huaiyu Zhang , Congling Wang , Fan Yang
Extreme heat events threaten power system reliability by reducing hydropower output and intensifying load peaks. This study proposes a short-term scheduling framework for wind-solar-hydro-storage systems under such conditions. A hybrid forecasting model integrating bidirectional temporal convolutional networks (BiTCN), bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) with attention mechanism, and quantile regression forest (QRF) is developed to jointly predict wind speed, solar irradiance, and power load, thereby providing probabilistic scenarios. Based on these forecasts, a two-timescale scheduling framework is established, where the day-ahead stage employs an ε-constraint multi-objective programming approach to balance hydropower regulation, renewable energy absorption, and output smoothness, while the intraday stage adopts a rolling chance-constrained model updated every 15 min. To enhance climate adaptability, two adaptive modules are incorporated: an ε-bound feedback mechanism based on plan deviations and a thermal correction model utilizing the human comfort index to adjust temperature-sensitive outputs. A case study conducted on the Xiluodu Hydropower Station in Sichuan Province, China, under the extreme heat conditions of summer 2022 validates the effectiveness of the proposed framework. Tested on the highly fluctuating wind-speed dataset, the proposed BiTCN-BiLSTM-AM model achieves an R2 of 0.930, representing improvements of 0.032 and 0.039 over the TCN-LSTM-AM and Transformer models, respectively. In terms of dispatch performance, compared with no-storage and static-dispatch strategies, renewable utilization increases from 92.023 % and 93.692–100 %, with total generation gains of 102.489 MW and 117.101 MW. These results demonstrate that the proposed approach enables robust, adaptive, and climate-resilient scheduling for clean-energy-dominated power grids.
{"title":"Short-term optimal scheduling of wind-solar-hydro-storage systems under extreme heat scenarios with uncertainty consideration","authors":"Mingyue Zhang , Yang Han , Te Zhou , Yongchao Sun , Huaiyu Zhang , Congling Wang , Fan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extreme heat events threaten power system reliability by reducing hydropower output and intensifying load peaks. This study proposes a short-term scheduling framework for wind-solar-hydro-storage systems under such conditions. A hybrid forecasting model integrating bidirectional temporal convolutional networks (BiTCN), bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) with attention mechanism, and quantile regression forest (QRF) is developed to jointly predict wind speed, solar irradiance, and power load, thereby providing probabilistic scenarios. Based on these forecasts, a two-timescale scheduling framework is established, where the day-ahead stage employs an <em>ε</em>-constraint multi-objective programming approach to balance hydropower regulation, renewable energy absorption, and output smoothness, while the intraday stage adopts a rolling chance-constrained model updated every 15 min. To enhance climate adaptability, two adaptive modules are incorporated: an <em>ε</em>-bound feedback mechanism based on plan deviations and a thermal correction model utilizing the human comfort index to adjust temperature-sensitive outputs. A case study conducted on the Xiluodu Hydropower Station in Sichuan Province, China, under the extreme heat conditions of summer 2022 validates the effectiveness of the proposed framework. Tested on the highly fluctuating wind-speed dataset, the proposed BiTCN-BiLSTM-AM model achieves an R<sup>2</sup> of 0.930, representing improvements of 0.032 and 0.039 over the TCN-LSTM-AM and Transformer models, respectively. In terms of dispatch performance, compared with no-storage and static-dispatch strategies, renewable utilization increases from 92.023 % and 93.692–100 %, with total generation gains of 102.489 MW and 117.101 MW. These results demonstrate that the proposed approach enables robust, adaptive, and climate-resilient scheduling for clean-energy-dominated power grids.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102096"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102091
Adil Waheed, Jueyou Li
The reliability assessment of power systems ensures uninterrupted service and system stability. This paper proposes a hybrid approach consisting of Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks to predict key reliability indices, such as Loss of Load Probability (LOLP), Expected Energy Not Supplied (EENS), and Loss of Load Frequency (LOLF). The proposed approach eliminates the need to solve multiple Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems for each system state, thereby reducing computational time and complexity. In the training phase, the model learns from historical data and a limited set of pre-calculated OPF results. This process enables the model to capture the complex relationships between system states, load curtailment, and reliability indices. Once the training phase is complete, the model directly predicts reliability indices without the need to repeatedly solve OPF for every system state. Comparative analysis demonstrates that the proposed method achieves a high level of accuracy while significantly outperforming conventional techniques, such as Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). The proposed model is also applied to well-known power systems, including the IEEE Reliability Test Systems (IEEE RTS, IEEE RTS-96) and the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SPC) system in Canada. The results show that the MLP-LSTM model performs better and can solve OPF-based reliability assessments. Furthermore, the model reduces dependence on OPF and provides faster and more reliable analysis in real-time. This improvement facilitates better decision-making in power system planning and operations.
{"title":"A hybrid model for efficient reliability assessment of power systems","authors":"Adil Waheed, Jueyou Li","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102091","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reliability assessment of power systems ensures uninterrupted service and system stability. This paper proposes a hybrid approach consisting of Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks to predict key reliability indices, such as Loss of Load Probability (LOLP), Expected Energy Not Supplied (EENS), and Loss of Load Frequency (LOLF). The proposed approach eliminates the need to solve multiple Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems for each system state, thereby reducing computational time and complexity. In the training phase, the model learns from historical data and a limited set of pre-calculated OPF results. This process enables the model to capture the complex relationships between system states, load curtailment, and reliability indices. Once the training phase is complete, the model directly predicts reliability indices without the need to repeatedly solve OPF for every system state. Comparative analysis demonstrates that the proposed method achieves a high level of accuracy while significantly outperforming conventional techniques, such as Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). The proposed model is also applied to well-known power systems, including the IEEE Reliability Test Systems (IEEE RTS, IEEE RTS-96) and the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SPC) system in Canada. The results show that the MLP-LSTM model performs better and can solve OPF-based reliability assessments. Furthermore, the model reduces dependence on OPF and provides faster and more reliable analysis in real-time. This improvement facilitates better decision-making in power system planning and operations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102091"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102099
Zhen Ji, Wei Sun, Bo Yan, BoHao Sun
The rapid proliferation of distributed energy resources such as photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, battery energy storage systems, and electric vehicles has transformed residential microgrids into active, transactive energy communities. However, realizing fair, efficient, and scalable peer-to-peer energy sharing under stochastic household demand, dynamic pricing, and network constraints remains a major challenge. This study develops a hybrid centralized-decentralized peer-to-peer energy-sharing framework that models heterogeneous household prosumers five distinct types equipped with photovoltaic, wind turbine, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles within a demand-supply environment. The model integrates a home energy management system with dynamic pricing derived from the balance between Feed-in Tariff and Real-Time Pricing, augmented by congestion and degradation costs to ensure market fairness. A heuristic battery control algorithm and a two-level robust optimization based on the MILP and column-and-constraint generation method are implemented to coordinate energy exchanges between prosumers and the grid. Electric vehicles are treated as active market agents capable of bidirectional energy trading to enhance grid flexibility. Case studies involving 30, 120, and 240 households simulated using MATLAB to compare three operational scenarios without P2P trading, hybrid centralized-decentralized peer to peer trading, and large-scale community participation. The findings indicate that the proposed framework increases household self-consumption rates by 64.22 %, decreases grid energy imports by 52.5 %, and elevates prosumer revenue by 41.6 %, while preserving network stability and fairness. Hybrid market structure efficiently reduces peak energy costs, ensures strong local balance, and offers scalable basis for resilient, consumer-driven energy communities.
{"title":"P2P modeling formation coalitions and prosumers participation based on dynamic pricing algorithm and line congestion consideration","authors":"Zhen Ji, Wei Sun, Bo Yan, BoHao Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.segan.2025.102099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid proliferation of distributed energy resources such as photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, battery energy storage systems, and electric vehicles has transformed residential microgrids into active, transactive energy communities. However, realizing fair, efficient, and scalable peer-to-peer energy sharing under stochastic household demand, dynamic pricing, and network constraints remains a major challenge. This study develops a hybrid centralized-decentralized peer-to-peer energy-sharing framework that models heterogeneous household prosumers five distinct types equipped with photovoltaic, wind turbine, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles within a demand-supply environment. The model integrates a home energy management system with dynamic pricing derived from the balance between Feed-in Tariff and Real-Time Pricing, augmented by congestion and degradation costs to ensure market fairness. A heuristic battery control algorithm and a two-level robust optimization based on the MILP and column-and-constraint generation method are implemented to coordinate energy exchanges between prosumers and the grid. Electric vehicles are treated as active market agents capable of bidirectional energy trading to enhance grid flexibility. Case studies involving 30, 120, and 240 households simulated using MATLAB to compare three operational scenarios without P2P trading, hybrid centralized-decentralized peer to peer trading, and large-scale community participation. The findings indicate that the proposed framework increases household self-consumption rates by 64.22 %, decreases grid energy imports by 52.5 %, and elevates prosumer revenue by 41.6 %, while preserving network stability and fairness. Hybrid market structure efficiently reduces peak energy costs, ensures strong local balance, and offers scalable basis for resilient, consumer-driven energy communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56142,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Grids & Networks","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 102099"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145926051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102090
Panagiota T. Kyrimlidou , Christos K. Simoglou , Pandelis N. Biskas
This paper investigates the impact that the penetration of flexible resources, such as battery energy storage systems, cross-border capacity and the application of load shifting, may have on the Greek wholesale electricity market operation under the main provisions of the recent National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). A thorough scenario-based analysis of the Greek day-ahead and real-time balancing markets for the year 2030 has been conducted using a specialized market simulation software under finest time granularity to evaluate critical market indicators, including the electricity generation mix, RES curtailments, wholesale market prices, revenues/profits of market participants and CO2 emissions. Simulation results underscore the significant role that the adopted flexibility resources are expected to bring in the Greek electricity market and power system operation, since they are expected to effectively reduce RES curtailments up to 50 %, reduce conventional gas-fired units’ generation volumes up to 8 % and increase average day-ahead market clearing prices up to 6 %. The combined deployment of all examined flexibility options may improve the environmental footprint of the Greek power system by reducing the annual CO2 emissions up to 2.9–3.8 %. The findings of this study also highlight the strategic importance of developing balanced flexibility portfolios that combine domestic flexibility resources with regional interconnection upgrades, while providing targeted financial support for newly invested, capital-intensive assets whose market revenues alone cannot ensure their economic viability.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.102087
Baoqiang Lao , Xu Zhang , Didi Liu , Yanli Zou
The increasing integration of clustered electric vehicles (EVs) and intermittent renewable energy sources (RES) into power systems presents significant operational challenges to smart grids, notably heightened load fluctuations and reduced grid stability. This paper proposes an intelligent charging-discharging optimization model for EV clusters by leveraging their dual load-storage and spatial transfer characteristics, with EV aggregators (EVAs) acting as the coordinating entity. The model incorporates dynamic electricity pricing, the stochastic nature of RES, the temporal coupling of EV charging constraints, and battery aging effects. To address this stochastic optimization problem, a model-free reinforcement learning-based approximate state Q-learning algorithm is proposed. Through environmental interactions and reward feedback mechanisms, this algorithm enables EVAs to intelligently control the charging and discharging behaviors of EV clusters to dynamically respond to real-time electricity price fluctuations and RES output uncertainties, and ultimately mitigate operational stress on the power grid. While ensuring that the charging demands of EV owners are met, the proposed method achieves coordinated operation among the smart grid, EVAs, and end-users through optimized power scheduling strategies. Finally, comparative experiments with existing algorithms verify that the proposed method has significant advantages in reducing the charging costs of EV users and improving the operational profits of EVAs. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm exhibits superior performance: under this algorithm, the monthly service profit of the EVA increases by 9.68 % compared with the unidirectional scheduling algorithm and by 22.97 % compared with the greedy algorithm.
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