Integrated Intelligent Energy ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 26-30.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-0706.2022.01.004

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Research on economic benefits of joint operation of wind farms and concentrating solar power plants

PAN Li1, DU Ershun2, WANG Jianxiao1,*(), LI Gengyin1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources,North China Electric Power University,Beijing 102206,China
    2. Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
  • Received:2021-07-29 Revised:2021-10-12 Published:2022-01-25
  • Contact: WANG Jianxiao E-mail:wangjx@ncepu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Wind power and concentrating solar power (CSP) are widely used to generate electricity in most industrialized countries.Though there are problems such as instability and fluctuation in wind power generation,the thermal energy storage capacity of CSP system can effectively reduce the uncertainty in wind power generation.Thus, a model for the joint operation of wind power and CSP systems is proposed.The joint operation strategy is formulated as a two-stage stochastic optimization model, aimed at maximizing the day-ahead market revenue in the case of real-time imbalance settlement.In order to intuitively understand the economic benefits of the model to power grid,the models of wind power and CSP under stand-alone operation and joint operation are presented.The total revenues under the two operation modes are evaluated by conducting comparative studies.Case studies show that the joint operation of wind power and CSP can effectively alleviate the real-time imbalance and obviously boost their revenues.

Key words: wind power generation, CSP generation, joint operation, imbalance settlement, economic benefits

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