de Bekker, P., Cremers, S., Norbu, S., Flynn, D. and Robu, V. (2023) Improving the efficiency of renewable energy assets by optimizing the matching of supply and demand using a smart battery scheduling algorithm. Energies, 16(5), 2425. (doi: 10.3390/en16052425)
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Abstract
Given the fundamental role of renewable energy assets in achieving global temperature control targets, new energy management methods are required to efficiently match intermittent renewable generation and demand. Based on analysing various designed cases, this paper explores a number of heuristics for a smart battery scheduling algorithm that efficiently matches available power supply and demand. The core of improvement of the proposed smart battery scheduling algorithm is exploiting future knowledge, which can be realized by current state-of-the-art forecasting techniques, to effectively store and trade energy. The performance of the developed heuristic battery scheduling algorithm using forecast data of demands, generation, and energy prices is compared to a heuristic baseline algorithm, where decisions are made solely on the current state of the battery, demand, and generation. The battery scheduling algorithms are tested using real data from two large-scale smart energy trials in the UK, in addition to various types and levels of simulated uncertainty in forecasts. The results show that when using a battery to store generated energy, on average, the newly proposed algorithm outperforms the baseline algorithm, obtaining up to 20–60% more profit for the prosumer from their energy assets, in cases where the battery is optimally sized and high-quality forecasts are available. Crucially, the proposed algorithm generates greater profit than the baseline method even with large uncertainty on the forecast, showing the robustness of the proposed solution. On average, only 2–12% of profit is lost on generation and demand uncertainty compared to perfect forecasts. Furthermore, the performance of the proposed algorithm increases as the uncertainty decreases, showing great promise for the algorithm as the quality of forecasting keeps improving.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Battery control model, battery scheduling algorithm, energy management system, microgrid control method, renewable energy, forecasting, smart grid management, battery energy storage system, time-of-use tariff, state of charge. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Norbu, Mr Sonam and Flynn, Professor David |
| Creator Roles: | |
| Authors: | de Bekker, P., Cremers, S., Norbu, S., Flynn, D., and Robu, V. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
| Journal Name: | Energies |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1996-1073 |
| Published Online: | 03 March 2023 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2023 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Energies 16(5): 2425 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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