A review of models for energy system flexibility requirements and potentials using the new FLEXBLOX taxonomy

M Lechl, T Fürmann, H de Meer, A Weidlich - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although there is large consensus regarding the significance of flexibility in power systems,
there exists significant disparity in the definitions and models employed to describe …

Aggregate flexibility of virtual power plants with temporal coupling constraints

S Wang, W Wu - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The virtual power plant (VPP) provides an efficient way to manage a bunch of distributed
energy resources (DERs). In order to participate in the system operation and power market …

A geometric approach to aggregate flexibility modeling of thermostatically controlled loads

L Zhao, W Zhang, H Hao, K Kalsi - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Coordinated aggregation of a large population of thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs)
presents a great potential to provide various ancillary services to the grid. One of the key …

Aggregate power flexibility in unbalanced distribution systems

X Chen, E Dall'Anese, C Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With a large-scale integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), distribution systems
are expected to be capable of providing capacity support for the transmission grid. To …

Aggregation and disaggregation of energetic flexibility from distributed energy resources

FL Müller, J Szabó, O Sundström… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A variety of energy resources has been identified as being flexible in their electric energy
consumption or generation. This energetic flexibility can be used for various purposes such …

Leveraging two-stage adaptive robust optimization for power flexibility aggregation

X Chen, N Li - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Adaptive robust optimization (ARO) is a well-known technique to deal with the parameter
uncertainty in optimization problems. While the ARO framework can actually be borrowed to …

A fast polytope-based approach for aggregating large-scale electric vehicles in the joint market under uncertainty

M Zhang, Y Xu, X Shi, Q Guo - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aggregation of electric vehicles (EVs) has been advocated as an effective means to
manage and control large-scale plug-in EVs. However, the efficient aggregation is …

Assessing the impact of cybersecurity attacks on energy systems

S Vijayshankar, CY Chang, K Utkarsh, D Wald, F Ding… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the cyber resiliency of future power systems with high penetration of
distributed energy resources using advanced distributed and (or) hierarchical control …

A cluster-based optimization approach to support the participation of an aggregator of a larger number of prosumers in the day-ahead energy market

J Iria, F Soares - Electric Power Systems Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Optimizing the participation of a large number of prosumers in the electricity markets is a
challenging problem, especially for portfolios with thousands or millions of flexible …

A network-aware distributed energy resource aggregation framework for flexible, cost-optimal, and resilient operation

K Utkarsh, F Ding, X Jin, M Blonsky… - … on Smart Grid, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To efficiently use the ubiquitous behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs) in
distribution systems for providing grid services, this paper presents a hierarchical control …