Robust Analysis and Optimal Control of Flexible Interconnected Microgrids Considering Wind and Solar Uncertainty
High penetration of wind and photovoltaic (PV) generation increases renewable uncertainty and real-time balancing pressure in active distribution networks. To address this problem, this paper proposes a two-stage robust optimization method for day-ahead and real-time scheduling of a flexibly interconnected multi-microgrid (MMG) system enabled by a flexible interconnection device (FID). The proposed framework jointly optimizes power purchase from the upper-level distribution network, micro-gas turbine output, energy storage system (ESS) operation, and FID-based bidirectional power exchange, thereby coordinating local temporal flexibility and inter-microgrid spatial flexibility. A polyhedral uncertainty set is used to model wind and PV forecast errors, and the problem is solved by the column-and-constraint generation (C&CG) algorithm. Case studies on a two-microgrid system show that, compared with independent operation under traditional robust optimization, the proposed method reduces real-time balancing cost, wind and PV curtailment, and total operating cost by 98.96%, 95.84%, and 0.59%, respectively. Sensitivity analysis further verifies the economy–robustness trade-off under different uncertainty budgets and forecast deviation levels.
Authors
- Y Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-8414)
- Xinting Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-1815)
- Shengyong Ye
- 蒋登理
- Xuna Liu
- Yuqi Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3527-7571)
- Shijun Chen
- Gang Shi
Institutions
- State Grid Corporation of China (China) (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Tianneng Power (China) (CN)
- Shanghai Electric (China) (CN)
- Economic Research Institute (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Processes
- Published
- 2026-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14111679
- Primary Topic
- Microgrid Control and Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00