An Uncertainty involved Optimization Model

of Renewable Hosting Capacity Enhancement

Xu YouweiXu ,
1,2 Zhao Jia ,
Xue
1 Xu ,
2 Lyu 1,2
1Southern University of Science and Technology, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shen Zhen, China
2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong SAR

➢ Comparisons of the deterministic model and the

Introduction Problem Formulation proposed stochastic model

➢ Renewable hosting capacity normally serves as ➢ Day-ahead ESS scheduling model

➢ Comparison on voltage magnitude
an important real-time operational index for
assessing the capability of accommodating
renewables in a distribution network. ➢ Benders decomposition-based solution method
➢ A two-stage operation model to coordinate
➢ Master problem
energy storage system (ESS) and static var
compensator (SVC) for enhancing the renewable
hosting capacity.
➢ The proposed model comprehensively considers ➢ Subproblem
uncertainties involved in photovoltaic (PV), wind
generation and electrical load demand in the
first stage and real-time operation states in the ➢ Real-time SVC operation model
second stage.
➢ To improve the computational efficiency, a
Benders decomposition-based solution method
is developed to tackle the time-coupling Numerical Results
constraints in the first-stage optimization
problem. ➢ Evolution of Benders decomposition-based algorithm
➢ Comparison on apparent power
Uncertainties Consideration
➢ Representative scenarios are sampled from the
real historical data.

➢ Comparison on computation efficiency

Conclusion
A novel optimization method is proposed to
maximize renewable hosting capacity via optimal
coordinated operation of ESS and SVC. The
effectiveness of the proposed methodology is
verified on a modified 33-node distribution system.