Towards Modular Assembling of Virtual Power Plant Control Systems - The Smart Power Hamburg Platform

摘要

The large-scale integration of volatile, renewable energy sources requires means for the flexible operation of controllable energy resources. Consequently, Decentralized Energy Resources (DER) are pooled as Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), i.e. sets of generation units which can be utilized as autonomous assets in energy generation portfolios. In next generation VPPs, also storage and consumption units have to be integrated to increase the degrees of freedom for the power generation scheduling. Since the generation, storage or consumption potentials of individual units underlie local constraints, the coherent and adaptive control of the VPP is an interesting technological challenge. In this paper, we describe work in progress towards the construction of an extensible software platform for controlling VPPs. Within the research project Smart Power Hamburg, requirements on these software systems are examined and an architecture is devised that allows to assemble control systems for differing pool configurations and business objectives. We describe the requirements for such a software platform from a practitioner's perspective and motivate the guiding idea of a modular construction system for VPP control systems. In addition, an architectural approach is outlined, which combines service- and agent-oriented design approaches.