Development Of An Agent-based Model For Assessing The Market And Grid Oriented Operation Of Distributed Energy Resources

This publication presents a newly developed agent-based model for the evaluation of different congestion management concepts considering the perspectives of electricity market-oriented grid users and distribution system operators (DSOs). The market-oriented grid users can be divided into two major categories: Smart Homes (SHs) and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). Both concepts combine synergies from distributed energy technologies. Four different congestion management concepts are analyzed with the model for an exemplary test case. The analysis of the test case shows that the necessary amount of curtailment in distribution grids can be reduced, when actively using SHs as part of a preventive congestion management. Depending on the considered CMM, the reduction of curtailment in the examined distribution grid ranges from 15% to 35%. The most promising strategy, a market-based flexibility deployment, reduces the curtailment costs for the DSO by 33% compared to the curtailment needed without the use of flexibilities.