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Cooperative virtual power plant formation using scoring rules

Cooperative virtual power plant formation using scoring rules
Cooperative virtual power plant formation using scoring rules
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are fast emerging as a suitable means of integrating small and distributed energy resources (DERs), like wind and solar, into the electricity supply network (Grid). VPPs are formed via the aggregation of a large number of such DERs, so that they exhibit the characteristics of a traditional generator in terms of predictability and robustness. In this work, we promote the formation of such "cooperative" VPPs (CVPPs) using multi-agent technology. In particular, we design a payment mechanism that encourages DERs to join CVPPs with large overall production. Our method is based on strictly proper scoring rules and incentivises the provision of accurate predictions from the CVPPs---and in turn, the member DERs---which aids in the planning of the supply schedule at the Grid. We empirically evaluate our approach using the real-world setting of 16 commercial wind farms in the UK. We show that our mechanism incentivises real DERs to form CVPPs, and outperforms the current state of the art payment mechanism developed for this problem.
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Robu, Valentin
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Kota, Ramachandra
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Chalkiadakis, Georgios
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Robu, Valentin, Kota, Ramachandra, Chalkiadakis, Georgios, Rogers, Alex and Jennings, Nicholas (2012) Cooperative virtual power plant formation using scoring rules. Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), Toronto, Canada. 22 Jul 2012. pp. 370-376 .

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Abstract

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are fast emerging as a suitable means of integrating small and distributed energy resources (DERs), like wind and solar, into the electricity supply network (Grid). VPPs are formed via the aggregation of a large number of such DERs, so that they exhibit the characteristics of a traditional generator in terms of predictability and robustness. In this work, we promote the formation of such "cooperative" VPPs (CVPPs) using multi-agent technology. In particular, we design a payment mechanism that encourages DERs to join CVPPs with large overall production. Our method is based on strictly proper scoring rules and incentivises the provision of accurate predictions from the CVPPs---and in turn, the member DERs---which aids in the planning of the supply schedule at the Grid. We empirically evaluate our approach using the real-world setting of 16 commercial wind farms in the UK. We show that our mechanism incentivises real DERs to form CVPPs, and outperforms the current state of the art payment mechanism developed for this problem.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 July 2012
Published date: August 2012
Venue - Dates: Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), Toronto, Canada, 2012-07-22 - 2012-07-22
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 337074
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/337074
PURE UUID: 69c8f7aa-4340-4e8f-973b-771c4c18c7ff

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Date deposited: 17 Apr 2012 13:41
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 10:48

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Author: Valentin Robu
Author: Ramachandra Kota
Author: Georgios Chalkiadakis
Author: Alex Rogers
Author: Nicholas Jennings

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