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Networked Microgrid Energy Management Considering Ownership and Control Structures: A Comparison

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  • Guodong Liu

    (Electrification and Energy Infrastructures Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA)

  • Michael Starke

    (Electrification and Energy Infrastructures Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA)

Abstract

With the growing deployment of microgrids, networked microgrids have emerged for their additional advantages of economy, reliability and resilience by coordinating the operation of multiple microgrids. As microgrids are operated with different ownership, objectives and functionalities, the formed networked microgrids show characteristics of mixed ownership, inconsistent objectives and various functionalities. To enable the coordinated operation of networked microgrids, three control structures, i.e., centralized, distributed and decentralized, have been constructed in the literature. However, the data sharing enabling these different paradigms and the resulted value propositions are not well defined, leading to poor resource management and resilience, etc. To solve this issue, a complete comparison of networked microgrid energy management under centralized, distributed and decentralized structures are performed. As a novel contribution, the required minimum data exchange of networked microgrid energy management under three control structures are identified, respectively. The value propositions are calculated and compared against each other by the results of case studies.

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  • Guodong Liu & Michael Starke, 2025. "Networked Microgrid Energy Management Considering Ownership and Control Structures: A Comparison," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-22, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:5:p:1115-:d:1598919
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