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Reliable and economic operation of regional-community integrated energy systems: A hybrid game approach based on state similarity

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  • Qu, Jiawei
  • Xu, Kaiwen
  • Hou, Kai
  • Liu, Zeyu
  • Wu, Hao
  • Jia, Hongjie
  • Zhu, Lewei

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The reliability of Regional Integrated Energy Systems (RIES) and Community Integrated Energy Systems (CIES) is a prerequisite for continuous high-quality energy supply. However, optimizing multi-agent operations for RIES and multi-CIESs based on optimal energy flow remains challenging, especially under fault scenarios. To address this, a Reliable Economic Operation model for RIES and Multi-CIESs (REO-RMC) is proposed. This model ensures the reliable operation of RIES and CIES through a hybrid strategy of Stackelberg and cooperative games while optimizing the operation of multi-CIESs and achieving optimal profit distribution. To improve the efficiency of the hybrid game, a State Similarity (SS) method is proposed. The SS method converts uncertainties (such as renewable energy and energy prices) in the linear parts of REO-RMC into parameter fluctuations within multi-parameter programming, constructing critical regions (CR). Subsequently, equation solving replaces the optimization process for all problems within the CR, improving computational efficiency. Moreover, a framework for Offline CR Generation and Online CR Identification (OGOI) is proposed to further enhance efficiency. Results show that the REO-RMC framework effectively enhances the economic operation of the CIES alliance while ensuring the reliability of RIES. Furthermore, the SS method reduces computation time to less than 50 % of that required by bilevel-programming.

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  • Qu, Jiawei & Xu, Kaiwen & Hou, Kai & Liu, Zeyu & Wu, Hao & Jia, Hongjie & Zhu, Lewei, 2025. "Reliable and economic operation of regional-community integrated energy systems: A hybrid game approach based on state similarity," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:336:y:2025:i:c:s0360544225036254
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.137983
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