Economic Optimal Operation of Community Energy Storage Systems in Competitive Energy Markets [article]

Reza Arghandeh, Jeremy Woyak, Ahmet Onen, Jaesung Jung, Robert P. Broadwater
2014 arXiv   pre-print
Distributed, controllable energy storage devices offer several benefits to electric power system operation. Three such benefits include reducing peak load, providing standby power, and enhancing power quality. These benefits, however, are only realized during peak load or during an outage, events that are infrequent. This paper presents a means of realizing additional benefits by taking advantage of the fluctuating costs of energy in competitive energy markets. An algorithm for optimal
more » ... scharge scheduling of community energy storage (CES) devices as well as an analysis of several of the key drivers of the optimization are discussed.
arXiv:1407.0433v2 fatcat:5kbidffta5cnfdtixbmfrbl7rm