Interval Assessment Method for Distribution Network Hosting Capacity of Renewable Distributed Generation

Abstract

The traditional fixed value assessment of the renewable distributed energy hosting capacity of a distribution network cannot accurately and comprehensively reflect the change in hosting capacity; therefore, we propose the interval assessment method for the renewable distributed energy hosting capacity of a distribution network. The renewable distributed energy hosting capacity interval consists of an optimistic upper boundary and a pessimistic lower boundary. First, the optimistic upper bound is described by a deterministic model that takes into account the constraints of safe system operation. Second, the pessimistic lower bound is portrayed by a two-layer robust assessment model that accounts for the DG temporal uncertainty, DG spatial uncertainty, and active distribution network flexible resource dispatch uncertainty. Each pessimistic sub-model was constructed in turn, and then the model was solved by linear simplification using pairwise transformation, as well as McCormick relaxation. Finally, simulations were carried out in the IEEE 135 system, and the results validated the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method.