Multi-agent Approach to Efficient Management of Virtual Power Plants with Distributed Generation

The article is devoted to the development of a control system for a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) with distributed generation (DG). The general principles of VPP functioning are described. A multi-agent approach to the VPP management that combines DG units, storage units and electricity consumers using a Solid-State Transformer (SST) is proposed. Many agents have been introduced for VPP facilities. The agent interaction principles for the implementation of the VPP intelligent management system have been developed. On the basis of simulation modeling in the RastrWin and Jade software complexes, a study of the effectiveness of using a multi-agent control system for the considered VPP has been conducted. As a result of the first iteration, the use of a multi-agent control system enabled to reduce power losses in the electrical network and increase the utilization rate of the installed capacity of power plants that are part a part/parts of the VPP.