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Prosumers Flexibility as Support for Ancillary Services in Low Voltage Level

  • Ricardo Faia
    GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal rfmfa[at]isep.ipp.pt
  • Tiago Pinto
    GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
  • Fernando Lezama
    GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
  • Zita Vale
    GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
  • Juan Manuel Corchado
    BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain; Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub, Spain
  • Alfonso González-Briones
    GRASIA Research Group, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain; BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain; Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub, Spain
https://doi.org/10.14201/adcaij.27896

Abstract

The prosumers flexibility procurement has increased due to the current penetration of distributed and variable renewable energy sources. The prosumers flexibility is often able to quickly adjust the power consumption, making it well suited as a primary and secondary reserve for ancillary services. In the era of smart grids, the role of the aggregator has been increasingly exploited and considered as a player that can facilitate small prosumers' participation in electricity markets. This paper proposes an approach based on the use of prosumers flexibility by an aggregator to support ancillary services at a low voltage level. An asymmetric pool market approach is considered for flexibility negotiation between prosumers and the local marker operator (aggregator). From the achieved results it is possible to conclude that the use of flexibility can bring technical and economic benefits for network operators.
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Faia, R., Pinto, T. ., Lezama, F., Vale, Z., Corchado, J. M., & González-Briones, A. . (2022). Prosumers Flexibility as Support for Ancillary Services in Low Voltage Level . ADCAIJ: Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 11(1), 65–80. https://doi.org/10.14201/adcaij.27896

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Ricardo Faia

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GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
RICARDO FAIA received the bachelor's in Renewable Energies Engineering from Institute Polytechnic of Bragança in 2013 and M.Sc. degrees in Power Systems from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto in 2016. He is currently Ph.D. student at the University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. He is also a Researcher at the Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development (GECAD), Polytechnic Institute of Porto. His research interests include electricity markets, local electricity markets, optimizations problems, metaheuristics, and decision support systems

Tiago Pinto

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GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
TIAGO PINTO (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal, in 2008 and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, in 2016. He is also an Invited Assistant Professor with the School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ISEP/IPP), and a Researcher with the Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development (GECAD). His research interests include multiagent simulation, machine learning, automated negotiation, smart grids, and electricity markets.

Fernando Lezama

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GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
FERNANDO LEZAMA (M’14) Fernando Lezama received the Ph.D. in ICT from the ITESM, Mexico, in 2014. Since 2017, he is a researcher at GECAD, Polytechnic of Porto, where he contributes in the application of computational intelligence (CI) in the energy domain. Dr. Lezama is part of the National System of Researchers of Mexico since 2016, Chair of the IEEE CIS TF 3 on CI in the Energy Domain, and has been involved in the organization of special sessions, workshops, and competitions (at IEEE WCCI, IEEE CEC and ACM GECCO), to promote the use of CI to solve complex problems in the energy domain.

Zita Vale

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GECAD Research Group, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP) Portugal
ZITA VALE (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, in 1993. She is currently a Professor with the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto. Her research interests focus on artificial intelligence applications, smart grids, electricity markets, demand response, electric vehicles, and renewable energy sources.

Juan Manuel Corchado

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BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain; Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub, Spain
JUAN M. CORCHADO (Member, IEEE) was born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1971. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer sciences from the University of Salamanca and the Ph.D. degree in artificial intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He was the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, from 2013 to 2017, and the Director of the Science Park with the University of Salamanca, where he was also the Director of the Doctoral School, until 2017. He has been elected twice as the Dean of the Faculty of Science with the University of Salamanca. He has been a Visiting Professor with the Osaka Institute of Technology, since 2015, and a Visiting Professor with University Technology Malaysia, since 2017. He is the Director of the Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems, and Educational Technology (BISITE) Research Group, which he created, in 2000. He is the President of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Spanish Chapter and the Academic Director of the Institute of Digital Art and Animation, University of Salamanca, where he is currently a Full Professor. He also oversees the master's programs in digital animation, security, mobile technology, community management, and management for TIC Enterprises with the University of Salamanca. He is a member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). He is also an Editor and the Editor-in-Chief of specialized journals such as the Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, the International Journal of Digital Contents and Applications, and the Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology.

Alfonso González-Briones

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GRASIA Research Group, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain; BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain; Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub, Spain
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