National energy storage and peak load regulation mechanism

What is peak regulation?

Peak-regulation refers to the planned regulation of generation to follow the load variation pattern either in peak load or valley load periods. Sufficient peak-regulation capability is necessary for the reliable and secure operation of power grid, especially in urban regions with extremely large peak–valley load difference (Jin et al., 2020).

What is peak-regulation capability of a power grid?

Principle of the evaluation method The peak-regulation capability of a power grid refers to the ability of power supply balancing with power load, especially in the peak load and valley load periods. Specifically, the adjustment range of power supply in one day should be high enough to reach the peak load and low enough to reach the valley load.

What is the optimal energy storage allocation model in a thermal power plant?

On this basis, an optimal energy storage allocation model in a thermal power plant is proposed, which aims to maximize the total economic profits obtained from peak regulation and renewable energy utilization in the system simultaneously, while considering the operational constraints of energy storage and generation units.

What is the multi-timescale regulation capability of a power system?

The multi-timescale regulation capability of the power system (peak and frequency regulation, etc.) is supported by flexible resources, whose capacity requirements depend on renewable energy sources and load power uncertainty characteristics.

How effective is peak-load regulation capacity planning?

Based on probabilistic production simulation, a novel calculation approach for peak-load regulation capacity was established in Jiang et al. (2017), which is still effective for peak-regulation capacity planning when some information of renewable energy and loads is absent.

Does nuclear power have peak-regulation capacity?

In this paper, nuclear power is assumed to have no peak-regulation capacity. For renewable energy, the Renewable Energy Act of People’s Republic of China stipulates that renewable energy generation can be scheduled in priority during the power grid operation.