Functional Architecture for Holistic Grid and Market Oriented Power Management

Abstract

The current developments in electro-mobility and the energy transition are already directly impacting the electricity market and the power grid. For example, there is a significant increase in grid loads with a high level of simultaneity and long service life. On the other hand, there are the interests of electro-mobility customers and, thus, of the energy market. The challenge of the controllability of the distribution grid currently offers only minimal possibilities on the market side to incentivize grid-serving switching or curative grid behavior. Therefore, novel system concepts, interfaces, and market models are needed. This paper presents the concept of a coordination function with the overall goal of using decentralized agent-based algorithms to enable optimized switching and charging operations at a novel charging station, so that novel grid-serving functions can be provided by the non-regulated electricity market. This paper presents the first approaches to solutions. The focus is on an electricity market and grid-oriented energy management of flexible consumption devices based on resilient control functions. Their scope, structure, tools examples, and grid mapping possibilities are discussed.