Energy Management System for a Grid-Connected Microgrid with Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage System

A microgrid (MG) is an energy system composed of renewable resources, energy storage unit and loads that can operate in either islanded or grid-connected mode. Renewable resources should be scheduled to manage load demand and power flow within MG. This paper presents a MG energy management system (M-EMS) for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) based hybrid MG. The proposed M-EMS consists of two modules, namely, forecasting and optimisation. The forecasting module is responsible for predicting solar irradiance, temperature and load demand, whereas the optimisation module performs optimal day-ahead scheduling of power generation and load demand in a grid-connected MG for economical operation. The proposed M-EMS for grid-connected hybrid PV-BESS MG is verified using MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation results indicate the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed method for understudy case.