A Risk-Averse Conic Model for Networked Microgrids Planning with Reconfiguration and Reorganizations

The advanced switching techniques enable the topology reconfiguration of microgrids in active distribution network. In this paper, we enhance and generalize the traditional reconfiguration strategy resorting to the concept of “dynamic microgrids” (i.e., the reorganization of microgrids boundaries), to achieve a higher operational feasibility against the emergency islandings. Also, a risk-averse two-stage mixed integer conic program model is presented to support the networked microgrids planning with generalized reconfiguration decisions. The microgrids capacity expansion and seasonal reconfiguration decisions are made in the first stage, and validated under stochastic islanding scenarios in the second stage, where the network operations are captured by a second-order conic program (SOCP). Furthermore, a conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) measure is involved to quantitatively control the islanding risks. By theoretically proving the strong duality of the SOCP subproblem, we develop and customize Benders decomposition method with the guaranteed finite convergence to the optimal value. Finally, numerical results on 33- and 56-bus networked microgrids validate the effectiveness of proposed reconfiguration strategy as well as planning approach. Our method demonstrates a cost-saving up to 22.56% when comparing to the traditional scheme with fixed microgrids boundaries.