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.
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.
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).
Do thermal power units participate in peak regulation auxiliary services?
Owing to China's energy structure, thermal power accounts for nearly half of the country's installed power generation capacity. Although the willingness of thermal power units to participate in peak regulation auxiliary services is low, we propose a peak regulation cost compensation and capacity-proportional allocation mechanism.
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.
How does the peak–valley load difference determine peak-regulation demand?
The peak–valley load difference of daily load curve determines the peak-regulation demand. In recent years, the power load and the peak–valley load difference of daily load are growing significantly.
Also, the peak-regulation capability determines the renewable energy consumption and power loads of cities by mitigating power output fluctuation in the regulation process of power grid.