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Application US20180088616

Published 2018-03-29

System And Method For Aggregation Of Controllable Distributed Energy Assets

A system and method is provided that facilitates aggregation of a plurality of controllable distributed energy resources (DERs). A processor may be configured to determine DER forecasts including non-influenced power profile forecasts for a plurality of DERs that include different types of load assets that consume power, for when the DERs are not influenced via dispatches from the system, based at least in part on different physics characteristics associated with the different types of the DERs. The processor may also determine a combined reserve capacity forecast for aggregated DERs including both power assets that output power and the different types of load assets, based at least in part on an aggregation of the non-influenced power profile forecasts. In addition, the processor may control at least some of the plurality of DERs based at least in part on the combined reserve capacity forecast. Also in some examples, the processor may output a bid to an energy trading market system for a reserve capacity request for the aggregated DERs as an individual asset that corresponds to the determined combined reserve capacity forecast.

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3 Independent Claims

1. A system for aggregation of a plurality of controllable distributed energy resources (DERs) comprising: at least one processor configured to: determine DER forecasts including non-influenced power profile forecasts for a plurality of DERs that include different types of load assets that consume power, for when the DERs are not influenced via dispatches from the system, based at least in part on different physics characteristics associated with the different types of the DERs; determine a combined reserve capacity forecast for aggregated DERs including both power assets that output power and the different types of load assets, based at least in part on an aggregation of the non-influenced power profile forecasts; and control at least some of the plurality of DERs based at least in part on the combined reserve capacity forecast.
8. A method for aggregation of a plurality of controllable distributed energy resources (DERs) comprising: through operation of at least one processor: determining DER forecasts including non-influenced power profile forecasts for a plurality of DERs that include different types of load assets that consume power, for when the DERs are not influenced via dispatches from the system, based at least in part on different physics characteristics associated with the different types of load assets; determining a combined reserve capacity forecast for aggregated DERs including both power assets that output power and the different types of load assets, based at least in part on an aggregation of the non-influenced power profile forecasts; and controlling at least some of the plurality of DERs based at least in part on the combined reserve capacity forecast.
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with executable instructions that when executed, cause at least one processor to carry out the method comprising: determining DER forecasts including non-influenced power profile forecasts for a plurality of DERs that include different types of load assets that consume power, for when the DERs are not influenced via dispatches from the system, based at least in part on different physics characteristics associated with the different types of load assets; determining a combined reserve capacity forecast for aggregated DERs including both power assets that output power and the different types of load assets, based at least in part on an aggregation of the non-influenced power profile forecasts; and controlling at least some of the plurality of DERs based at least in part on the combined reserve capacity forecast.