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21 November 2025

Two-Stage Energy Dispatch for Microgrids Based on CVaR-Dynamic Cooperative Game Theory Considering EV Dispatch Potential and Travel Risks

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School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Marketing Service Center, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 311121, China
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technologies

Abstract

With the rapid development of microgrids (MGs) and electric vehicles (EVs), leveraging the flexibility of EVs in MG optimization scheduling has attracted significant attention. However, existing research does not consider the impact of EV scheduling potential on MG uncertainty or the avoidance of conflicts in EV users’ mobility needs and their charging/discharging activities. Therefore, this paper proposes a two-stage microgrid energy scheduling model integrated with the conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) and dynamic cooperative game theory. In addition, the aforementioned issues are specifically addressed by considering both EV scheduling potential and travel risk. The day-ahead model minimizes the MG’s operational costs, where a CVaR-based uncertainty model for MG net load is established to quantify risks from both renewable energy generation and load. The EV dispatchable potential is calculated using Minkowski summation theory. In the real-time stage, the adjustment of participating EVs and optimal incentive compensation costs are determined through the proposed EV travel risk model and dynamic cooperative game, aiming to minimizing the MG’s real-time adjustment costs. The simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, which can help to reduce the operational costs of MGs by 4%, reduce real-time adjustment costs by about 85%, and decrease load variability by 3%. For the main grid, the proposed method can avoid the “peak-on-peak” phenomenon. For EV users, travel demands can be fully satisfied, charging costs can be reduced for 34% of users, and 2.4% of users gain profits.

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