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Article

Risk-Averse Coordinated Operation of Rural Multi-Energy Microgrids Considering Voltage Quality Control

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State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Taizhou Power Supply Branch, Taizhou 225300, China
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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Energies 2026, 19(13), 3107; https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133107
Submission received: 6 June 2026 / Revised: 24 June 2026 / Accepted: 27 June 2026 / Published: 30 June 2026

Abstract

Rural distribution networks increasingly face voltage quality challenges due to high penetration of distributed renewable energy, heterogeneous rural load behavior, and long radial feeder structures with limited voltage regulation capability. Photovoltaic generation variability and agricultural load fluctuations can lead to voltage rise, reverse power flow, and branch congestion, particularly in weak rural grids. Conventional deterministic voltage control approaches relying on tap changers and capacitor banks often struggle to maintain stable voltage profiles under stochastic operating conditions. This paper proposes a risk-aware coordinated operation framework for rural multi-energy microgrids that integrates stochastic scenario modeling, voltage state perception, and adaptive optimization-based control. Renewable generation uncertainty and rural load variability are represented through correlated scenario generation and Wasserstein-distance-based scenario reduction, where 100 raw joint photovoltaic-load trajectories are reduced to 20 representative scenarios after convergence and distributional-fidelity tests. A stochastic optimization model is developed to coordinate photovoltaic inverters, battery energy storage systems, demand-side flexibility, and reactive compensation devices while satisfying network power-flow, voltage-security, storage, and communication-delay-aware implementation constraints. To mitigate extreme voltage deviation events, the framework incorporates a Conditional Value-at-Risk formulation that penalizes tail-risk voltage violations and maintains voltages within a preferred operating band of 0.971.03 p.u. Case studies on a modified IEEE 33-bus rural distribution system with 2.00 MW of photovoltaic capacity and 2.50 MWh of battery storage demonstrate consistent performance improvements across deterministic, risk-neutral stochastic, chance-constrained, and robust baselines. The proposed strategy reduces peak branch loading from 0.95 in the deterministic benchmark to 0.72, while the 95th percentile voltage deviation risk decreases from 0.0071 p.u.2 to 0.0020 p.u.2. Sensitivity, scenario-convergence, scalability, and seasonal representative-day analyses further confirm that the CVaR layer suppresses rare but severe voltage excursions without imposing excessive curtailment or computational burden.
Keywords: risk-aware optimization; rural distribution networks; coordinated voltage regulation; stochastic scenario modeling; distributed energy resources; battery energy storage systems; voltage stability management; renewable energy integration risk-aware optimization; rural distribution networks; coordinated voltage regulation; stochastic scenario modeling; distributed energy resources; battery energy storage systems; voltage stability management; renewable energy integration

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Liu, J.; Han, J.; Liu, J.; Ding, W.; Feng, L.; Qu, Y. Risk-Averse Coordinated Operation of Rural Multi-Energy Microgrids Considering Voltage Quality Control. Energies 2026, 19, 3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133107

AMA Style

Liu J, Han J, Liu J, Ding W, Feng L, Qu Y. Risk-Averse Coordinated Operation of Rural Multi-Energy Microgrids Considering Voltage Quality Control. Energies. 2026; 19(13):3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133107

Chicago/Turabian Style

Liu, Jiangdong, Jun Han, Jiajing Liu, Wenshu Ding, Liang Feng, and Yuqing Qu. 2026. "Risk-Averse Coordinated Operation of Rural Multi-Energy Microgrids Considering Voltage Quality Control" Energies 19, no. 13: 3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133107

APA Style

Liu, J., Han, J., Liu, J., Ding, W., Feng, L., & Qu, Y. (2026). Risk-Averse Coordinated Operation of Rural Multi-Energy Microgrids Considering Voltage Quality Control. Energies, 19(13), 3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133107

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