Energy Storage Planning, Control, and Dispatch for Grid Dynamic Enhancement

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 514

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College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: energy storage system; optimization problem; cooperative control
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School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Interests: control of power electronics; DC microgrid; energy storage system

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Dear Colleagues,

Energy storage as a technology capable of providing timely and safe power–energy output can effectively support the stable operation of novel power systems under normal conditions and enhance resilience under extreme scenarios. However, different types of energy storage systems affect system response speed and cost; different connection points alter system flow distribution, influencing network losses and voltage levels; and different energy storage control methods struggle to cope with the uncertainty of renewable energy output, which generates vast scenarios. How to rationally utilize energy storage technology to enhance grid dynamics is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed.

This Special Issue on "Energy Storage Planning, Control, and Dispatch for Grid Dynamic Enhancement" aims to introduce the latest planning, control, and dispatch technologies of energy storage systems to enhance grid dynamic performance. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or application in the following areas:

  • New energy storage technologies, equipment, and applications;
  • Energy storage technologies and their applications in power grids and renewable energy stations;
  • Technologies for energy storage participation in voltage and frequency regulation of power grids;
  • Integrated source–grid–load–storage modeling and simulation technologies;
  • Integrated source–grid–load–storage planning, design, and operation technologies;
  • Integrated source–grid–load–storage coordinated control technologies.

Dr. Rui Wang
Dr. Wentao Jiang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy storage system
  • energy storage optimization and control
  • energy storage dispatch technologies
  • integrated source–grid–load–storage coordinated control
  • grid dynamic enhancement

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Load Frequency Control via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Consistency Model for Diverse Demand-Side Flexible Resources
by Guangzheng Yu, Xiangshuai Li, Tiantian Chen and Jing Liu
Processes 2025, 13(6), 1752; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13061752 - 2 Jun 2025
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With the high-proportion integration of renewable energy into the power grid, the fast-response capabilities of demand-side flexible resources (DSFRs), such as electric vehicles (EVs) and thermostatic loads, have become critical for frequency stability. However, the diverse dynamic characteristics of heterogeneous resources lead to [...] Read more.
With the high-proportion integration of renewable energy into the power grid, the fast-response capabilities of demand-side flexible resources (DSFRs), such as electric vehicles (EVs) and thermostatic loads, have become critical for frequency stability. However, the diverse dynamic characteristics of heterogeneous resources lead to high modeling complexity. Traditional reinforcement learning methods, which rely on neural networks to approximate value functions, often suffer from training instability and lack the effective quantification of resource regulation costs. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a multi-agent reinforcement learning frequency control method based on a Consistency Model (CM). This model incorporates power, energy, and first-order inertia characteristics to uniformly characterize the response delays and dynamic behaviors of EVs and air conditioners (ACs), providing a reduced-order analytical foundation for large-scale coordinated control. On this basis, a policy gradient controller is designed. By using projected gradient descent, it ensures that control actions satisfy physical boundaries. A reward function including state deviation penalties and regulation costs is constructed, dynamically adjusting penalty factors according to resource states to achieve priority configuration for frequency regulation. Simulations on the IEEE 39-node system demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms traditional approaches in terms of frequency deviation, algorithm training efficiency, and frequency regulation economy. Full article
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