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The problem of power abandonment and fluctuation with a high proportion of renewable energy connected to the grid can be solved by configuring energy storage. However, the cost of energy storage currently is high and it is difficult to promote and apply on a large scale. In addition, existing research focuses on planning for energy storage. The optimal capacity of energy storage in a single season ignores the impact of seasonal fluctuation in wind power and photovoltaic output on the scale of energy storage. In order to solve the above problems, an optimal allocation method for energy storage considering seasonal fluctuation of renewable energy output and load demand is proposed. The investment and operation cost of energy storage is calculated by the equivalent number of cycles. And the expected continuous discharge time is used to deal with the correlation of capacity and power. The capacity and power of energy storage are configured from the perspective of the full life cycle benefits of energy storage and the comprehensive utilization rate of wind and photovoltaic. The simulation results show that, compared with the pursuit of maximizing energy storage revenue or using a single typical day for energy storage configuration, the method proposed can not only ensure the economy of energy storage, but also further improve the utilization rate of renewable energy.

Developing clean energy power generation is one of the main strategies to promote a sustainable economy. With the development of clean coal power technology, it is necessary to make full use of existing power generation resources instead of blindly building renewable power plants. For this reason, a dispatching model based on renewable energy forecasting errors is proposed in this paper to analyze the operation of the existing power supply. The contributions of this paper include a comprehensive forecasting error model, constructed to introduce wind and photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting errors into the dispatching system, as well as a dynamic spinning reserve (SR) model, constructed based on conditional value at risk, which analyses the SR model at different risk levels. An adaptive analysis model is also introduced to verify stability when additional errors occur in both the renewable energy output and the load demand. The optimization model was applied to the auxiliary power dispatching system of the Tianzhong ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current transmission channel in Xinjiang. The results show that (1) renewable energy forecasting errors have a significant effect on the SR. By separately constraining the SR, the total SR is reduced by 6.59%; (2) through the optimization of the SR, the output ranges of the thermal power unit are expanded, and the utilization rate goes up to 73.55%; (3) it is important to set an appropriate risk level when dispatching decision making. Setting low-risk levels will make the power system unable to deal with sudden failures, whereas setting high-risk levels will limit the effective use of renewable energy. • A convolution formula was used to determine the comprehensive forecasting error distribution. • A dynamic spinning reserve model was constructed based on conditional value at risk. • Spinning reserve was divided into two parts and separately constrained. • An adaptability analysis model was used to verify the applicability of the optimization dispatching model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]