Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (7): 2801-2812.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2025.0358

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Research on configuration strategies for wind-solar-battery-hydrogen hybrid power plants considering electricity market trading mechanisms

Hao SUN1(), Zuoxia XING1(), Weining WU1, Mingqi LI1, Zhi ZHU1, Gaohan WANG2   

  1. 1.School of Electrical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology of Technology, Shenyang 110870, Liaoning, China
    2.School of Electrical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450040, Henan, China
  • Received:2025-04-10 Revised:2025-04-27 Online:2025-07-28 Published:2025-07-11
  • Contact: Zuoxia XING E-mail:2007sunhao@163.com;xingzuox@163.com

Abstract:

Renewable energy generation is transforming from a protected grid-connection model to a competitive electricity market model. However, because of their inherent uncertainty and intermittency, renewable sources struggle to independently and effectively compete in the electricity market. To address this issue, a wind-solar-battery-hydrogen hybrid power plant model based on renewable stations was developed to ensure a stable power supply, engage in electricity market transactions, and meet the hydrogen load demand. Within the electricity market environment, a two-level optimal configuration model was established for maximizing the return on equity (ROE), integrating medium- and long-term as well as spot market trading rules. The outer layer of the model employs the improved sparrow search algorithm to determine the optimal configuration strategy, utilizing the ROE as the fitness function. The inner layer applies mixed-integer linear programming to solve specific operational strategies. In addition, the model incorporates a quadratic constraint to model the hydrogen production curve of the electrolyzer accurately. This constraint is relaxed and transformed into a mixed-integer second-order cone programming problem, forming the optimal configuration scheme of the hybrid power plant. Case simulation results showed that the optimized configuration achieved an ROE of up to 0.32, which was further improved to 0.35 through enhanced operation based on hydrogen production efficiency. This configuration, therefore, enables the effective integration of electricity and hydrogen energy, significantly enhancing the competitiveness of renewable energy generation in the electricity market.

Key words: electricity market, renewable energy generation, hydrogen energy storage, electrochemical energy storage

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