Distributed Model Predictive Operation Control of Interconnected Microgrids

Abstract: The upward trends in renewable energy deployment in recent years brings new challengesto the development of electrical networks. Interconnected microgrids appear as a novelbottom-up approach to the production and integration of renewable energy.Using model predictive control (MPC), the energy management of several interconnectedmicrogrids is investigated. An optimisation problem is formulated and distributed ontothe individual units using the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). Themicrogrids cooperate to reach a global optimum using neighbour-to-neighbour communications.The benefits of using distributed operation control for microgrids are analysed and a controlarchitecture is proposed. Two algorithms are implemented to solve the optimisationproblem and their advantages or differences are confronted.