Plug and Play model for the dispatch of Renewable Energy Sources in a MicroGrid framework: deterministic and stochastic economic optimization

The increase of electricity consumption and the increase of Distributed Energy Sources in the electrical grid both introduce problems to the dispatch of electricity to the final consumers. The presence of sources whose production is related to the weather conditions also brings uncertainty to the definition of a dispatching strategy. The aim of this thesis is to analyze a portion of the grid to define the dispatch strategy for supplying electricity to consumers with the use of a photovoltaic plant and a wind turbine, with the support of a battery and the grid, following the examples set by the literature. The concept of the model is of a Plug & Play perspective, meaning that the elements considered in the analysis could be connected or disconnected as desired. Pyomo and CPLEX were used to define an optimal solution, both in a deterministic and a stochastic way.