An improved two-stage robust optimization model for CCHP-P2G microgrid system considering multi-energy operation under wind power outputs uncertainties

Abstract The combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) microgrid has the advantages of promoting cleaner production and improving energy utilization efficiency. With the development of renewable energy sources (RES), it is more and more significant to study the optimal operation of CCHP based on the uncertainties of RES outputs. This paper proposes a CCHP-P2G microgrid system, which combined the power-to-gas (P2G) device with traditional CCHP microgrid. And a Data-driven Set based robust optimization (DSRO) model considering the uncertainties of wind power and multiple demand response programs (DRPs) have been presented, which consists of two stages: Day-ahead dispatching stage and Real-time adjusting stage. Simulations are delivered to show the following outcomes: (1) the P2G device can improve the electricity-gas coupling in the CCHP-P2G system, enhancing the system’s stability and economy of the system operation; (2) the multiple DRPs in the DSRO model can play the role of peak shaving and valley filling of electrical load, heating load and cooling load, so as to further reduce the operating cost of the system; (3) the DSRO model can resist the interferences of uncertain wind power outputs and keep both the conservativeness and computational complexity in relatively low levels.