Research on power balance of global energy interconnection based on sequential production simulation

Global energy interconnection is an effective way to exploit and utilize renewable energy all over the world, but quantitative analysis on intercontinental power production and exchange under the background of energy interconnection is lacking. This paper constructs a global energy interconnection power balance optimization method based on the sequential production simulation. Firstly, the structure of power sources and complementary characteristics of load and renewable energy between each continent are analyzed. Then, the optimization model for global energy interconnection power balance is established, and a parallel iterative algorithm is proposed to obtain the power generation of each continent and exchanged power between each continent. In case study, the proposed method is tested based on the case of 2030, and the influence of intercontinental transmission capacity on the consumption of renewable energy is also analyzed. The testing results provide useful guidance for the investment decisions, planning, and designing of the global energy interconnection.