Design of a Generic Energy Management System (EMS) Platform for Microgrids

The concept of microgrids is crucial to increase the controllability of the distribution networks and consequentially enable deep integration of the renewable energy sources. Distribution networks control paradigm based on the concept of microgrids ensures operational harmonization of different types of distributed energy resources (DER) located in the distribution network. In this paper we introduce an control framework that is used to ensure optimal operation of the microgrid by taking into account technical and economical aspects. The introduced control framework consists of three modules - communication, archive and optimization module. The operation and the performance of the proposed control framework are validated on the laboratory microgrid setup consisting of IEEE 33-bus distribution network simulated on the real-time simulator and physical CIGRE low-voltage distribution network.