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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Saman Nikkhah, Dr Arman AlahyariORCiD, Professor Damian Giaouris
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© 2024Seaports are responsible for consuming a large amount of energy and producing a sizeable amount of environmental emissions. However, optimal coordination and cooperation present an opportunity to transform this challenge into an opportunity by enabling flexibility in their generation and load units. This paper introduces a coordination framework for exploiting flexibility across multiple ports. The proposed method fosters cooperation between ports in achieving lower environmental emissions while leveraging flexibility to increase their revenue. This platform allows ports to participate in providing flexibility for the energy grid through the introduction of a green port-to-grid concept while optimising their cooperation. Furthermore, the proximity to offshore wind farms is considered an opportunity for the ports to investigate their role in harnessing green hydrogen. The proposed method explores the hydrogen storage capability of ports as an opportunity for increasing the techno-economic benefits, particularly through coupling them with offshore wind farms. Compared to existing literature, the proposed method enjoys a comprehensive logistics-electric model for the ports, a novel coordination framework for multi-port flexibility, and the potentials of hydrogen storage for the ports. These unique features position this paper a valuable reference for research and industry by demonstrating realistic cooperation among ports in the energy network. The simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed port flexibility coordination from both environmental and economic perspectives.
Author(s): Nikkhah S, Alahyari A, Rabiee A, Allahham A, Giaouris D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
Year: 2024
Volume: 158
Online publication date: 15/03/2024
Acceptance date: 08/03/2024
Date deposited: 26/03/2024
ISSN (print): 0142-0615
ISSN (electronic): 1879-3517
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.109937
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.109937
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