Preprint Version for Book Chapter at Industrial Agents: Emerging Applications of Software Agents in Industry

Power networks with multiple microgrids require flexibility and versatil-ity in their coordination tools and decision-making tools from both technical and economical points of view. In particular, the microgrids involve a high penetration of variable energy resources which motivates the need for new coordination and control approaches. In this chapter, some of the literature gaps with respect to the coordination of multiple microgrids are first identified. These gaps suggest that the microgrid integration challenge is not just in the control of an individual microgrid but also in its coordination with others. The chapter then presents a novel multi-agent system coordination approach for the resilient self-healing operation of multi-ple microgrids. An architecture composed of physical agents is presented on a dual platform of JAVA-JADE (environment for developing agents) and MATLAB. The resilience of multiple microgrids is then demonstrated in relation to three types of disturbed operations: (i) highly variable net load, (ii) net load ramp events and (iii) net load changes during high load levels.