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Artificial intelligence powered large-scale renewable integrations in multi-energy systems for carbon neutrality transition: Challenges and future perspectives

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Liu, Zhengxuan, Sun, Ying, Xing, Chaojie, Liu, Jia, He, Yingdong, Zhou, Yuekuan, Zhang, Guoqiang·2022·Energy and AI

Abstract

The vigorous expansion of renewable energy as a substitute for fossil energy is the predominant route of action to achieve worldwide carbon neutrality. However, clean energy supplies in multi-energy building districts are still at the preliminary stages for energy paradigm transitions. In particular, technologies and methodologies for large-scale renewable energy integrations are still not sufficiently sophisticated, in terms of intelligent control management. Artificial intelligent (AI) techniques powered renewable energy systems can learn from bio-inspired lessons and provide power systems with intelligence. However, there are few in-depth dissections and deliberations on the roles of AI techniques for large-scale integrations of renewable energy and decarbonisation in multi-energy systems. This study summarizes the commonly used AI-related approaches and discusses their functional advantages when being applied in various renewable energy sectors, as well as their functional contribution to optimizing the operational control modalities of renewable energy and improving the overall operational effectiveness. This study also presents practical applications of various AI techniques in large-scale renewable energy integration systems, and analyzes their effectiveness through theoretical explanations and diverse case studies. In addition, this study introduces limitations and challenges associated with the large-scale renewable energy integrations for carbon neutrality transition using relevant AI techniques, and proposes further promising research perspectives and recommendations. This comprehensive review ignites advanced AI techniques for large-scale renewable integrations and provides valuable informational instructions and guidelines to different stakeholders (e.g., engineers, designers and scientists) for carbon neutrality transition.

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  • As AI applications mature within specific domains, the challenge of coordinating across multiple energy vectors (e.g., electricity, gas, heat) has emerged as a key frontier.

    “Concurrently, as AI applications mature within specific domains, the challenge of coordinating across multiple energy vectors (e.g., electricity, gas, heat) has emerged as a key frontier [36,38].”
  • Multi-energy coordination involves high modeling complexity due to diverse constraints and dynamics, overcoming data fragmentation from historically siloed operations, addressing interoperability deficits, and navigating regulatory/market designs often ill-suited for cross-sector optimization.

    “However, this involves high modeling complexity due to diverse constraints and dynamics [35], overcoming data fragmentation from historically siloed operations ( [23]; linking to policy/governance, Section 3.2.3),addressing interoperability deficits [33], and navigating regulatory/market designs often ill-suited for cross-sector optimization [38].”
  • AI offers potential for optimizing increasingly integrated multi-energy systems (electricity, heat, gas, hydrogen).

    “AI offers potential for optimizing increasingly integrated multi-energy systems (electricity, heat, gas, hydrogen) [37,38].”
  • AI in critical energy decisions raises profound ethical concerns regarding algorithmic bias, data privacy, and accountability.

    “AI in critical energy decisions raises profound ethical concerns regarding algorithmic bias, data privacy, and accountability [38,62].”

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Authors
Liu, Z., Sun, Y., Xing, C., Liu, J., He, Y., Zhou, Y., & Zhang, G.
Affiliations
  • Hunan University (CN)
  • Concordia University (CA)
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
Corresponding author
  • Liu, Zhengxuan
  • Sun, Ying
  • Zhou, Yuekuan
Venue
Energy and AI
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-11
Volume
10
Pages
100195
ISSN
2666-5468 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4289861147
Cited by
288
References
174
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 99 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 4
FWCI
15.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Energy and AI (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Power Systems and Renewable Energy
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Keywords
artificial intelligence, large-scale renewable energy integration, integrated energy systems, carbon neutrality, bio-inspired optimization, operational control, decarbonization, renewable energy forecasting, energy management

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