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This paper studies the frequency regulation strategy of large-scale battery energy storage in the power grid system from the perspectives of battery energy storage, battery
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Sizing of community-based battery energy storage systems is proposed, aimed at providing local self-consumption maximization and primary frequency regulation. A two-step
This paper studies the frequency regulation strategy of large-scale battery energy storage in the power grid system from the
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