This study evaluates four control strategies—rule-based, model predictive control (MPC), reinforcement learning without forecasts (RL‑NF), and reinforcement learning with forecasts (RL‑F)—for a renewable‑powered hydrogen supply chain. Using a unified, physically realistic simulation that includes electrolyzer constraints, storage dynamics, and grid limits, the authors find that MPC delivers the best economic performance by leveraging short‑term forecasts, while RL‑NF performs robustly without future information. RL‑F does not consistently outperform RL‑NF, indicating that forecast uncertainty and added state complexity can hinder forecast‑augmented learning.
arXiv:2606. 14601v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study presents a statistical and machine learning framework for characterizing a hydrogen-based multi-energy system (H-MES) using one year of high-resolution operational data.
The paper presents a reinforcement learning framework for strategic investment decisions in the energy transition, aiming to balance profit, CO2 social costs, and competitive advantage across oil & gas, renewables, and CO2 reduction sectors. A custom simulation environment models the dynamic energy landscape up to 2050, allowing the RL agent to learn optimal policies that adapt to uncertainties in production, prices, and costs. Benchmarking shows the RL strategy consistently outperforms manually defined baseline policies in adaptability and long-term value creation.
arXiv:2606. 02049v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing integration of renewable energy sources into power systems, particularly in buildings equipped with photovoltaic (PV) panels and energy storage systems, introduces significant complexity in energy systems.
arXiv:2606. 19199v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The recent growth of EV adoption poses challenges for power systems, including increased peak demand and potential grid instability.
arXiv:2601.03679v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Decarbonization of isolated or off-grid energy systems through phase-in of large shares of intermittent solar or wind generation requires co-...
arXiv:2606. 24947v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is crucial for power system decarbonization, yet unlocking DERs' flexibility is challenged by their inherent uncertainties and modelling complexity.
arXiv:2505. 05203v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: With the increasing penetration of renewable energy and inverter-based resources, traditional physics-based power-system operation faces growing challenges in maintaining economic efficiency, security, and robustness.
arXiv:2609.37065v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Decision-making under uncertainty often relies on predicted parameters, yet accurate prediction does not necessarily lead to good operational decisions...
Scenario-based model predictive control (SBMPC) is a variant of model predictive control (MPC) that explicitly accounts for uncertainty by optimizing control actions over multiple predicted scenarios. However, its computational complexity increases rapidly with the number of scenarios and prediction horizon, limiting is applicability to real-time planning and control.
arXiv:2605. 31044v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning has shown promising results for optimizing the control of industrial energy systems, yet most existing studies remain limited to the application in simulation environments.
arXiv:2609.23590v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Battery energy storage system (BESS) dispatch must preserve operational feasibility while declining price spreads reduce the margin available to pay fo...
The paper presents a reinforcement learning framework for designing solar PV adoption policies under uncertainty, integrating RL with a stochastic agent‑based model to simulate yearly adoption over a 16‑year horizon. Policymakers can choose annual incentives such as grants, subsidised loans, and feed‑in tariffs, and the study evaluates three RL algorithms—PPO, SAC, and TD3—within a scalarised reward framework that balances adoption gains against costs. Results show clear trade‑off patterns, with TD3 yielding the highest adoption at higher cost, PPO achieving the lowest cost with fewer adopters, and a balanced PPO policy offering a middle ground, all outperforming static baseline policies.