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Focusing on this issue, this paper proposes a wide-range thyristor-controlled series compensation (TCSC)-based ADN and presents a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based optimal operation strategy. This strategy takes into account the complementarity of hydropower, photovoltaic (PV) systems, and energy storage systems (ESSs) to enhance the capacity for consuming renewable energy. In the proposed ADN, a wide-range TCSC connects the sub-networks where PV and hydropower systems are located, with ESSs configured for each renewable energy generation. The designed wide-range TCSC allows for power reversal and improves power delivery efficiency, providing conditions for the optimization operation. The optimal operation issue is formulated as a Markov decision process (MDP) with continuous action space and solved using the twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient (TD3) algorithm. The optimal objective is to maximize the consumption of renewable energy sources (RESs) and minimize line losses by coordinating the charging\/discharging of ESSs with the operation mode of the TCSC. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24186028","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,18]],"date-time":"2024-09-18T09:49:19Z","timestamp":1726652959000},"page":"6028","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Wide-Range TCSC Based ADN in Mountainous Areas Considering Hydropower-Photovoltaic-ESS Complementarity"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Yao","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6239-2845","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shaorong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dezhi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1905","DOI":"10.1109\/TSG.2013.2295514","article-title":"Trends in Microgrid Control","volume":"5","author":"Olivares","year":"2014","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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