  New connection constraints for the power network (Grid Codes) require more
flexible and reliable systems, with robust solutions to cope with uncertainties
and intermittence from renewable energy sources (renewables), such as
photovoltaic arrays. The interconnection of such renewables with storage
systems through a Direct Current (DC) MicroGrid can fulfill these requirements.
A "Plug and Play" approach based on the "System of Systems" philosophy using
distributed control methodologies is developed in the present work. This
approach allows to interconnect a number of elements to a DC MicroGrid as power
sources like photovoltaic arrays, storage systems in different time scales like
batteries and supercapacitors, and loads like electric vehicles and the main AC
grid. The proposed scheme can easily be scalable to a much larger number of
elements.

Optimization and Control