Operational Optimization of Electricity–Hydrogen Coupling Systems Based on Reversible Solid Oxide Cells

To effectively address the issues of curtailed wind and photovoltaic (PV) power caused by the high proportion of renewable energy integration and to promote the clean and lowcarbon transformation of the energy system, this paper proposes a “chemical–mechanical” dual-pathway synergistic mechanism for the reversible solid oxide cell (RSOC) and flywheel energy storage system (FESS) electricity–hydrogen hybrid system. This mechanism aims to address both short-term and long-term energy storage fluctuations, thereby minimizing economic costs and curtailed wind and PV power. This synergistic mechanism is applied to regulate system operations under varying wind and PV power output and electricity–hydrogen load fluctuations across different seasons, thereby enhancing the power generation system’s ability to integrate wind and PV energy. An economic operation model is then established with the objective of minimizing the economic costs of the electricity–hydrogen hybrid system incorporating RSOC and FESS. Finally, taking a large-scale new energy industrial park in the northwest region as an example, case studies of different schemes were conducted on the MATLAB platform. Simulation results demonstrate that the reversible solid oxide cell (RSOC) system—integrated with a FESS and operating under the dual-path coordination mechanism—achieves a 14.32% reduction in wind and solar curtailment costs and a 1.16% decrease in total system costs. Furthermore, this hybrid system exhibits excellent adaptability to the dynamic fluctuations in electricity– hydrogen energy demand, which is accompanied by a 5.41% reduction in the output of gas turbine units. Notably, it also maintains strong adaptability under extreme weather conditions, with particular effectiveness in scenarios characterized by PV power shortage.