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This paper aims to address the symmetry issues in PSU evaluation methods by proposing an innovative approach based on evolutionary combination weighting and cloud model theory, thereby adapting to the long-term asymmetric evolution of the power system. First, the subjective and objective weights of indicators at all levels for PSU are obtained using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the entropy weight method (EWM). Then, the optimal combination coefficients for subjective and objective weights are determined through game theory, achieving symmetry and balance between the subjective and objective weights. Subsequently, dynamic correction of the indicator weights is realized using a designed evolutionary response function, enabling the weights to evolve dynamically in response to the asymmetric development of the power system. Finally, the cloud model is employed to characterize the randomness and fuzziness of evaluation boundaries, which enhances the adaptability of the evaluation process and the interpretability of results. The simulation results show that, when considering the long-term asymmetric evolution of the power system, the expected score deviations of secondary indicators are approximately 4.7%, 1.3%, 3.5%, and 7.7%, respectively, with an overall score deviation of about 6.4%. The proposed method not only achieves symmetry and balance between subjective and objective factors in traditional evaluation but also accommodates the asymmetric evolution requirements of the power system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17111900","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,7]],"date-time":"2025-11-07T09:14:45Z","timestamp":1762506885000},"page":"1900","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Dynamic Evaluation Method for Pumped Storage Units Adapting to Asymmetric Evolution of Power System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Longxiang","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Corporation of China, Beijing 100031, China"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Jinan 250001, China"}]},{"given":"Hengyu","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Corporation of China, Beijing 100031, China"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100069, China"}]},{"given":"Ziwei","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, Jinan 250003, China"}]},{"given":"Xuan","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Jinan 250001, China"}]},{"given":"Shuo","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0220-5045","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"482","DOI":"10.1038\/d41586-020-02927-9","article-title":"How China could be carbon neutral by mid-century","volume":"586","author":"Mallapaty","year":"2020","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Li, C., Wen, X., Zhang, Y., Guo, R., and Peng, S. 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