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However, in practical operation, the wide variations in both the output of renewable energy plants and the strength of the grid present significant challenges in simultaneously ensuring stability, economic efficiency, and robustness. To address this, this paper proposes a two-level optimization method for the allocation of GFL and GFM devices, aiming to enhance oscillation stability in renewable energy plants. The method considers the complementary dynamic behaviors of GFL and GFM strategies, whose complementary dynamic behaviors contribute to balanced and stable operation. The upper-level optimization model accounts for the wide range of variability in renewable plant outputs, with the primary objective and constraint being the assurance of oscillation stability under low short-circuit ratio (SCR) conditions at a minimal cost. Based on the GFM configuration determined by the upper-level model, the lower-level optimization model further evaluates the upper SCR limit within which oscillation stability can still be maintained. This prevents instability that may arise from GFM devices operating under high-SCR conditions. By iteratively solving the upper- and lower-level models, an optimized GFL-GFM allocation strategy is obtained, which ensures oscillation stability across a wide SCR range while balancing cost-effectiveness and practical operability. Case studies are also conducted to validate the method. It is indicated that when SCR = 1.5, configuring 15% of the wind generators in the GFM strategy can ensure stability of the wind plant across typical operating scenarios, while when SCR &gt; 3, switching these generators to the GFL strategy can likewise avoid the oscillation issues.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17111912","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,10]],"date-time":"2025-11-10T10:35:31Z","timestamp":1762770931000},"page":"1912","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hierarchical Allocation of Grid-Following and Grid-Forming Devices for Oscillation Stability Enhancement in Renewable Energy Plants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Junchao","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310007, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jianing","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310007, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhimin","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310007, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wen","family":"Hua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310007, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4870-570X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qianhao","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5849","DOI":"10.1109\/TPWRS.2022.3226267","article-title":"P\/Q-\u03c9\/V Admittance Modeling and Oscillation Analysis for Multi-VSG Grid-Connected System","volume":"38","author":"Fu","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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