Microgrids Reliability Evaluation with Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage Systems

This paper presents a model for reliability evaluation of Microgrids with Distributed Generation based on renewable energy resources. In this approach, DG participates in the network operation coordination as an active agent and not as a decentralized generation under which the utility has no contro...

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Published inIFAC Proceedings Volumes Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 11695 - 11700
Main Authors Borges, Carmen L.T., Cantarino, Eduardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2011
Subjects
Distributed Generation
Microgrids
Reliability
Renewable Energy
Smart Grids
Storage
Storage
Renewable Energy
Distributed Generation
Reliability
Smart Grids
Microgrids
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Summary:This paper presents a model for reliability evaluation of Microgrids with Distributed Generation based on renewable energy resources. In this approach, DG participates in the network operation coordination as an active agent and not as a decentralized generation under which the utility has no control. Stochastic models are considered for representing generation availability related to wind energy and solar energy. The use of storage is explored as a means of reducing supply intermittency by a specific model for representing the charge state. The influence of microgrids on distribution network reliability is evaluated considering also the probability of success of the islanding operation and the impacts of the storage systems on the power availability.
ISSN:1474-6670
DOI:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.01090