Distribution feeders and substations need to provide additional capacity to serve the growing electrical demand of customers without compromising the reliability of the electrical networks. Also, more control devices, such as DG (Distributed Generation) units are being integrated into...

Generation expansion planning is defined as the problem of finding the technology type, number of generation units, size, and location of candidate plants within the planning horizon. In the deregulated environment rather than the traditional system which considered the cost minimization as the...

This paper describes an approach to optimize the capacity of battery used in a grid-connected photovoltaic system (PV/storage system). Scheduling of the battery after installation has to be considered for the optimal design; because battery degradation cost is mainly a function of system...