Modelling And Simulation Of The Operational Impacts And Value Of Distributed Renewable Resources In Electric Power Systems

Abstract

Distributed renewable resources are, together with other novel decentralised power technologies, likely to play an increasingly important role in electric power systems. There are however, a number of operational issues that need addressing before their widespread use. These resources can have variable and somewhat unpredictable power outputs, while the presence of numerous small, and probably independently owned, plants distributed throughout the network has important implications for overall system coordination. This paper outlines the development of an object oriented software modelling and simulation tool for exploring power system operation with distributed resources. Initial studies with the tool have focussed on price-induced coordination and storage optimisation. INTRODUCTION Distributed resources are likely to play an increasingly important role in electric power systems. They include: . renewable energy from photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind, small hydro and biomass, . nov..