Title :
A procedure for evaluating microgrids technical and economic feasibility issues
Author :
Dicorato, M. ; Forte, G. ; Trovato, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. end Electron., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
Microgrids exploitation is one of the most useful and efficient ways of integrating Distribution Generation (DG) technologies. Microgrids allow to realize a coordinate control of different DG facilities, and to provide proper control strategies to the distribution grid. In this paper, economical involvements affecting decisions of realization of microgrids are assessed. Furthermore, a procedure for economical evaluation of microgrids is proposed, aiming to minimize costs in the presence of different constraints. The procedure is applied to a test system representing a cluster of residential final users and services, and various cases are analyzed, in order to account for different choices for energy supply.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; power distribution economics; power distribution planning; power grids; coordinate control; distribution generation; economic feasibility; microgrids exploitation; Cogeneration; Communication system control; Costs; Distributed control; Environmental economics; Investments; Power generation; Power generation economics; Production systems; Space heating; Distributed Generation; Economic Analysis; Microgrids;
Conference_Titel :
PowerTech, 2009 IEEE Bucharest
Conference_Location :
Bucharest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2234-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2235-7
DOI :
10.1109/PTC.2009.5281996
