Exploitation of renewable power sources for local consumers’ reservation

Rapid growth of Latvian economy resulted in rapid growth of electricity demand in cities and rural regions. Consumers\´ reliability requirements are increasing, but improvement of reliability is directly related to electricity supply reservation possibilities in case of one or more network components failure. This article describes conditions for independent operation of decentralized renewable power supply sources, evaluates its exploitation possibilities and feasibility for local consumers\´ reservation. JSC "Latvenergo" distribution network has used this work for network long-term development planning.