The effects of renewable energy resources on the implementation of Distributed Resources Islanded Systems

This paper assesses the impacts of the penetration level of renewable energy resources on the successful implementation of Distributed Resources (DR) Islanded Systems. A probabilistic analytical approach has been developed to facilitate the proposed study. The probabilistic approach takes the special features and operational characteristics of DR islanded systems in islanded mode. The probability of successful islanding and the corresponding load points reliability indices have been calculated at different penetration levels of renewable energy resources. Simulation studies have been carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed probabilistic approach.