Preliminary investigation of the viability of Islanded Microgrids in urban environments

Author

Lennard, Mitchell ; Xinghuo Yu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 29 2013-Oct. 3 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Islanded Microgrids are an effective way to exploit the potential benefits of renewable electrical generation technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the Australian energy market. Islanded Microgrids need to be economically viable and demonstrate acceptable supply continuity. Analysis and design of such systems requires design optimisation tools tailored to Islanded operations. Using a generic system architecture, basic economic viability and design optimisation tool requirements are examined. Future research questions are identified.

Keywords

air pollution control; distributed power generation; optimisation; power markets; Australian energy market; design optimisation tools; economic viability; greenhouse gas emission reduction; islanded microgrids; renewable electrical generation technology; supply continuity; urban environments; Australia; Batteries; Economics; Generators; Ice; Microgrids; Optimization; Design Optimisation; Distributed Energy; Islanded Microgrids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2013 Australasian Universities

Conference_Location

Hobart, TAS

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUPEC.2013.6725347

Filename

6725347