Potential for renewable energy generation in an urban distribution network

As a result of increasing environmental concern, the impact of electricity generation on the environment has been minimized and efforts are made to generate electricity from renewable sources. The main advantages of electricity generation from renewable sources are the absence of harmful emissions and the in principle infinite availability of the primary energy that is converted into electricity. At this moment, the main disadvantages are the high cost, especially in the case of photovoltaics and the unpredictability of the output. In this paper, the electrical power and energy generated by wind turbines and solar panels in the western part of the Netherlands is investigated using measurement data. As an example, for a suburban area the amount of renewable generation that can be connected to the distribution network without major network extensions and the area load curve that results after the installation of renewable generation are calculated