Optimised operation of electrical distribution systems with PV and storage using evolutionary programming

Distributed electrical resources seem likely to play an increasingly important role in power systems. This paper presents a novel approach for optimising energy storage operation in electric distribution systems with renewable energy sources. Initial studies presented here indicate that evolutionary programming can determine near optimal solutions for simple power system problems with a single energy storage. This evolutionary approach appears to offer important advantages over conventional techniques for exploring decentralised coordination of power system operation when there are high levels of distributed resources.