A host of technologies has been developed to achieve these aims of the smart grid. Some of these technologies include plug-in electric vehicle, demand response program, energy storage system and renewable distributed generation. However, the integration of the smart grid technologies in the power system operation studies such as economic emission unit commitment problem causes two major challen...

The endeavor for a more sustainable power generation has led to a dramatic increase in power generation from renewable energy sources (RES), such as wind and solar. These sources are of fluctuating nature and therefore introduce new challenges to power system operation, which was historically designed for generators with constant infeed. The fluctuations are balanced by ancillary services contr...

For many years energy optimization has dealt with large scale mixed integer linear programs. The paper concentrates on programs that are used for controlling an existing generation system consisting of thermal power units and pumped hydro storage plants, therefore they should be solved in real time. The problem can be decomposed into smaller problems using Lagrangian Relaxation. One of these pr...

For isolated applications, the 3self-excited induction generator driven by wind energy source is more suitable, where the minimum excitation capacitance required for self-excitation of 3induction generator is taken up in this work and the detailed analysis is carried out to determine the range of wind speed variation and consumer demand for the designed capacitance value. An electronic load con...

Pumped storage power plants face many challenges in competing the electricity market, and high pumping costs lead to prices for their generation, which is one of important factors that has limited development. To address this problem, paper studies pumped two-part tariff mechanism considering wind accommodation uses peak-valley price difference realize rationality economy a charging discharging...

Driven by policy changes and technological advancement, wind power installations are booming as compared to any other types of power generation. However, the increased penetration of renewable generation in the power systems has resulted in high level of curtailment. Advanced energy storage technologies have been increasingly scrutinized as a feasible mitigation option in smart grids. This pape...

This manuscript suggests quasi-oppositional fast convergence evolutionary programming (QOFCEP) technique to determine short-term generation scheduling of fixed head hydrothermal system comprising pumped storage hydro plants (PSHPs), solar PV (SPVPs) and wind turbine generators (WTGs) with demand response program (DRP). PSHPs are used power (FHPPs), thermal generating units (TGUs), SPVPs WTGs op...