Optimal utilization of renewable energy-based IPPs for industrial load management

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2455-2460

  Babu, C A ^a   Ashok, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Non linear programming; Peak demand; Small hydro; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICITY COSTS; INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS; INDUSTRIAL LOADS; LOAD MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL UTILIZATION; PEAK DEMAND; POWER GENERATION FROM RENEWABLE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION; SMALL HYDRO; SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT;

BIOMASS; COST REDUCTION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FOSSIL FUELS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCES;

OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMASS POWER; CLEANER PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 67149087044     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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