A model for reactive power pricing and dispatch of distributed generation

IEEE PES General Meeting, PES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haghighat, Hossein ^a   Kennedy, Scott W ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Active power losses; DFIG; Distributed generation; PV plant; Reactive power; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWER; ACTIVE POWER LOSS; CAPACITOR BANK; CAPITAL COSTS; DFIG; DG TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; FIXED COST; LOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; PRICING MECHANISM; PV PLANT; REACTIVE POWER PRICE; REACTIVE POWER PRICING; REACTIVE POWER SERVICES; REAL POWER LOSS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS; STATCOM; SYSTEM SECURITY;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; CAPACITORS; COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; DEPRECIATION; GALERKIN METHODS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 78649576400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2010.5589576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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