Flexible investment decisions in the European interconnected transmission system

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 984-994

  Blanco, G ^a   Waniek, D ^b   Olsina, F ^c   Garces F ^c   Rehtanz, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flexible AC transmission systems; Optimization; Power system planning; Power transmission lines; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEMAND GROWTH; FACTS DEVICES; FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; FUEL COST; GERMANY; INFLUENCING FACTOR; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NETHERLANDS; NETWORK UPGRADES; OPERATION PLAN; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; POWER SYSTEM PLANNING; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY; TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; TRANSMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79551686254     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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