Quantification of economic, environmental and operational benefits due to significant penetration of Microgrids in a typical LV and MV Greek network

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1217-1237

  Hatziargyriou, N D ^a   Anastasiadis, A G ^a   Tsikalakis, A G ^a   Vasiljevska, J ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

distributed generation; environmental assessment; markets; Microgrids; power losses; renewable energy sources (RESs)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARKETS; MICROGRIDS; POWER LOSSES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (RESS);

COMMERCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 79953246829     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.392     Document Type: Article

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