Decision making of a virtual power plant under uncertainties for bidding in a day-ahead market using point estimate method

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-98

  Peik Herfeh, Malahat ^a   Seifi, H ^a   Sheikh El Eslami, M K ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dispatchable load; Distributed energy resources; Point estimate method; Price based unit commitment; Virtual power plant

Indexed keywords

DISPATCHABLE LOAD; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; POINT ESTIMATE METHOD; PRICE-BASED UNIT COMMITMENTS; VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; POWER PLANTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84864551241     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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