Flexible transmission network planning considering distributed generation impacts

Junhua Zhao, John Foster (), Zy Dong and Kp Wong
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Junhua Zhao: School of Economics, University of Queensland
Zy Dong: University of Newcastle

Energy Economics and Management Group Working Papers from School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia

Abstract: The restructuring of global power industries has introduced a number of challenges, such as conflicting planning objectives and increasing uncertainties, to transmission network planners. During the recent past, a number of distributed generation technologies also reached a stage allowing large-scale implementation, which will profoundly influence the power industry, as well as the practice of transmission network expansion. In the new market environment, new approaches are needed to meet the above challenges. In this paper, a market simulation-based method is employed to assess the economical attractiveness of different generation technologies, based on which future scenarios of generation expansion can be formed. A multi-objective optimization model for transmission expansion planning is then presented. A novel approach is proposed to select transmission expansion plans that are flexible given the uncertainties of generation expansion, system load, and other market variables. Comprehensive case studies will be conducted to investigate the performance of our approach. In addition, the proposed method will be employed to study the impacts of distributed generation on transmission expansion planning.

Keywords: Electricity markets; transmission expansion; distributed generation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2010-10
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Published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume: 26 Issue:3, 2010, pages 1434 - 1443

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