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Aggregating groups of loads and generators at the same location with centralized control is known as the concept of microgrids. However, if those flexible producers and consumers do not have the ability to balance the variability and uncertainty of renewable sources (RES) production within them, from the system perspective they are seen as a source of imbalances and potential problems in mainta...

A microgrid can be operated in on-grid or off-grid, mode using distributed energy resources (DER), among which combined heat power can play an important role in increasing the total energy efficiency. This paper reports the total solutions to the problem of scheduling DER including CHP and their dispatch, called a generation application package. To increase the accuracy of forecasting, this pap...

Research on the operation of the multiple microgrid (MMG) has been increasing as the power system is operated through the microgrid. Some of the studies related to MMG have introduced various operation strategies by introducing concepts such as power sharing and power trading for power exchange between microgrids. In this paper, a strategy for obtaining optimal scheduling of MMG systems with po...

Autonomous operation of a microgrid system hinges on the efficient combination of various energy resources to maintain self-sustainability of energy supply. Furthermore, it is equally important to coordinate the resources to regulate the microgrid voltage profile. The problem becomes more complicated if these resources have intermittent characteristics such as solar PV and wind turbines. The po...

Active Network Management (ANM) enables a microgrid to optimally dispatch the active/reactive power of its Renewable Distributed Generation (RDG) and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) units in real time. Thus, a microgrid with high penetration of RDGs can handle their uncertainties and variabilities to achieve the stable operation using ANM. However, the actual power flow in the line connect...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a holistic and systematic approach, based in key concepts of systems thinking, systems of systems and management science; to completely represent, model and analyze microgrid systems. In this paper we propose a Microgrid Reference Methodology (MRM) that guides the cooperation and mutual benefits between electric utilities and industrial customers for mi...

The microgrid with renewable sources possesses stability issues. During the grid-connected mode, these issues are taken care by the external grid. However in case of islanding, the distributed generators within the microgrid, have to take care of these issues independently. It needs additional backup like diesel generation or battery storage, which increases the overall capital and operation co...