Microwave power transmission (MPT) has had a long history before the more recent movement toward wireless power transmission (WPT). MPT can be applied not only to beam-type point-to-point WPT but also to an energy harvesting system fed from distributed or broadcasting radio waves. The key technology is the use of a rectenna, or rectifying antenna, to convert a microwave signal to a DC signal wi...

Abstract This paper, based on a novel hybrid techno-economic model for geothermal power plants with endogenized plant lifetime, investigates the economic feasibility of sustainable exploitation resources electricity generation. To this end, standard terminology and classifications from literature are reviewed, such as “sustainability”, “sustainable operation”, “renewability”, “recovery”, “recha...

Main contribution of this work is improving transient stability by installing Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) in power systems. For do this, Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) has been selected. Also a novel structure has been suggested to improve classic Harmony Search algorithm and suggested improved Harmony Search (iHS) algorithm. This algorithm has been used to obtain UPFC paramet...

The advent of various wireless technologies have revolutionized the communication infrastructure and consequently changed the entire world into a global village. Use of wireless technology has also been made for transmission of electric power wirelessly. It increases the portability of power systems and integrates the communication technologies and electric power to the same platform. This pape...

Historically, the primary barrier to greater competition in the electricity industry has been the vertical integration of most firms. Control of the transmission grid can advantage some competitors at the expense of others. In electricity markets around the world, policymakers have attempted to solve this problem through the creation of independent ‘gridcos’ or ‘system operators’ that either ow...