Since solar, wind and tidal energies mainly depend upon statistical parameters with respect to changing climate and environment, focus on hybrid generation system design increases the availability of the power generation system. The hybrid system also reduces the dependence on one environment parameter thus providing the consumer with reliable and cheap electricity. Therefore optimal combinatio...

Energy is an important fact for a country for both its socio-economic development and economic growth. Main energy source on earth is the fossil fuels. However, the usage of fossil fuels causes global warming whose negative effects have recently been felt by all over the world. Also, because it is limited on earth, increased energy demand and high energy prices increase concerns on fossil fuels...

A host of technologies has been developed to achieve these aims of the smart grid. Some of these technologies include plug-in electric vehicle, demand response program, energy storage system and renewable distributed generation. However, the integration of the smart grid technologies in the power system operation studies such as economic emission unit commitment problem causes two major challen...