- Title
- Assessing the transmission expansion cost with distributed generation: an Australian case study
- Creator
- Luo, Fengji; Zhao, Junhua; Qiu, Jing; Foster, John; Peng, Yaoyao; Dong, Zhao Yang
- Relation
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 1892-1904
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2014.2314451
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Distributed generation (DG) is rapidly increasing its penetration level worldwide and is expected to play a more important role in providing power. An important benefit of DG is its ability to defer transmission investments. In this paper, a simulation model is implemented to conduct quantitative analysis on the effect of DG on transmission investment deferral. The transmission expansion model is formulated as a multi-objective optimization problem with comprehensive technical constraints, such as AC power flow and system reliability and/or security. The case study that was selected is the Queensland electricity market in Australia. Simulation results show that DG can reduce transmission investments significantly. This ability however is greatly influenced by a number of factors, such as the location of DG, the network topology, and power system technical constraints.
- Subject
- distributed generation; transmission expansion; cost allocation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1305905
- Identifier
- uon:21130
- Identifier
- ISSN:1949-3053
- Language
- eng
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