A decision-support simulation tool for virtual power producers

Author

Morais, H. ; Cardoso, Monica ; Castanheira, Luis ; Vale, Zita

Author_Institution

Inst. of Eng., Polythechnic Inst. of Porto

fYear

2005

fDate

18-18 Nov. 2005

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The increase of the use of renewable energy sources and distributed generation (DG) of electricity is of main importance in the way towards a sustainable development. The aggregation of DG plants gives place to a new concept: the virtual power producer (VPP). VPPs can reinforce the importance of these generation technologies making them valuable in electricity markets. This paper presents a simulation tool developed to support VPPs in analyzing the effects of their strategies of operation and management methods

Keywords

decision support systems; distributed power generation; power engineering computing; power markets; power system management; sustainable development; decision-support simulation tool; distributed generation; electricity markets; management methods; renewable energy sources; sustainable development; virtual power producers; Costs; Distributed control; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Power generation; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Sustainable development; Turbines; Wind energy generation; Distributed Generation (DG); Electricity Market; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Development; Virtual Power Producer (VPP);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Power Systems, 2005 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

90-78205-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FPS.2005.204289

Filename

1600562