An economic evaluation for an autonomous independent network of distributed generators

Author

Zoka, Y. ; Koeda, K. ; Sugimoto, A. ; Yorino, N. ; Kawahara, K.

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Eng., Hiroshima Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

Nov. 29 2005-Dec. 2 2005

Firstpage

657

Abstract

This paper proposes a method for economic evaluation of an autonomous independent network of distributed generators. There are some proposals for this kind of networks and microgrid is one of them. Microgrid is a new framework of power delivering system, which is formed by small, modular generation systems connected to each other to realize an autonomous small grid. In this paper, the total cost when the consumers in a microgrid optimally operated their distributed generators (DG) and energy storage systems (ESS) is reasonably estimated. It includes not only installation and operation costs but also the additional expenses to construct the microgrid. The authors try to find out whether it is economical or not for consumers to form this kind of autonomous independent network

Keywords

distributed power generation; power generation economics; autonomous independent network; autonomous small grid; distributed generators; energy storage systems; microgrid; modular generation systems; power delivering system; Ash; Capacity planning; Costs; Distributed power generation; Energy consumption; Fuel economy; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; MicroGrid; autonomous independent network; distributed generator; economic evaluation; energy storage systems; fuel cell;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference, 2005. IPEC 2005. The 7th International

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

981-05-5702-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEC.2005.206990

Filename

1627279