Technical analysis of an aggregator´s operation for the Gotland power system

The large scale deployment of distributed generation from renewable energy sources may undermine the network safe operation and may require network reinforcements. In order to avoid or postpone the infrastructural investments it is possible to exploit other resources. In this paper the operation of a load aggregator is simulated on the Swedish island of Gotland in different wind penetration condition to test two different business models, one oriented to the price following and the other oriented to the wind following. The adopted methodology is described and the results presented and commented.