• DocumentCode
    3090504
  • Title

    Do Investments Prevent Blackouts?

  • Author

    Kirschen, Daniel S.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This presentation explores whether the probability of blackouts can be reduced by additional investments in transmission capacity. It also discusses whether deregulation increases the probability of such events.
  • Keywords
    investment; power system security; power transmission economics; power transmission faults; power transmission protection; probability; blackout prevention; deregulation; power system security; probability; transmission capacity investments; Costs; Investments; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system faults; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Power system security; Power systems; Power system security; blackouts; deregulation; transmission expansion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Tampa, FL
  • ISSN
    1932-5517
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1296-X
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1932-5517
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PES.2007.385653
  • Filename
    4275262