Smart long-term planning for SmartGrids

Innovative operation of the distribution systems have been underlined in the many strategic documents related to the electricity networks of the future — smartgrids. Transition from present distribution systems to the future ones will last for several years and distribution system operators looking for the tools that will help them in the optimal long term planning of active distribution networks taking into consideration buncertainties related to the future events. Dimension of the optimization problem, highly constrained with mixed integer variables and necessity to include dynamic in solving problems, uncertainties in loads, tentative distributed generation, reliability parameters place the high demands on optimization methods. Overview of the optimization methods will be given for solving the challenge of new requests for long-term planning of power distribution networks.