Planning of Distribution Systems is facing several new challenges: (1) The portion of decentralized renewable sources within the distribution area is increasing (leading to inversion of […]

The basic idea of an integrated evolutionary approach for grid development and strategic asset management was presented during CIRED 2013. This paper deals with the experience […]

The „Energiewende“ in Germany and resulting legal requirements lead to a dynamic increase of decentralized energy generation and the essential network integration. The power distribution system […]

The increasing generation out of decentralized energy resources, which can be observed since several years, will become even faster in Germany due to the „Energiewende“ throughout […]

The model is herein applied with a case study that is loosely based on California in 2030. Increasing amounts of wind, photovoltaics (PV), and concentrating solar […]

Authors are: Mackay Miller and Sadie Cox This report focuses on key regulatory issues associated with the deployment of variable renewable energy (VRE) sources, especially wind […]

Volatile markets call for alternative financial models