Several potential benefits to the quality and reliability of delivered power can be attained
with the installation of distributed generation units. To take full advantage of these benefits, it …

Recent advances in renewable energy technologies and changes in the electric utility
infrastructures have increased the interest of the power utilities in utilisation of distributed …

For nearly 20 years, the Test Feeder Working Group of the Distribution System Analysis
Subcommittee has been develo** openly available distribution test feeders for use by …

The intermittent generation of non-dispatchable renewable distributed generation, along
with the load variability, demand growth and electricity market prices impose operational …

Distributed generation, with respect to its ability in utilizing the alternative resources of
energy, provides a promising future for power generation in electric networks. Distributed …

Integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into traditional power system is one of the
most viable technologies to meet the ever increasing energy demand efficiently. But, this …

The integration of distributed generation (DG) units in power distribution networks has
become increasingly important in recent years. The aim of the optimal DG placement …

This paper presents a fully distributed reactive power optimization algorithm that can obtain
the global optimum solution of nonconvex problems for distribution networks (DNs) without …

As the amount of distributed generation (DG) is growing worldwide, the need to increase the
hosting capacity of distribution systems without reinforcements is becoming nowadays a …

With the rapidly increasing penetration of renewable distributed generation (DG), the
maximum hosting capacity (MHC) of a distribution system has become a major concern. To …