This paper appears in:Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE ( P5 u9 \, x- L J) t0 z Issue Date : 25-29 July 2010 * ~2 N( ^8 L9 B7 ~On page(s): 1 - 7 ) L6 B! \" O" z. r6 t5 F+ wLocation: Minneapolis, MN, USA 9 t8 X+ L5 J( ^! D4 Y1 p5 \& P- PISSN : 1944-9925 $ _ I6 D4 t L% O8 { E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-8357-0 7 S. T# ^# [8 TPrint ISBN: 978-1-4244-6549-1 % a+ S/ M; k& q% ~ Digital Object Identifier : 10.1109/PES.2010.5589391 8 B/ l# B/ c: N Date of Current Version : 30 September 2010
[size=1.085em]ABSTRACT
Economic, technology and environmental incentives are changing the features of electricity generation andtransmission. Centralized power systems are giving way to local scale distributed generations. At present, there is a need to assess the effects of large numbers of distributed generators and short-term storage in Microgrid. To accommodate the high demand of renewable energy and the environment policy, the planning and operationof Micro-source generators has been studied using HOMER. Simulation results show a case study of an optimalmicrogrid configuration on Ontario area in Canada. Sensitivity variables are specified to examine the effect of uncertainties (e.g. diesel price and average wind speed), especially in a long-term planning. The effect of air emission penalties on Microgrid planning is also well presented.