Wind generation connection to a power system affects its steady state and transient stability. This effect increases with the increase of wind generation capacity penetration. In this book, determining the optimal location of FACTS devices to solve the problem associated with wind penetration in power systems is carried out by using genetic algorithm optimization technique. The first part of the study in this book is devoted to the selection of suitable FACTS type and ranking method. After the selection is fulfilled, the second part, which deals with maximizing the wind energy penetration of...

The modern virtual power plant (VPP) concept is introduced to control the proliferated penetration of distributed generation (DG), energy storage elements and controllable loads. This book utilizes the VPP concept for managing the electrical energy in the power delivery networks. The work presented in this book can be grouped into three phases; the first phase includes the studies concerned with the optimal sizing and siting of DG units. The second phase aims to support the renewable based DG units operation via the optimal sizing of the energy storage elements. While, the third phase...