Solar energy in electric utility planning: A linear programming approach
This paper considers a multi-year capacity expansion plan for an electric utility with the option of investing in solar generation units. It is demonstrated how issues such as randomness on both the demand and supply side of the problem, as well as the varying availability of solar energy may be conveniently modelled under some plausible assumptions, to yield a large-scale linear programming problem. A brief discussion is provided relating to the evaluation of the capacity credit attributable to the solar generation units. Computational considerations, some possible simplifications, and an illustrative example are also presented.
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1984
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Authors: | Sherali, Hanif D ; Staschus, Konstantin |
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Omega. - Elsevier, ISSN 0305-0483. - Vol. 12.1984, 2, p. 165-174
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Elsevier |
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