Distributed Generation: A Power System Perspective

Abstract

The current power grid is going through tremendous changes in the way the energy is produced, transmitted and consumed. The increasing number of factors and the demand for more and more complex services to be provided by the grid exceed the capabilities of today's control systems. This chapter gives an overview of one of the major changes in power generation, i.e., distributed generation. Different aspects of distributed generation on electrical power systems such as ancillary services, voltage regulation, harmonics and loadability are also presented in the chapter.