Optimal Dispatch of Distributed Generation Units, Wind Farms and Energy Storage Systems

Optimal power flow (OPF) problem is the problem of calculating the optimal dispatch of each generator subject to transmission constraints. This problem is an optimization problem and could be solved using different optimization techniques. This paper studies how to solve the DC OPF problem using linear programming of an IEEE test system integrated with wind farms and an energy storage system (ESS). In addition, this paper compares between the power system before integrating the ESS and after integrating it in terms of operating costs, load shedding and wind curtailment to investigate the impacts of integrating an ESS.