Impact of Renewable Energy on the Economic Dispatch in Jordan

摘要

The impact of renewable energy on the operation of various types of generating units is investigated. There will be a several cases to be analyzed; each case will focus on the unit commitment and economic dispatch for the Jordanian Electrical System for the coming years. Economic Load Dispatch is a process of scheduling the required load demand among available generation units where the fuel cost of operation is minimized, hereby there will be a procedure to deal with renewable energy especially photo voltaic and wind energy in order to manage expected operation of renewable energy with a good minimization of the total cost for the whole system. Most wind and solar generation units are not dispatched in the traditional sense and cannot be precisely controlled by the grid operator, but their output is accepted as must-run or must-take production.