J. A. Pecas Lopes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the key issues concerning the integration of distributed generation into electric power systems that are of most interest today and analyze the repercussions in transmission system operation and expansion that result from the connection of large amounts of DG of different energy conversion systems focusing on issues related with impacts in steady state operation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a research developed to identify management procedures to deal with the charging of electric vehicles (EVs) batteries in scenarios characterized by a large scale deployment of this new kind of load.

TL;DR: In this article, a cascading control mechanism based on dc voltage regulation at onshore converters and frequency regulation at the offshore converters is proposed for providing frequency control services, including inertia emulation and primary frequency control, from offshore wind farms connected through a multiterminal HVDC network.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present innovative functionalities to run online, which are able to manage microgrid storage considering the integration of electric vehicles and load responsiveness, and the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is validated through extensive numerical simulations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the development of microsource modelling and the definition of control strategies to evaluate the feasibility of operation of a microgrid when it becomes isolated, and an evaluation of the need of storage devices and load shedding strategies is included in the paper.