Probabilistic generating capacity adequacy evaluation Research roadmap》.pdf

Electric Power Systems Research 129 (2015) 83–93 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Electric Power Systems Research j o u r n a l h o me p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/eps r Probabilistic generating capacity adequacy evaluation: Research roadmap Abdulaziz Almutairi ∗ , Mohamed Hassan Ahmed, M.M.A. Salama Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada N2L3G1 a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Evaluation of the adequacy of generating capacity is one of the main planning challenges within the field Received 22 March 2015 of power system. With respect to the evaluation of power system reliability, a variety of criteria and Received in revised form 18 June 2015 techniques have been developed and utilized by numerous utilities over a number of decades. Of these, Accepted 20 July 2015 deterministic and probabilistic techniques are the ones widely used for the evaluation of generating Available online 13 August 2015 capacity adequacy. Nowadays, modern power systems have emphasized the need for probabilistic tech- niques to address the challenges that power system undergone and ensure generation adequacy where Keywords: the applicabi