An Evaluation for Multiple Distributed Generations Deployment in Active Distribution Networks Using Multi-Criteria Based Sustainable Planning Approach /

Abstract

Energy planning has become more complicated in the 21st century of sustainable development due to the inclusion of numerous standards such as techno-economic, and environmental considerations. This paper proposes multi-criteria sustainable planning (MCSP) based optimization approach for identifying DGs’ optimal allocations and rating powers. The main objectives of this paper are the reduction of the network’s total power loss, voltage profile improvement, energy loss saving maximization and curtailing environmental emissions and water consumption to achieve the SDG by taking the constraints into consideration. Different alternatives are evaluated across four aspects of performance indices; technical, cost-economic, environmental, and social (TEES). In terms of TEES performance evaluations, various multi-criteria decisionmaking (MCDM) approaches are used to determine the optimal trade-off among the available solutions. These methods are gaining wide acceptance due to the flexibility while concurrently considering all criteria and objectives. Annual energy loss saving is increased by 97.13%, voltage profile is improved to 0.9943 (p.u), and emissions are reduced by 82.45% using the proposed technique. The numerical results of the proposed MCSP approach are compared to previously published works to validate and may be used by researchers and energy planners as a planning tool for ADN schemes.