ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH OPTIMIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN POWER SYSTEM USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

Boniface Anyaka & Ogbodo Ikechukwu

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu

Email: ikechukwuogbodo@yahoo.com

Abstract: The inclusion of a significant amount of renewable energy into power systems has resulted in additional constraints on Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) to accommodate the intermittent nature of the output. This condition may not match with system load demand or current trading mechanisms in a power system. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) method using ‘negative load’ and ‘inclusive’ approach is proposed and discussed. Index Terms – economic Load Dispatch (ELD), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Renewable Energy, Wind Power Generation.