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In this chapter, the value of advanced dispatch methods is tested using the Azores island data. These methods are (1) physically implementable static dispatch; (2) centralized look-ahead dispatch; and (3) distributed look-ahead dispatch. We show through simulations that look-ahead dispatch could reduce the economic dispatch cost by taking into account wind variation in a moving horizon manner as compared to static dispatch. We show through examples that the amount of cost savings depends on (a) the relative generation cost difference of the power plants in the system and (2) the ramp rate capability of different unit.
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This work was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation ECCS Grant 1029873 and in part by the US Power System Engineering Research Center. The authors greatly appreciate the financial support.
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Xie, L., Gu, Y., Ilić, M. (2013). Look-Ahead Model-Predictive Generation Dispatch Methods. In: Ilic, M., Xie, L., Liu, Q. (eds) Engineering IT-Enabled Sustainable Electricity Services. Power Electronics and Power Systems, vol 30. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09736-7_7
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