Scheduling and Operation of Virtual Power Plants

Ali Zanganeh is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Lavizan, Tehran. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2010. His research interests include demand side management, smart grid, resiliency, distributed generation and optimization in power systems. Moein Moeini-Aghtaie is Assistant Professor of Electical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2010 and 2014, respectively, both in electrical engineering. His current research interests include reliability and resilience studies of modern distribution systems, especially in the multi-carrier energy environment, and charging management of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

1. Introduction and history of virtual power pants
2. Basics of virtual power plants
3. Infrastructures of virtual power plants
4. Energy and capacity management of distribution network
5. Demand side management
6. The role of virtual power plants in electricity markets
7. Transactive Energy
8. Reliability and security analysis of VPPs
9. The role of VPP in reducing stability problems
10. Uncertainties modeling of renewable energy resources
11. Carbon emission trading and the potential of VPPs in emission reduction
12. Energy forecast strategy for a virtual power plant including renewable energy resources
13. Future trend of virtual power plants