The Virtual Power Plant for the Management and Control of Distributed Generation - Review

Diego Laurindo de Souza, Mario Orlando Oliveira, Jorge Javier Gimenez Ledesma, Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior

Virtual Power Plant, Renewable Energy, Microgrid, Distributed Generation

The significant increase in the insertion of distributed generation in the electric power systems when carried out in a disorderly manner can cause disruption to the electric power system. In this sense, Virtual Power Plants (VPP) are presented as a solution to ensure, through a power management system, the best control actions to integrate the generation and demand pattern of each generating unit. Thus, this paper presents a literature review on VPP, introducing concepts, definitions, topologies, communication technologies used, and finally presenting the advantages and disadvantages on this topic.)

10.22161/ijaers.6.6.46