Power System Planning

Course title: Power System Planning

Code: 3ФЕИТ09Л018

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+2+0+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Passed: High Voltage Transmission Networks and Systems, Power Distribution Systems, Taken course: Electricity markets

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Students will gain basic knowledge for planning of power systems in liberalized power market environment.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Time frame, requirements and problems in Power System Planning. Basic concepts in Power System Planning: concept of security and stability, concept of reliability, concept of power quality, cost effectiveness. Electricity demand forecast: Forecast of the spatial distribution of the demand; Methods for long term demand forecasts. Distribution system planning: Methods for optimization in distribution networks; Fit state of a distribution network. Analyses on the impact of dispersed generation. Transmission systems planning: Deterministic and stochastic methods for optimization; Risk evaluation; Regional power system planning; Methods for congestion management; Reliability. Cost benefit analyses of investments in power systems: Net present value method, Internal rate of return method. Investments in generation capacities and transmission networks in conditions of liberalized electricity markets.

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