Reactive Power Planning with FACTS under Wind Power and Load Uncertainties

Abstract

This study provides a multi-objective reactive power planning (MO-RPP) method for wind power systems that takes the uncertainty of load demand and wind power generation into account. The major goals of this work are to increase voltage stability and reduce overall active power losses. The magnitude of the generator voltage, the tap settings of the transformer, and reactive power produced by VAR sources is taken as control variables. The MO-RPP problem is resolved by using the ε-constraint approach. The IEEE 30-bus test system is used to evaluate the suggested method for its efficacy. Finally, a quick comparison of results is provided for a better understanding of the findings.