OPTIMAL PLANNING WITH WIND ENERGY FOR A NEW CITY IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Electrical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Minoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

2 Operation engineer, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, Egypt

Abstract

This paper presents the load forecasting of a new city using the conventional techniques such as extrapolation of trend curves and modern techniques of load forecasting such as Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique. A comparison between different wind generator modes (WGMs) as related to the technical and economical sides is presented. The optimal WGM is chosen for designing the wind farm at the Borg El-Arab site which has a new city in Egypt.

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