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—Environmental concerns due to emissions from nuclear and fossil fuel based power plants have triggered widespread utilization of renewable energy-based small- and large-scale distributed generation technologies. These technologies have been transforming the energy market towards a deregulated and dispersed entity. To cope with these transformations, and ensure appropriate grid monitoring and control, the conventional power grids across the globe have been enduring a paradigm shift towards a smart grid that is empowered with cutting edge technologies. The operational stability of these emerging smart power grids necessitates sophisticated real-time monitoring and control technologies. This article analyzes various stability concerns in smart power grids pertaining to distributed generations and proposes novel methodologies for ensuring operational stability. The proposed methodologies entail real-time stability monitoring and stability control with the use of wide-area synchrophasor measurements and artificial intelligence methods. The efficacy of the proposed methodologies has been verified through simulation studies conducted on an IEEE 14-bus system. Results of this research validate the necessity of coordinated control for maintaining stability of smart grids incorporating distributed generation technologies.
Pathirikkat et al. (2014) studied this question.