Abstract:

Optimal allocation of distributed generations (DGs) is a well-known research area, being widely investigated in the last twenty-five years. In this paper, a modified honey bee optimization algorithm is considered to contribute to this research field area. Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) optimization is a recent metaheuristic based on the natural model of honey bee behavior in foraging for food. This algorithm is used in this to optimally allocate the cost required to connect a generation unit to a public distribution network. A case study, with two meshed IEEE 15-bus feeders and a new DG to connect, geographical dispersed, are used to simulate the performance of the proposed approach. The obtained results proves the effectiveness of the proposed approach to reduce the required charges for connecting new renewable generation units to electrical public systems. The result obtained show the efficient of the approach compared to PSO algorithm and sensitivity analysis based methods.