The Brazilian electricity sector is going through a revolution in face of modernization challenges, needs for investments in smart grids, insertion of new technologies and distributed energy resources. In this context, it ...

Although Brazilian Universities and Federal Institutes have been awarded some decentralizations of the public power for the installation of photovoltaic systems to mitigate electricity costs, a greater economic incentive ...

The electricity market, with the insertion of distributed energy resources into the system, moves towards becoming an intelligent market in the future. In this energy transition context, tech-nical, economic, and regulatory ...

Electrical energy plays an important role in people's lives, being the main source of energy used to carry out daily needs. As consequence, the use of clean technologies to generate electrical energy has become the first ...

Seasonal and location dependence of renewable energy resources have limited their applications in power generation. Energy storage systems are promising solutions to the intermittence of renewable energy resources. Rural ...

The integration of distributed generation (DG) into the distribution network has been increasing intensely, especially the photovoltaic generation, due to the reduction of technology costs, economic incentive policies and ...

Electric energy is a product sold through its market. Each kWh of energy produced directly impacts the social development of a given region. It is necessary for satisfactory economic growth, that the energy supplied in an ...

The accelerated expansion of micro and mini distributed generation (MMGD), associated with the net metering system (SCEE), have a negative impact on power distribution companies and consumers who do not have this type of ...