University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering 2322-4576 12 4 2024 12 01 Virtual power plant operation using an improved meta-heuristic optimization algorithm considering uncertainties بهره برداری از نیروگاه مجازی با استفاده از الگوریتم بهینه سازی فراابتکاری بهبود یافته با در نظر گرفتن عدم قطعیت ها 312 325 2293 10.22098/joape.2023.11310.1844 EN H. Farahbakhsh Department of Electrical Engineering, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran I. Pourfar Department of Electrical Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran A. Lashkar Ara Department of Electrical Engineering, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran Journal Article 2022 09 05 In this paper, virtual power plant (VPP) planning is done using distributed generation sources to create a safe platform for electricity exchange and to increase the profitability and sustainability of electricity. In the proposed model, the effect of micro-grid interaction with the electricity market in the presence of distributed generation resources and storage is investigated. To solve this problem, an improved artificial bee colony algorithm using the accept-reject method (AR-ABC) is used. The AR method is employed to limit the initial search space as well as for the scenario reduction process. Also, uncertainties related to loads and renewable sources are formulated in a sample micro-grid including micro-turbine (MT), fuel cell (FC), wind turbine (WT), photovoltaic cells (PV) and batteries for storage; the results are compared with those of other methods, which shows this method works better than others. The software simulations of this research are done in the MATLAB software environment. https://joape.uma.ac.ir/article_2293_cf594367c8137297dcac94738893587f.pdf