@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3461,
	  title     = {Optimal Sizing of a Hybrid Wind/PV Plant Considering Reliability Indices},
	  author    = {S. Dehghan and  B. Kiani and  A. Kazemi and  A. Parizad},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The utilization of renewable energy sources in electric
power systems is increasing quickly because of public apprehensions
for unpleasant environmental impacts and increase in the energy
costs involved with the use of conventional energy sources. Despite
the application of these energy sources can considerably diminish the
system fuel costs, they can also have significant influence on the
system reliability. Therefore an appropriate combination of the
system reliability indices level and capital investment costs of system
is vital. This paper presents a hybrid wind/photovoltaic plant, with
the aim of supplying IEEE reliability test system load pattern while
the plant capital investment costs is minimized by applying a hybrid
particle swarm optimization (PSO) / harmony search (HS) approach,
and the system fulfills the appropriate level of reliability.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering},
	  volume    = {3},
	  number    = {8},
	  year      = {2009},
	  pages     = {1546 - 1554},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3461},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/32},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 32, 2009},
	}