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Ancillary Services from Distributed Sources: Modelling and Analysis

Description

This lecture discusses the provision of ancillary services from distributed sources in power systems with high renewable energy integration, focusing on wind generators and PV systems. It covers the motivation, objectives, flexibility analysis, and future work in the context of the Swiss power system.

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