Renewable energy impact integration in Moroccan grid-load flow analysis

Abstract

This paper analyzes the behavior of a Moroccan electric transportation system in the presence of an integration of renewable energy sources, which represents a significant challenge due to their intermittent nature. The aim is to evaluate the performance of the transportation system in various situations and possible configurations. The current study enables the calculation of power flow in the network using the Newton-Raphson method under the MATLAB/Simulink software. To achieve this, a series of power flow simulations were conducted on a 5-bus Moroccan electrical network, examining four distinct scenarios. In addition, this article offers an evaluation of the power flow performance of the same electric transportation system with varying percentages of renewable energy penetration. In order to provide a complete critical analysis, many simulations were conducted to obtain the voltage and active power profile generated at different bus locations, as well as an evaluation of the losses in the studied network.