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Summary Enhancing distribution system operation accomplished with the integration of renewable energy resources (RERs) has several technical, economical, and environmental dimensions. In this regard, this paper presents an optimal integration procedure of Distributed Generation (DG) based on Photovoltaic panel (PV) and Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) in Electrical Distribution System (EDS). The proposed procedure is formulated as a multi‐objective function (MOF). The considered objectives that reflect the technical, economic, and environmental issues, are Active Power Loss Level (APLL), Short Circuit Level (SCL), Voltage Deviation Level (VDL), Net Saving Level (NSL), and Environmental Pollution Reduction Level (EPRL). The proposed procedure investigates several hybrid optimization methods that combine the firefly algorithm (FA) with various acceleration coefficients PSO algorithms to improve the overall solution quality of the hybrid algorithms compared with the individual algorithms. To prove the capability of the proposed procedure, four different cases are tested on IEEE 33‐bus and 69‐bus EDSs. Added to that, the proposed algorithms are extended to practical Algerian EDS in Adrar City 205‐bus. Results obtained by the hybrid FA‐SCAC‐PSO algorithm showed that the simultaneous allocation of multiple DG and DSTATCOM in all standard and practical test systems significantly reduces the loss and enhances the voltage profile. An energy‐efficient analysis to proceed for different cases studied based on the best hybrid FA‐SCAC‐PSO algorithm to reach the best value of MOF compared to other algorithms, moreover the capability to achieve the optimal allocation of DG and DSTATCOM by maintaining the voltages profile within the permissible limit, whatever the variation of load. Significant technical economic and environmental achievements are found for different case studies especially in the existence of DGs and DSTATCOM devices.

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The literature covering Plug-in Electric Vehicles (EVs) contains many charging/discharging strategies. However, none of the review papers covers such strategies in a complete fashion where all patterns of EVs charging/discharging are identified. Filling a gap in the literature, we clearly and systematically classify such strategies. After providing a clear definition for each strategy, we provide a detailed comparison between them by categorizing differences as follows: complexity; economics and power losses on the grid side; ability to provide ancillary services for integrity of the power grid; operation aspects (e.g., charging timing); and detrimental impact on the EV, the power grid, or the environment. Each one of these comparison categories is subdivided into even more detailed aspects. After we compare the EV charging/discharging strategies, we further provide recommendations on which strategies are suitable for which applications. Then, we provide ratings for each strategy by weighting all aspects of comparison together. Our review helps authors or aggregators explore likely choices that might suit the specific needs of their systems or test beds.

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The increased integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the distribution network can create severe issues—especially when demand response programs and time-varying electricity prices are applied, EVs tend to charge during the off-peak time to minimize the electricity cost. Hence, another peak demand might be created, and other solutions are required. Many researchers tried to solve the problem; however, limitations exist because of the decentralized topology of the network. The system operator is not allowed to control the end-users’ load due to security and privacy issues. To overcome this situation, we propose a novel data-energy management algorithm on the transformer’s level that controls the power demand profiles of the householders and exchange energy between them without violating their privacy and security. Our method is compared to an existing one in the literature based on a decentralized control strategy. Simulations show that our approach has reduced the electricity cost of the end-users by 3%, increased the revenue of the system operator, and reduced techno-economic losses by 50% and 42%, respectively. Our strategy shows better performance even with a 100% penetration level of EVs on the network, in which it respects the network’s constraints and maintains the voltage within the recommended limits.

The energy management system (EMS) of an electrical distribution system (EDS), with the integration of distributed generation (DG) and distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM), provides numerous benefits and significantly differs from the existing EDSs. This paper presents an optimal integration of DG based on photovoltaic (PV) solar panels and DSTATCOM in EDS. A single objective function, based on maximizing the active power loss level (APLL) in EDS, is deployed to find the optimal size and location of photovoltaic DG and DSTATCOM simultaneously in different study cases using various particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms. These PSO algorithms are the basic PSO, adaptive acceleration coefficients PSO (AAC-PSO), autonomous particles groups for PSO (APG-PSO), nonlinear dynamic acceleration coefficients PSO (NDAC-PSO), sine cosine acceleration coefficients PSO (SCAC-PSO), and time-varying acceleration PSO (TVA-PSO). These algorithms are applied to the standard IEEE 33- and 69-bus EDSs, which are used as test systems to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms. Simulation results prove that the TVA-PSO algorithm exhibits higher capability and efficiency in finding optimum solutions. Comparing the simulation results attained for different study cases leads to the conclusion that DG and DSTATCOM were optimally-allocated simultaneously, which resulted in a significant reduction of power losses and an enhancement of the voltage profile.