Losses Allocated to the Nodes of a Radial Distribution System with Distributed Energy Resources — A Simple and Effective Indicator

Abstract

This paper presents the effectiveness of exploiting the losses allocated to the nodes of a radial distribution system as an indicator of the impact of the diffusion of distributed energy resources in the network. The calculation of the losses allocated to the nodes is not included in the commercial power flow solvers, even though the implementation of this calculation is simple and the results provide meaningful information. The interpretation of the allocated losses is illustrated in this paper, on the basis of the results obtained on a typical test network under different case studies.