Abstract:
Renewable energy, while not an end in itself, is clean, friendly to environment, and sometimes able to reduce pollution. Many countries over the world, including Thailand, have been promoting the renewable energy for several years. In addition, advanced technologies in renewable energy have been improved continually. Thus, the feasibility of renewable energy to significantly replace the conventional fossil-fuel energy in the future seems very promising. This thesis focuses on three kinds of the renewable energy, i.e. Photovoltaic, Biomass, and Micro-hydroturbine. Distribution system reliability impact from the connected renewable energy sources is analyzed based on a Monte Carlo simulation method. In addition, the impact of energy loss as well as, general aspects on both technical and economic views of each renewable energy are analyzed. Excluding externality costs, worth of each renewable energy can be estimated from the impacts and overview assessment of each renewable energy. These results of the thesis are useful in determining any policy or regulation to suitably promote renewable energy.