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This study presents a new approach for optimal allocation of distributed generation (DG) and energy storage system (ESS) in microgrids (MGs). The practical optimal allocation problems have non-smooth cost functions with equality and inequality constraints that make the problem of finding the global optimum difficult using any mathematical approaches. A dynamic capacity adjustment algorithm is incorporated in the matrix real-coded genetic algorithm (MRCGA) framework to deal with the non-smooth cost functions. The proposed cost function takes into consideration operation cost minimisation as well as investment cost minimisation at the same time for the MG. Moreover, an energy storage equality constraint is applied to manage the state of charge of EES in MGs. The MRCGA is used to minimise the cost function of the system while constraining it to meet the customer demand and security of the system. For each studied case, sets of optimal capacities and economic operation strategies of ESS and DG sources are determined. The computational simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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