Adaptive Grey Wolf Optimization for Weightage-based Combined Economic Emission Dispatch in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Nowadays, the electric power networks comprise diverse renewable energy resources, with the rapid development of technologies. In this scenario, the optimal Economic Dispatch is required by the power system due to the increment of power generation cost and ever growing demand of electrical energy. Thus, the reduction of power generation cost in terms of fuel cost and emission cost has become one of the main challenges in the power system. Accordingly, this article proposes the Grey Wolf Optimization-Extended Searching (GWO-ES) algorithm to provide the excellent solution for the problems regarding Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch (CEED). It validates the robustness of the proposed algorithm in seven Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HRES) test bus systems, which combines the wind turbine along with the thermal power plant. Furthermore, it compares the performance of the proposed GWO-ES algorithm with conventional algorithms such as Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Differential Evolution (DE), and GWO. Next, the article emulates a valuable convergence analysis and justification for the quality of CEED through the GWO-ES algorithm. Finally, the result was compared to four other conventional algorithms to assure the efficiency of the proposed algorithm in terms of fuel cost and emission cost reduction.