A Novel Method for Economic Dispatch with Across Neighborhood Search: A Case Study in a Provincial Power Grid, China

<table class="table-group" id="tab12"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Performance indicator</td><td class="align_center" colspan="4">Generator capacity</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">150MW</td><td class="align_center">200MW</td><td class="align_center">300MW</td><td class="align_center">600MW</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mean load rate (%)</td><td class="align_center">70.00</td><td class="align_center">58.73</td><td class="align_center">65.61</td><td class="align_center">67.28</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mean coal consumption (g/kWh)</td><td class="align_center">373.95</td><td class="align_center">391.77</td><td class="align_center">337.64</td><td class="align_center">321.73</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Operation performance of various capacity generators.</div>

Complexity

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