Research Article

A Three-Stage Birandom Program for Unit Commitment with Wind Power Uncertainty

Table 8

Simulation results with different wind power forecast error curves.

Optimal objective value ($)Simulated expected total costs ($)

Wind forecast error curve a
 Two-stage stochastic UC1203659.871203638.94
 Three-stage birandom UC1198043.921198054.63
 Cost savings5615.955584.31
Wind forecast error curve b
 Two-stage stochastic UC1202987.431202996.53
 Three-stage birandom UC1198928.571198924.86
 Cost savings4058.864071.67