The reliability of the power plants and transmission lines in the electricity industry is crucial
for meeting demand. Consequently, timely maintenance plays a major role reducing …

We develop models and the associated solution tools for devising optimal maintenance
strategies, helping reduce the operation costs, and enhancing the marketability of wind …

Power plant preventive maintenance scheduling consists of knowing which generating units
to take off line for regular safety inspection. This problem is extremely important because a …

Offshore wind farm is an emerging source of renewable energy, which has been shown to
have tremendous potential in recent years. In this blooming area, a key challenge is that the …

The main role of the optimal Generator Maintenance Scheduling (GMS) problem in power
systems is to develop an optimal preventive maintenance scheduling of the generation part …

The analysis of capacity withholding (CW) plays an important role in monitoring of the
market power. One way of CW in oligopoly electricity markets is the strategic maintenance of …

The outburst of population as well as increasing industrialisation have triggered a very
prominent imbalance between electricity demand and supply in emerging economies such …

This paper presents an optimal integrated production and maintenance strategy for a wind
farm. A cost model is developed in order to determine sequentially the optimal plan of …

An adequate and reliable precautionary upkeep plan in power generation systems is
required to reduce failures, to improve the generator's lifespan, to diminish repair costs and …

Generating companies use the maintenance cost function as the sole or main objective for
creating the maintenance schedule of power generators. Usually only maintenance activities …