In this paper, estimation of optimal capacity and location of installation of wind, solar and fuel cell sources in distribution systems to reduce loss and improve voltage profile, by considering load changes, is carried out with Lightning Search Algorithm (LSA). Studies have been conducted on the standard IEEE 33 bus power system in two scenarios. In the first scenario, study is done with the assumption that the load remains constant throughout the project period and in the second scenario with the load growth. The results of the simulation, indicated that the puissance of load changes on distributed generations (DGs) placement studies. Also, the results confirm the performance of the proposed algorithm in reducing the objective function.
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