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Abstract: With the increasing use of renewable resources for various reasons such as environmental issues, energy security, sustainability, and energy storage, it is important to study the behavior of the power grid by considering these resources, especially in times of crisis. In situations where disasters cause heavy losses, using the capacity of these resources can help to continue energy supply and reduce losses. In this regard, this research examines and compares the process of restoring the power grid after a storm in the presence of renewable resources, including wind and solar power plants, and its uncertainty is considered through the information gap method. Modeling is implemented on the IEEE standard 69-bus network, and recovery is examined in two cases of the presence and absence of renewable resources. The results show that using renewable resources in the recovery process can reduce the time of the recovery process by 28% and the losses caused by disasters due to the storage and continuity of energy up to 34%, especially in inaccessible locations.
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