A Review on Techniques to Increase Hosting Capacity of Distribution Systems to DERs

This paper presents a structured literature review regarding techniques to increase the hosting capacity of distribution systems to distributed energy resources. The structured search with some filtering criteria was done using the IEEE Xplore
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and Scopus
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databases. The review has identified that the techniques range from traditional practices (e.g., network reinforcement and reconfiguration, installation of voltage regulators, etc.) to the more advanced ones (e.g., adoption of soft open points, energy storage systems, smart inverter control capabilities, etc.). Moreover, the paper summarizes essential insights regarding the main techniques.