Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview of insular power systems : challenges and opportunities / Ozan Erdin�c and Nikolaos G. Paterakis -- 2. Forecasting models and tools for load and renewables generation / Cl�audio Monteiro, Bruno Santos, Tiago Santos, Carina Soares, Pedro Fonte, Rafael Nebot-Medina, Gianmaria Sannino, and Adriana Carillo -- 3. Probabilistic harmonic power flow calculations with uncertain and correlated data / Gianfranco Chicco, Andrea Mazza, Angela Russo, Valeria Cocina, and Filippo Spertino -- 4. Scheduling models and methods for efficient and reliable operations / Emmanouil A. Bakirtzis, Evaggelos G. Kardakos, Stylianos I. Vagropoulos, Christos K. Simoglou, and Anastasios G. Bakirtzis -- 5. Reserves and demand response coping with renewable energy resources uncertainty / Nikolaos G. Paterakis, Ozan Erdin�c, Miadreza Shafie-khah, and Ehsan Heydarian-Forushani -- 6. Electric price signals, economic operation, and risk analysis / Miguel Asensio, Pilar Meneses de Quevedo, Javier Contreras, Cl�audio Monteiro, Radu Porumb, Ion Tri�stiu, and George Seri�tan -- 7. Renewable generation and distribution grid expansion planning / Gregorio Mu�noz-Delgado, Sergio Montoya-Bueno, Miguel Asensio, Javier Contreras, Jos�e I. Mu�noz, and Jos�e M. Arroyo.

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