ABSTRACT
The City of Zagreb in Croatia and its surroundings have experienced two strong earthquakes within nine months of 2020. Putting this in the context of the increased workload of healthcare facilities due to Covid-19, the distribution system operator (DSO) is encouraged to look for unconventional solutions such as integrating the battery energy storage system (BESS) to supply healthcare facilities during network fault conditions or other extreme network events. The BESS size and location are determined by optimization model, while the control system of the BESS converter, based on the virtual synchronous machine (VSM) concept, is define to test BESS ability to supply critical consumers in the off-grid mode. The models are tested and verified on several real world situations in Zagreb MV distribution network. Future developments and scenarios are also simulated to verify the robustness of the proposed investment. © 2022 IEEE.