Interconnection of large-scale photovoltaic systems with the electrical grid: Potential issues

Author

Mirhosseini, Mitra ; Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Telecommun., Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

728

Lastpage

733

Abstract

The interconnection of photovoltaic (PV) systems with electricity grid continues to increase significantly worldwide. These systems benefit firstly the grid by improving the reliability of the supply and secondly the owners through revenue earning. However, PV systems without energy storage are intermittent power sources. As a result they bring about some new issues to the utility, particularly as the penetration levels of renewable energy systems all over the power system continue to increase. Technical requirements from both PV system and grid side need to be fulfilled to maintain the reliability of the power system. This paper reviews the grid interactions with grid-connected PV systems.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power generation reliability; power grids; power system interconnection; electrical grid; grid-connected PV systems; intermittent power sources; large-scale photovoltaic system interconnection; power system reliability; renewable energy systems; supply reliability; Fluctuations; Harmonic analysis; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power harmonic filters; Voltage control; Voltage fluctuations; Photovoltaic systems; grid interaction; large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic system benefits and concerns;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4567-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4568-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505762

Filename

6505762