Maximizing the benefits of PV utility scale storage at PNM prosperity project

Author

Cheng, Fan-Tien ; Greenwood, W. ; Arellano, B. ; Hawkins, J. ; Lavrova, Olga ; Mammoli, A. ; Willard, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Battery Energy Storage Systems play a vital role in assisting high penetration photovoltaic (PV) connections to the power grid. The development of PV, has led to concern about related reliability issues and due to inherent characteristics of PV intermittency. It has also led to investigation of using storage systems to better control renewable resources. A Smart Grid demonstration project is currently underway at Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). The project combines both residential and commercial loads on a dedicated feeder, equipped with a utility scale 0.5MW photovoltaic (PV) system and large-scale utility based Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). This project is investing how PV works with Energy Storage to benefit the power grid. In this paper, we present how to use BESS to firm PV output, and at the same time align the PV output with peak load. The control strategy and current results of modeling for the existing infrastructure of this Smart Grid project are given.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power system control; secondary cells; smart power grids; PNM prosperity project; PV utility scale storage; battery energy storage systems; control strategy; high penetration photovoltaic connections; power 0.5 MW; smart grid project; Batteries; IEEE Power & Energy Society; Photovoltaic systems; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energytech, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cleveland, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EnergyTech.2013.6645328

Filename

6645328