PV-powered water pumping as a utility service: a utility-customer-industry demonstration

Author

Bigger, John ; Stokes, Kirk

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

1252

Lastpage

1257

Abstract

PV-powered water pumping for livestock watering provides an opportunity for electric utilities to provide cost-effective photovoltaic (PV) powered electric service to customer-owned load. This project has involved the funding and installation of PV-powered pumping systems for selected utilities. The primary objectives of this effort have been to: (1) support the installation of utility-owned, PV-powered water pumping systems; (2) describe opportunities, requirements, and limitations for utility PV services; and (3) document direct utility experience with PV-powered water pumping systems

Keywords

electricity supply industry; farming; installation; load (electric); photovoltaic power systems; project engineering; pumping plants; pumps; water supply; PV-powered water pumping; USA; cost-effective; electric utilities; experience; installation; livestock watering; load; project; utility-customer-industry demonstration; Agriculture; Cities and towns; Costs; Documentation; Kirk field collapse effect; Laboratories; Photovoltaic systems; Power industry; Power system reliability; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.346941

Filename

346941