Deployment of a dispatchable photovoltaic system: technical and economic results

Author

Byrne, John ; Wang, Young-Doo ; Letendre, Stephen ; Govindarajalu, Chandrasekar ; Nigro, Ralph ; Bottenberg, William

Author_Institution

Center for Energy & Environ. Policy, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1200

Abstract

This paper discusses the incorporation of PV as a demand-side management (DSM) tool. The valuation of the benefits provided by PV in a DSM role indicates that it is much closer to commercial viability than was thought from economic analyses focusing exclusively on this technology as a supply-side option. However, in order to realize PV´s potential, this technology must be deployed in high-value DSM applications; in particular, applications that promise dispatchable peak-shaving capability. Our analysis of the performance of a prototype system installed by Delmarva Power, indicates that small-scale, commercial customer-sited DSM systems incorporating this technology are approaching competitive cost levels

Keywords

demand side management; economics; load dispatching; photovoltaic power systems; sensitivity analysis; Delmarva Power; commercial customer-sited DSM systems; demand-side management; dispatchable peak-shaving capability; dispatchable photovoltaic system; economic analyses; economic results; sensitivity analysis; small-scale DSM systems; technical results; Batteries; Cost accounting; Energy management; Energy storage; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation economics; Power system economics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520179

Filename

520179