Photovoltaic generation allocation on a radial distribution feeder — Case study

With technological developments and the appeal for rational use of electricity, new equipment was developed to promote a change in the relationship between consumers and power utility companies. The introduction of smart meters and the development and improvement of new sources of power generation near of energy consumption point, become the customer in an active agent in the electrical grid, where the power source installed inside consumer home can at times when this source is not supplying energy for their own consumption feed on this excess of energy to the electrical utility grid. This paper proposes the optimal allocation of a photovoltaic panel in a distribution grid in order to reduce technical losses and improving voltage levels over the distribution system.