Options for improving the load matching capability of distributed photovoltaics: Methodology and application to high-latitude data

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1953-1966

  Widén, Joakim ^a   Wäckelgård, Ewa ^a   Lund, Peter D ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Distributed generation; Load matching; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ORIENTATION; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; DETAILED MODELS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; HIGH LATITUDES; LOAD MATCHING; LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV ARRAYS; PV SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOLAR FRACTION; STORAGE MODEL; STORAGE OPERATIONS; VOLTAGE RISE;

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 71249115765     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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