Stability and power quality issues in microgrids under weather disturbances

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-179

  Rikos, Evangelos ^a   Tselepis, Stathis ^a   Hoyer Klick, Carsten ^b   Schroedter Homscheidt, Marion ^b  

^a Center for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Microgrids; Photovoltaic generation (PV); Power quality; Stability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; OBSERVATORIES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; STABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

A STABILITIES; BACK-UP SYSTEMS; BLACK OUTS; CLEAR SKIES; CLOUD COVERS; EARTH OBSERVATION; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATUM; MICROGRIDS; NOWCASTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION (PV); PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATORS; POWER QUALITY; POWER SYSTEMS; SATELLITE DATUM; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SHORT-TERM FORECASTING; SIMULATION TESTS; SOLAR INSOLATIONS; START-UP; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77649170142     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2008.2010557     Document Type: Article

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