Properties and uses of storage for enhancing the grid penetration of very large photovoltaic systems

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5208-5222

  Solomon, A A ^a   Faiman, D ^b   Meron, G ^c  

^a Albert Katz International Graduate School of Desert Studies   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grid penetration; Photovoltaics; Storage properties

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

COMBINED EFFECT; ENERGY CAPACITY; GRID PENETRATION; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CAPACITY; STORAGE PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77953409513     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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