The effects on grid matching and ramping requirements, of single and distributed PV systems employing various fixed and sun-tracking technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5469-5481

  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; Ramping requirements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; GRID PENETRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV PLANTS; PV SYSTEM; RAMPING REQUIREMENTS; SUN-TRACKING;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77953409715     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.056     Document Type: Article

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