Impacts of increased photovoltaic panel utilisation on utility grid operations - A case study

2011 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT Asia 2011 Conference: Smarter Grid for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Future

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chant, Timothy I ^a   Shafiullah, G M ^b   Oo, Amanullah M T ^b   Harvey, Blake E ^c  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ERGON Energy   (Australia)

Author keywords

grid integration; harmonics; load rejection; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy; voltage fluctuation

Indexed keywords

GRID INTEGRATION; HARMONICS; LOAD REJECTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SMART POWER GRIDS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859865346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2011.6167120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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