Enabling large-scale PV integration into the grid

2012 IEEE Green Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Alatrash, Hussam ^a   Amarin, Ruba A ^a   Lam, Cheung ^a  

^a Petra Solar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed power generation; inverters; photovoltaic systems; smart grids; voltage regulation

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; CLOUD COVER; DISTRIBUTION GRID; INTERMITTENCY; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; MICRO GRID; NUISANCE TRIPPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SMART GRID; TRANSIENT FAULTS; VOLTAGE SUPPORT;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84862306069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GREEN.2012.6200939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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