Is the distribution grid ready to accept large-scale photovoltaic deployment? State of the art, progress, and future prospects

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 681-697

  Braun, Martin ^a,b   Stetz, Thomas ^b   Bründlinger, Roland ^c   Mayr, Christoph ^c   Ogimoto, Kazuhiko ^d   Hatta, Hiroyuki ^e   Kobayashi, Hiromu ^e   Kroposki, Ben ^f   Mather, Barry ^f   Coddington, Michael ^f   Lynn, Kevin ^g   Graditi, Giorgio ^h   Woyte, Achim ⁱ   MacGill, Iain ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^h ENEA   (Italy)

ⁱ 3E Sa ^*  (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

ancillary services; case studies; distribution grid; grid codes; grid integration; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; DISTRIBUTION GRID; GRID CODES; GRID INTEGRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84865615565     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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