Voltage fluctuations in PV penetration on SWER networks A case study for regional Australia

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Guinane, Alex ^a   Shafiullah, G M ^b   Oo, Amanullah M T ^b   Harvey, Blake E ^a  

^a ERGON Energy   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

grid integration; Photovoltaic; SWER networks; voltage fluctuation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GRID INTEGRATION; LOAD REJECTIONS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REGULATORY STANDARDS; SINGLE WIRE EARTH RETURNS; SUSTAINABLE POWER SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS; VOLTAGE INSTABILITY; VOLTAGE MANAGEMENT; VOLTAGE RISE;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GASES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84870624701     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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