Time in the sun: The challenge of high PV penetration in the German electric grid

IEEE Power and Energy Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 55-64

  Von Appen, Jan ^a   Braun, Martin ^a   Stetz, Thomas ^a   Diwold, Konrad ^a   Geibel, Dominik ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GRIDS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM; INSTALLED PEAK CAPACITY; PEAK POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV PENETRATIONS; PV SYSTEM; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR INSTALLATION; SYSTEM OPERATOR;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY RESOURCES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84874596987     PISSN: 15407977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPE.2012.2234407     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. T. Stetz, M. Kraiczy, M. Braun, and S. Schmidt, "Technical and economical assessment of voltage control strategies in distribution grids," Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 27th EU PVSEC, Special Issue, Frankfurt, Germany, 2012.
2. T. Stetz, F. Marten, and M. Braun, "Improved low voltage grid-integration of photovoltaic systems in Germany," IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, vol. 3, no. 4, 2012.
3. T. Bülo, D. Mende, G. Bettenwort, D. Geibel, T. Degner, A. Seibel, J. P. da Costa, W. Kruschel, K. Boldt, F. Sutter, T. Hug, B. Engel, and P. Zacharias, "Voltage control in active, intelligent distribution network," in Proc. 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf., Frankfurt, Germany, 2012, pp. 4076-4082.
4. W. Yan, K. Diwold, L. De-Alvaro, L. Mocnik, and M. Braun, "Coordinated voltage-control in distribution systems under uncertainty," in Proc. 47th Int. Universities Power Engineering Conf. (UPEC), London, U.K., 2012, Paper no. 320.
5. M. Braun, T. Stetz, R. Bründlinger, C. Mayr, K. Ogimoto, H. Hatta, H. Kobayashi, B. Kroposki, B. Mather, M. Coddington, K. Lynn, G. Graditi, A. Woyte, and I. MacGill, "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, 26th EU PVSEC, Special Issue, Hamburg, Germany, 2011, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 681-697, Sept. 2012.
6. Ecofys, "Impact of large-scale distributed generation on network stability during over-frequency events and development of mitigation measures," EnBW Transportnetze AG, Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.V., Forum Netztechnik/Netzbetrieb im VDE e.V., Tech. Rep., 2011.