Method of generating sets of PV plant power time series for grid simulation purposes

IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, M ^a   Panosyan, A ^a   Barthlein, E M ^a   O'Brien, K ^b   Mayer, O ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Distributed power generation; Power quality; Power system simulation; Solar power generation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION GRID; GENERATING SET; GRID SIMULATIONS; INPUT DATAS; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; POWER DISTRIBUTION GRIDS; POWER SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; PV GENERATORS; PV PLANTS; REALISTIC SIMULATION;

CLOUDS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; POWER QUALITY; SMART POWER GRIDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

TIME SERIES;

EID: 84874687576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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