Small signal stability assessment of power systems with increased penetration of photovoltaic generation: A case study

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 960-967

  Eftekharnejad, Sara ^a   Vittal, Vijay ^a   Heydt, Gerald Thomas ^a   Keel, Brian ^b   Loehr, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b SALT RIVER PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed power generation; photovoltaic (PV) generation; power transmission; sensitivity; small signal stability; transient stability

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL GENERATION; EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; LARGE POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY; SMALL SIGNAL STABILITY; SMALL-SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STABILITY;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 84884594630     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2013.2259602     Document Type: Article

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