Power quality survey of a photovoltaic power plant

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1799-1804

  Honrubia Escribano, A ^a   Molina Garcia, A ^b   Gomez Lazaro, E ^a   Muljadi, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid code; Photovoltaic power plant; Power quality; Power system reliability; Voltage dip

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER QUALITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS;

ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; GRID CODES; GRID-CONNECTED PV GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE DIP;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84896461888     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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