Reaching new solar heights: Integrating high penetrations of PV into the power system

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 20-26

  Lew, Debra ^a   Miller, Nicholas ^a  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BULK POWER SYSTEMS; INSTALLED CAPACITY; LOAD CURVES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; RELIABILITY IMPACTS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SYSTEM BALANCING; WESTERN INTERCONNECTIONS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 85017567783     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2016.0264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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