A photovoltaic power unit providing ancillary services for smart distribution networks

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Vizoso, A Filgueira ^a   Piegari, L ^b   Tricoli, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancillary services; Harmonic suppression; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic power systems; Voltage regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060307264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2172038X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24084/repqj09.356     Document Type: Article

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