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The NREL project team will utilize field verification to improve the ability to model and understand the impacts of high-penetration PV on electric utility systems and develop solutions to ease high-penetration PV deployments. The team will develop and verify advanced modeling and simulation methods for distribution system planning and operations; define the impacts of high penetration levels of PV on the distribution and transmission grid with high-fidelity simulation tools; develop a handbook of validated models and solutions for the stakeholder community; and provide simulation-assisted evaluation/de-risking of technology solutions to enable successful integration of high levels of PV.
This project is developing the basis for modeling and understanding the impacts of high penetrations of photovoltaics (PV) on distribution feeders in California. The field-verified models will help to develop solutions for high penetration PV deployments in electrical utility systems To understand the impact of high penetration PV on the distribution grid, the project team will conduct modeling and simulation, laboratory testing, and field demonstrations to quantify and verify the effects of high PV penetrations on electrical distribution systems and enable large-scale PV deployment without compromising utility system reliability.
Project Deliverables
► Final: High Penetration PV Integration Handbook
► Methods for Hi-Pen PV Integration Studies Report
► Recommended Mitigation Methods for Hi-Pen Circuits
► Verification of Circuit Models/PV Impacts Using Collected Data Report
► Quasi-Static Time-Series Modeling for Hi-Pen PV Report