Cloud Meteorology and Utility-Scale PV Variability

Adam Kankiewicz; Jing Yang Li; Manajit Sengupta

Cloud Meteorology and Utility-Scale PV Variability

Adam Kankiewicz, Jing Yang Li, Manajit Sengupta

Power Systems Engineering

NextEra Energy, Inc.

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Abstract

This paper illustrates the impact of transient clouds on the energy production of the 25 MWac DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center near Arcadia, Florida. We analyze eight months of energy production data from the site and investigate the impact of clouds on current operations and future build-out scenarios. We also demonstrate how increasing the PV production footprint can help dampen energy production ramp events triggered by the passage of transient clouds.

Original language	American English
Pages	331-333
Number of pages	3
State	Published - 2011
Event	40th ASES National Solar Conference 2011, SOLAR 2011 - Raleigh, NC, United States Duration: 17 May 2011 → 20 May 2011

Conference

Conference	40th ASES National Solar Conference 2011, SOLAR 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Raleigh, NC
Period	17/05/11 → 20/05/11

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5500-55071

Keywords

cloud meteorology
solar
utility integration

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