Abstract
Hawaiian Electric Companies' (HECO) customers are among the nation's fastest-adopters of solar PV systems. For HECO, the increased daytime PV generation raises feeder voltage profiles. Emerging technologies such as advanced PV inverters, battery storage, electric vehicles, and controllable loads also have an impact on voltage profiles. From the utility's perspective, it is yet unclear how to effectively manage these customer-sited resources. NREL is helping HECO understand its options by validating several voltage regulation strategies, making specific use of advanced inverters with voltage support functions, and their integration with other controllable sources.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| State | Published - 2018 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-5B00-71517
Keywords
- battery storage
- electric grid
- electric vehicles
- EV
- Hawaiian Electric Company
- HECO
- inverter
- photovoltaic
- PV
- solar
- voltage regulation
