Abstract
In this work, we evaluate technologies that will enable solar photovoltaics (PV) to overcome the limits of traditional electric power systems. We performed simulations of a large utility system using hourly solar insolation and load data and attempted to provide up to 50% of this system's energy from PV. We considered several methods to avoid the limits of unusable PV that result at high penetration due to the use of inflexible baseload generators. The enabling technologies considered in this work are increased system flexibility, load shifting via demand responsive appliances, and energy storage.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4424-4433 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Energy Policy |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-6A2-45315
Keywords
- Energy storage
- Photovoltaics
- Solar