Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) Distributed Power Program (DPP) is conducting work to complete, validate in the field, and support the development of a national interconnection standard for distributed energy resources (DER), and to address the institutional and regulatory barriers slowing the commercial adoption of DER systems. This work includes support for the IEEE standards, including P1547Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, P1589 Standard for Conformance Test Procedures for Equipment Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, and the P1608 Application Guide. Work is also in progress on system integration research and development (R&D) on the interface and control of DER with local energy systems. Additionalefforts are supporting high-reliability power for industry, evaluating innovative concepts for DER applications, and exploring plug-and-play interface and control technologies for intelligent autonomous interconnection systems. This paper summarizes (1) the current status of the IEEE interconnection standards and application guides in support of DER, and (2) the R&D in progress at the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for interconnection and system integration and application of distributed energy resources.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Event | 29th IEEE PV Specialists Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana Duration: 20 May 2002 → 24 May 2002 |
Conference
| Conference | 29th IEEE PV Specialists Conference |
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| City | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Period | 20/05/02 → 24/05/02 |
Bibliographical note
Prepared for the 29th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, 20-24 May; 2002, New Orleans, LouisianaNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-520-31476
Keywords
- distributed energy resources (DER)
- evaluation procedures
- interconnection systems
- P1547
- plug-and-play interface
- PV
- standard testing
- system integration