The Frequency-Watt Function: Simulation and Testing for the Hawaiian Electric Companies

Anderson Hoke, Jin Tan, Rasel Mahmud, Vahan Gevorgian, Mohamed Elkhatib, Chris Antonio, Dean Arakawa, Ken Fong, Austin Nelson

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

This interim report describes research related to frequency-watt control of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters conducted under the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) by a regional partnership for Hawaii. The purpose of this report is to inform an ongoing discussion around frequency-watt control activation in Hawaii.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages51
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5D00-68884

Keywords

  • distributed resources
  • energy storage
  • grid frequency support
  • inverter
  • power hardware-in-the-loop
  • solar energy

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