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Future challenges and mitigation methods for high photovoltaic penetration: A survey

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Olowu, Temitayo O., Sundararajan, Aditya, Moghaddami, Masood, Sarwat, Arif I.·2018·Energies

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Integration of high volume (high penetration) of photovoltaic (PV) generation with power grids consequently leads to some technical challenges that are mainly due to the intermittent nature of solar energy, the volume of data involved in the smart grid architecture, and the impact power electronic-based smart inverters. These challenges include reverse power flow, voltage fluctuations, power quality issues, dynamic stability, big data challenges and others. This paper investigates the existing challenges with the current level of PV penetration and looks into the challenges with high PV penetration in future scenarios such as smart cities, transactive energy, proliferation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), possible eclipse events, big data issues and environmental impacts. Within the context of these future scenarios, this paper reviewed the existing solutions and provides insights to new and future solutions that could be explored to ultimately address these issues and improve the smart grid’s security, reliability and resiliency.

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Authors
Olowu, T. O., Sundararajan, A., Moghaddami, M., & Sarwat, A. I.
Affiliations
Florida International University (US)
Corresponding author
Sarwat, Arif I.
Venue
Energies
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-07-06
Volume
11
Issue
7
Pages
1782
ISSN
1996-1073 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2833665186
Cited by
167
References
185
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Energies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University) (submittedVersion)
  • Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Science Foundation (NSF) (1553494)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Power Systems and Renewable Energy
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Optimal Power Flow Distribution
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Microgrid Control and Optimization
Keywords
high photovoltaic penetration, solar energy integration, smart grid, reverse power flow, voltage fluctuation, power quality, dynamic stability, smart inverters, big data, smart cities, transactive energy, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, power system security

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