Evaluating the impact of solar generation on balancing requirements in Southern Nevada system

Author

Jian Ma ; Shuai Lu ; Etingov, P.V. ; Makarov, Y.V.

Author_Institution

Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this paper, the impacts of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on balancing requirements including regulation and load following in the Southern Nevada balancing area are analyzed. The methodology is based on the “swinging door” algorithm and a probability box method developed by PNNL. The regulation and load following signals are mimicking the system´s scheduling and real-time dispatch processes. Load, solar PV generation and distributed PV generation (DG) data are used in the simulation. Different levels of solar PV generation and DG penetration profiles are used in the study. Sensitivity of the regulation requirements with respect to real-time solar PV generation forecast errors is analyzed.

Keywords

distributed power generation; photovoltaic power systems; power generation dispatch; power generation scheduling; probability; solar power stations; DG penetration profiles; PV generation; PV-DG data; Southern Nevada balancing area; Southern Nevada system; distributed PV generation data; load following signals; probability box method; real-time dispatch processes; real-time solar PV generation forecast errors; solar photovoltaic generation; swinging door algorithm; system scheduling; Automatic generation control; Bars; Data models; Laboratories; Load modeling; Real-time systems; Schedules; Ancillary services; balancing requirements; load following; regulation; renewables integration; swinging door algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2727-5

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344606

Filename

6344606