Energy storage for rooftop solar photovoltaic systems to reduce peak demand

Author

Teitzel, B.C. ; Haque, M.H. ; Inwood, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

309

Lastpage

312

Abstract

More than one in five homes in South Australia have a rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system and this number is expected to continually increase in the future. This paper investigates the possibility of storing the solar power generated during daytime and strategically releasing it during peak period to relieve stress on the national power grid. A small scale experimental setup with a battery storage is designed and developed for this purpose. The experimental results found are systematically described. The peak demand problem for South Australia power network and the challenges of reshaping the load curve through storing and releasing solar power are also discussed.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; curve fitting; power grids; secondary cells; PV system; South Australia power network; battery storage; energy storage; load curve; national power grid; rooftop solar photovoltaic systems; solar power; Australia; Batteries; Battery chargers; Electricity; Inverters; US Department of Defense; Energy storage; load management; reshaping load curve; solar PV systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4167-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECE.2014.7026901

Filename

7026901