Solar microgrids to accommodate renewable intermittency

Author

Wells, C.H.

Author_Institution

OSIsoft, San Leandro, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

19-22 April 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper describes a system to operate solar microgrids with V2G and carport solar panels within a municipal distribution system. A typical light industrial area has thousands of vehicle parking spaces at hundreds of large commercial and industrial firms. For a small municipal Utility with a city containing 400 commercial and industrial facilities, the total solar capacity would exceed 500 MW. Each microgrid also would include battery storage, micro power sources, and digital transformers for maximum efficiency and control. The system minimizes electric vehicle carbon footprint, integrates internal and external intermittent renewable resources, reduces distribution losses and costs, and increases service reliability.

Keywords

Aerospace industry; Batteries; Cities and towns; Costs; Electric vehicles; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial plants; Power system reliability; Space vehicles; Transformers; CERTS controls; PHEV; PMU; V2G; distributed energy resource; forward pricing controls; hierarchical control; microgrid; phasor controls; solar; vehicle to grid;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6546-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2010.5484214

Filename

5484214