Characterization of the Solar Power Impact in the Grid

The aim of this analysis is to characterize the behaviour of the solar power in order to predict the response that different levels of penetration of PV installations might have in the grid. In order to obtain the most realistic approach, measurements from existing PV installations in Belgium have been used. These measurements are used to create new values for solar power series in order to simulate the random character of the solar behaviour. A Markov chains based algorithm is created to generate simulated solar power series.