Title :
Photovoltaics demonstration projects
Author :
Ping, Choi Mong ; Tan, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ngee Ann Polytech., Singapore
Abstract :
Among the many types of renewable energies, solar energy is considered promising as it is comparatively more evenly distributed geographically. A branch of solar energy research that has received worldwide attention is photovoltaics (PV). This paper studies the PV demonstration projects carried out in few countries. It aims to identify the common experience and conclusions drawn from the demonstration projects such as PV power system performance, PV cost effectiveness and grid interfacing problems. This paper also examines demonstration projects´ achievements and limitations. The capacity of the projects analysed is limited to 20 kW per installation
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; power system interconnection; project engineering; solar cell arrays; solar power; solar power stations; 20 kW; PV power system; cost effectiveness; demonstration projects; grid interfacing; power system performance; renewable energies; solar energy research; Costs; Fossil fuels; Gases; Global warming; Inverters; Large-scale systems; Photovoltaic cells; Power generation; Solar energy; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Management and Power Delivery, 1998. Proceedings of EMPD '98. 1998 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4495-2
DOI :
10.1109/EMPD.1998.702763
