FINAL REPORT: SUNSHINE STATE SOLAR GRID INITIATIVE (SUNGRIN) PHASE 1 (Critical Milestone Review Version)

Technical Report · Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1275015

Meeker, Rick ^[1]; Steurer, Mischa ^[2]; Li, Hui ^[2]; Edrington, Chris ^[2]; Dale, Steinar ^[2]; Faruque, MD Omar ^[2]; Schoder, Karl ^[2]; McLaren, Peter G. ^[2]; Liu, Liming ^[2]; Ravindra, Harsha ^[2]; Henry, Shawn ^[2]; Zhou, Yan ^[2]; Liu, Xiaohu ^[2]; Springstroh, Aaron ^[2]; Click, David ^[3]; Reedy, Robert ^[3]; Moaveni, Houtan ^[3]; Davis, Kristopher ^[3]; Cromer, Charlie ^[3]; Pappalardo, Anthoney ^[3] ; Krueger, Rodica ^[3]; Domijan, Alexander ^[4]; Islam, Arif ^[4]; Islam, Mujahidil ^[4]; Damole, Ademole ^[4]

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1. Nhu Energy, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (United States); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
2. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
3. Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
4. Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)

This report provides details on the activities and accomplishments of Phase 1 of the Sunshine State Solar Grid Initiative (SUNGRIN) Project for the period beginning 4/28/2010 and ending 12/31/2011. SUNGRIN is a five-phase high-penetration solar PV project within the Systems Integration (SI) area of the Solar Energy Technologies (SETP) Program, under the SunShot Initiative. SUNGRIN is focused on understanding and enabling high-penetration grid-connected solar PV through simulation assisted studies of actual Florida utility high-penetration distribution circuits as well as substations and, to a limited extent, the bulk power system. Each phase builds and expands upon the efforts of the previous phase, leading to a comprehensive examination and understanding of high-penetration solar PV issues, from the solar resource to the conversion and integration technologies to the electric power system, with Florida and it’s utility partners providing the broad range of conditions and system integration scenarios necessary to develop useful insight and solutions. This phase, Phase 1, was funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. This version of the final report is organized to align with statement of project objectives (SOPO) critical milestones.

• Research Organization: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• Contributing Organization: Florida State University (Center for Advanced Power Systems), University of Central Florida (Florida Solar Energy Center), University of South Florida (Power Center for Utility Explorations), Jacksonville Electric AuthFMPA), ority (JEA), Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Lakeland Electric, Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), OSISoft, Satcon, AMEC
• DOE Contract Number: EE0002063
• OSTI ID: 1275015
• Report Number(s): DOE-FSUCAPS-0002063; DE-FOA-0000085
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
25 ENERGY STORAGE
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
solar pv
high-penetration pv
pv integration
real-time simulation
power systems simulation
grid integration
solar pv interconnection
voltage control
protection systems
solar variability
grid impact
electric power
distribution systems
distribution circuits
transmission system
modeling and simulation
power systems simulation