High Penetration Solar PV Deployment Sunshine State Solar Grid Initiative (SUNGRIN)

Technical Report · Sun May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1235943· OSTI ID:1235943

Meeker, Rick ^[1]; Steurer, Mischa ^[2]; Faruque, MD Omar ^[2]; Langston, James ^[2]; Schoder, Karl ^[2]; Ravindra, Harsha ^[2]; Hariri, Ali ^[2]; Moaveni, Houtan ^[3]; Click, Dave ^[4]; Reedy, Bob ^[5]

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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. New York Power Authority (NYPA), New York (United States); University of Central Florida, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (Unitied States)
4. ESA Renewables, LLC, Sanford, FL (United States); University of Central Florida, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (United States)
5. University of Central Florida, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (United States)

The report provides results from the Sunshine State Solar Grid Initiative (SUNGRIN) high penetration solar PV deployment project led by Florida State University’s (FSU) Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS). FSU CAPS and industry and university partners have completed a five-year effort aimed at enabling effective integration of high penetration levels of grid-connected solar PV generation. SUNGRIN has made significant contributions in the development of simulation-assisted techniques, tools, insight and understanding associated with solar PV effects on electric power system (EPS) operation and the evaluation of mitigation options for maintaining reliable operation. An important element of the project was the partnership and participation of six major Florida utilities and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC). Utilities provided details and data associated with actual distribution circuits having high-penetration PV to use as case studies. The project also conducted foundational work supporting future investigations of effects at the transmission / bulk power system level. In the final phase of the project, four open-use models with built-in case studies were developed and released, along with synthetic solar PV data sets, and tools and techniques for model reduction and in-depth parametric studies of solar PV impact on distribution circuits. Along with models and data, at least 70 supporting MATLAB functions have been developed and made available, with complete documentation.

• 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, CAPS), University of Central Florida (Florida Solar Energy Center, FSEC), Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA), Lakeland Electric, Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0004682
• OSTI ID: 1235943
• Report Number(s): DOE-FSU-04682-1
• 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
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
solar energy
grid integration
solar integration
solar pv
high penetration solar pv
high penetration
distribution system
modeling
simulation
voltage regulation
voltage control
power systems
solar variability
substation protection
OpenDSS
real-time simulation
RTDS
hardware-in-the-loop
HIL
parametric studies