Final Technical Report: Integrated Distribution-Transmission Analysis for Very High Penetration Solar PV

Technical Report · Fri Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1239539· OSTI ID:1239539

Palmintier, Bryan ^[1]; Hale, Elaine ^[1]; Hansen, Timothy M. ^[1]; Jones, Wesley ^[1]; Biagioni, David ^[1]; Baker, Kyri ^[1]; Wu, Hongyu ^[1]; Giraldez, Julieta ^[1]; Sorensen, Harry ^[1]; Lunacek, Monte ^[1]; Merket, Noel ^[1]; Jorgenson, Jennie ^[1]; Hodge, Bri-Mathias ^[1]

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1. NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))

Transmission and distribution simulations have historically been conducted separately, echoing their division in grid operations and planning while avoiding inherent computational challenges. Today, however, rapid growth in distributed energy resources (DERs)--including distributed generation from solar photovoltaics (DGPV)--requires understanding the unprecedented interactions between distribution and transmission. To capture these interactions, especially for high-penetration DGPV scenarios, this research project developed a first-of-its-kind, high performance computer (HPC) based, integrated transmission-distribution tool, the Integrated Grid Modeling System (IGMS). The tool was then used in initial explorations of system-wide operational interactions of high-penetration DGPV.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1239539
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-5D00-65550
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
integrated transmission-distribution simulation
IGMS
solar
distribution
co-simulation