Opportunistic Hybrid Communications Systems for Distributed PV Coordination
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Akron, OH (United States)
- Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
A full-scale, operational implementation of the opportunistic hybrid communications systems for distributed photovoltaic (PV) coordination was successfully developed, simulated, and validated in this 3-year project. The system is considered hybrid because it uses different communications pathways from the scale of residential PV inverters to a transmission network; primary technologies harnessed include Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (LoWPAN), Power Line Communication (PLC), WiFi mesh, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Ethernet cable, and Optical Ethernet systems. It is opportunistic in that it chooses to route messages through each of these systems based on recent data about latency and availability to ensure reliable message passing.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308;
- OSTI ID:
- 1606149
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--5D00-73716
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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