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Design and field performance of the KENETECH photovoltaic inverter system

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OSTI ID:175553
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  1. KENETECH Windpower, Inc., Livermore, CA (United States)

KENETECH Windpower has recently adapted the power conversion technology developed for the company`s variable speed wind turbine to grid-connected photovoltaic applications. KENETECH PV inverter systems are now in successful operation at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District`s (SMUD) Hedge Substation and the PVUSA-Davis site, with additional systems scheduled to be placed into service by the end of 1995 at SMUD, the New York Power Authority, Xerox Corporation`s Clean Air Now project, and the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. The features of the inverter are described.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
OSTI ID:
175553
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP--411-20379; CONF-9509187--; ON: DE96000468
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English