Hierarchical Control of Utility-Scale Solar PV Plants for Mitigation of Generation Variability and Ancillary Service Provision

Julien, Simon; Sajadi, Amirhossein; Hodge, Bri-Mathias Scott

doi:10.1109/tste.2022.3149451

Hierarchical Control of Utility-Scale Solar PV Plants for Mitigation of Generation Variability and Ancillary Service Provision

Journal Article · Mon Feb 07 23:00:00 EST 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tste.2022.3149451· OSTI ID:1854589

Julien, Simon ^[1]; ^[2]; Hodge, Bri-Mathias Scott ^[1]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

This paper presents a hierarchical control system to mitigate the variability of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant and provide ancillary services to the electric grid without the need for additional non-solar resources. With coordinated management of each inverter in the system, the control system commands the power plant to proactively curtail a small fraction of its instantaneous maximum power potential, which gives the plant enough headroom to ramp up production from the overall power plant, for a service such as regulation reserve. This control system is practical for continuously changing cloud cover conditions in partially cloudy days. A case study from a site in Hawaii with one-second resolution solar irradiance data is used to verify the efficacy of the proposed control system. The proposed control algorithm is subsequently compared with the alternative control technology from the literature, the grouping control algorithm; the results show that the proposed hierarchical control system is over 10 times more effective in reducing generator mileage to support power fluctuations from solar PV power plants.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1854589

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-6A40-82364; MainId:83137; UUID:808a0f9e-769f-47ba-80df-4e9f4729fa45; MainAdminID:64024

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 13; ISSN 1949-3029

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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