Task V of the IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Program: Implementing Accomplishments and Activities

Conference · Thu Jun 10 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:7879

Bower, Ward ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an energy forum for 24 industrialized countries and was established in 1974 as an autonomous body within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS) program implementing agreement was signed in 1993, and renewed for another five years in 1998. Twenty-two countries are collaborating under the auspices of the IEA in the PVPS to address common technical and informational barriers that often limit the rate at which photovoltaic technologies advance into the markets. Task V of the IEA PVPS is entitled "Grid Interconnection of Building-Integrated and Other Dispersed Photovoltaic Power Systems." The task sponsored a workshop in September 1997 on grid-interconnection of photovoltaic systems and is planning a second workshop to address impacts of more penetration of dispersed systems into the utility grid. This paper will summarize the accomplishments of Task V over the last five years and will detail the planned work for the next three years.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 7879
• Report Number(s): SAND99-1237C; ON: DE00007879
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
Interconnected Power Systems
International Energy Agency
Photovoltaic Power Supplies