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DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database
Abstract
REVISED 1/2/2019. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. This database contains unit cost information for different components that may be used to integrate distributed photovotaic D-PV systems onto distribution systems. Some of these upgrades and costs may also apply to integration of other distributed energy resources DER. Which components are required and how many of each is system-specific and should be determined by analyzing the effects of distributed PV at a given penetration level on the circuit of interest in combination with engineering assessments on the efficacy of different solutions to increase the ability of the circuit to host additional PV as desired. The current state of the distribution system should always be considered in these types of analysis. The data in this database was collected from a variety of utilities PV developers technology vendors and published research reports. Where possible we have included information on the source of each data point and relevant notes. In some cases where data provided is sensitive or proprietary we were not able to specify the source but provide other information that may be useful to the user e.g. year location where equipment was installed. NREL has carefully reviewed these sources prior to inclusion in thismore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Other Number(s):
- 77
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0001650
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- Collaborations:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 42 ENGINEERING
- Keywords:
- NREL; energy; cost; unit cost; distribution systems; distribution upgrades; grid integration; interconnection; utility; PV; photovoltaic; voltage regulators; capacitor banks; transformers; reclosers and relays; phase balancing; hardware costs; software costs; bottom-up analysis
- Geolocation:
- 39.743899146422,-105.16795417598|39.740137267898,-105.16795417598|39.740137267898,-105.18235227397|39.743899146422,-105.18235227397|39.743899146422,-105.16795417598
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1410672
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.7799/1410672
- Project Location:
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Citation Formats
Horowitz, Kelsey. DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.7799/1410672.
Horowitz, Kelsey. DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1410672
Horowitz, Kelsey. 2017.
"DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1410672. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1410672. Pub date:Thu Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2017
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title = {DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database},
author = {Horowitz, Kelsey},
abstractNote = {REVISED 1/2/2019. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. This database contains unit cost information for different components that may be used to integrate distributed photovotaic D-PV systems onto distribution systems. Some of these upgrades and costs may also apply to integration of other distributed energy resources DER. Which components are required and how many of each is system-specific and should be determined by analyzing the effects of distributed PV at a given penetration level on the circuit of interest in combination with engineering assessments on the efficacy of different solutions to increase the ability of the circuit to host additional PV as desired. The current state of the distribution system should always be considered in these types of analysis. The data in this database was collected from a variety of utilities PV developers technology vendors and published research reports. Where possible we have included information on the source of each data point and relevant notes. In some cases where data provided is sensitive or proprietary we were not able to specify the source but provide other information that may be useful to the user e.g. year location where equipment was installed. NREL has carefully reviewed these sources prior to inclusion in this database. Additional information about the database data sources and assumptions is included in the Unit_cost_database_guide.doc file included in this submission. This guide provides important information on what costs are included in each entry. Please refer to this guide before using the unit cost database for any purpose.},
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