Abstract
NREL's advanced hosting capacity analysis and System Analysis Reports can help utilities, policymakers, and solar developers better understand the impact of adding new distributed photovoltaic (DPV) systems to the electrical distribution system.
Advanced hosting capacity analysis considers the thresholds at which new DPV systems will trigger upgrades or changes to the electrical distribution system and evaluates the cost of different options for expanding the hosting capacity.
It is one part of NREL's work to help stakeholders better understand the distribution system costs associated with integrating new DPV systems at different penetration levels.
NREL's analysis uses a bottom-up methodology that involves simulating distribution systems. The analysis considers sequential increases in hosting capacity and corresponding upgrade costs from a baseline scenario with no DPV up to penetration levels greater than 100% of peak load.
- Developers:
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Ding, Fei [1] ; Mather, Barry [1]
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2016-09-06
- Project Type:
- Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Licenses:
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies OfficePrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 111405
- Site Accession Number:
- NREL SWR-16-32
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Ding, Fei, and Mather, Barry.
DERHCAT (Distributed Energy Resource Hosting Capacity Analysis Tool) [SWR-16-32].
Computer Software.
https://github.com/NREL/SystemsAnalysisReports.
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office.
06 Sep. 2016.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20230809.4.
Ding, Fei, & Mather, Barry.
(2016, September 06).
DERHCAT (Distributed Energy Resource Hosting Capacity Analysis Tool) [SWR-16-32].
[Computer software].
https://github.com/NREL/SystemsAnalysisReports.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230809.4.
Ding, Fei, and Mather, Barry.
"DERHCAT (Distributed Energy Resource Hosting Capacity Analysis Tool) [SWR-16-32]." Computer software.
September 06, 2016.
https://github.com/NREL/SystemsAnalysisReports.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230809.4.
@misc{
doecode_111405,
title = {DERHCAT (Distributed Energy Resource Hosting Capacity Analysis Tool) [SWR-16-32]},
author = {Ding, Fei and Mather, Barry},
abstractNote = {NREL's advanced hosting capacity analysis and System Analysis Reports can help utilities, policymakers, and solar developers better understand the impact of adding new distributed photovoltaic (DPV) systems to the electrical distribution system.
Advanced hosting capacity analysis considers the thresholds at which new DPV systems will trigger upgrades or changes to the electrical distribution system and evaluates the cost of different options for expanding the hosting capacity.
It is one part of NREL's work to help stakeholders better understand the distribution system costs associated with integrating new DPV systems at different penetration levels.
NREL's analysis uses a bottom-up methodology that involves simulating distribution systems. The analysis considers sequential increases in hosting capacity and corresponding upgrade costs from a baseline scenario with no DPV up to penetration levels greater than 100% of peak load.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20230809.4},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230809.4},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20230809.4}},
year = {2016},
month = {sep}
}