Effects of Distributed Energy Resources on Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR)
Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) is one of the cheapest technologies which can be intelligently leveraged to provide considerable energy savings. The addition of renewables in the form of distributed resources can affect the entire power system, but more importantly, affects the traditional substation control schemes at the distribution level. This paper looks at the effect on energy consumption, peak load reduction, and voltage profile changes due to the addition of distributed generation in a distribution feeder using combinations of volt var control. An IEEE 13-node system is used to simulate the various cases. Energy savings and peak load reduction for different simulation scenarios are compared.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1030881
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-76660; TD5016010; TRN: US201124%%512
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 24-29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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