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39
th IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE
AM5. PART 1. DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
INTEGRATION - UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
(
MR 16)
Instructors:
Michael Coddington, NREL; Blake
Lundstrom, NREL; Prof. Ravel Ammerman, Colorado
School of Mines/NREL; Robert Broderick, Sandia National
Laboratories
Synopsis:
Renewable energy resources are widely
distributed geographically and are intermittent in nature,
so they cannot be directly controlled and dispatched like
the more traditional sources of generation. Large electrical
power networks have been historically designed using
centralized power generating stations supplying customer
loads over interconnected transmission and distribution
networks. Increasing the penetration level of distributed
renewable energy sources requires adjustments to the
existing operating procedure and design philosophy of
large-scale power systems.
The workshop begins with a high-level overview of energy
resources and distributed generation technologies,
followed by an in-depth technical discussion of distributed
generation interconnection issues. The intent of the
workshop is to encourage audience interaction by soliciting
input from all participants, using distributed generation
interconnection case studies to facilitate discussions. We
will cover: Energy SystemBasics - The Electric Power Grid,
Distributed Energy Systems - PV Systems, Applicable
Standards and Codes, Interconnection Processes.
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
