Costs of Upgrading Electric Distribution Grids to Integrate Increasing Solar PV Penetrations [electronic resource]
Photovoltaic; Pv; Distribution; Grid Integration Costs; Techno-Economic Analysis; Cost Analysis.
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
2018.
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| Summary: | Photovoltaic; Pv; Distribution; Grid Integration Costs; Techno-Economic Analysis; Cost Analysis. |
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| Abstract: | The nation surpassed 1 million distributed PV systems in 2016 - installed primarily on the rooftops of residential and commercial buildings - and rapid growth has continued. At the end of 2017, 16.2 giga watts (GW) of distributed PV was installed in the United States. Although distributed PV still provides a small fraction of the total U.S. electricity supply, its contribution to some utility systems has become large very quickly - highlighting the increasing need to develop strategies that maximize PV's benefits to distribution grids while minimizing grid-integration costs. |
| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 07/03/2018. "nrel/fs-6a20-71861" |
| Physical Description: | 642 KB : digital, PDF file. |