| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N04980/01 |
| Title: |
IMPACT ON THE POWER SYSTEM OF LARGE SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jenkins, Professor N |
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| Department: |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2000 |
Ends: |
30 September 2003 |
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147,361
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Power Sys Man, Prot & Control |
Power Systems Plant |
| Solar Technology |
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The DTI considers building integrated photovoltaics to be a technology with significant long term potential (after 2010) for contribution ot the UK energy supply. This would require a large number of small, grid connected PV systems to be embedded in the electrical network. This project will investigate the implications of this by modelling the input of these PV systems to generation and transmission networks in both technical and economic terms. This involves the development of suitable means of expressing the PV output from multiple small systems with variable solar input, the incorporation of these power flows into electrical system models and the development of appropriate assessment methods for the results of the simulations. The research is complimentary to other studies being funded by DTI investigating the interaction of PV with distribution networks.The collaborative project will draw on the power system expertise of UMIST and the experience of the University of Northumbria in all aspects of PV.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |