Grid Integration Challenges and Solution Strategies for Solar PV Systems: A Review

World leaders and scientists have been putting immense efforts into strengthening energy security and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by meeting growing energy demand for the last couple of decades. Their efforts accelerate the need for large-scale renewable energy resources (RER) integratio...

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Published in:IEEE access 2022, Vol.10, p.52233-52257
Main Authors: Shafiullah, Md, Ahmed, Shakir D., Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy
Codes
Control strategies
Costs
Decision making
Electric power grids
Electric power systems
Energy policy
Energy sources
Energy storage
energy storage systems
Government policies
greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gases
grid code
intermittency
low inertia
Network reliability
overview
Photovoltaic cells
Power grids
Power quality
Power system stability
Predictive models
Reactive power
Renewable energy
renewable energy curtailment
Renewable energy sources
Renewable resources
stability
Storage systems
survey
System effectiveness
Voltage stability
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Summary:World leaders and scientists have been putting immense efforts into strengthening energy security and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by meeting growing energy demand for the last couple of decades. Their efforts accelerate the need for large-scale renewable energy resources (RER) integration into existing electricity grids. The intermittent nature of the dominant RER, e.g., solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind systems, poses operational and technical challenges in their effective integration by hampering network reliability and stability. This article reviews and discusses the challenges reported due to the grid integration of solar PV systems and relevant proposed solutions. Among various technical challenges, it reviews the non-dispatch-ability, power quality, angular and voltage stability, reactive power support, and fault ride-through capability related to solar PV systems grid integration. Also, it addresses relevant socio-economic, environmental, and electricity market challenges. Finally, it highlights the proposed solution methodologies, including grid codes, advanced control strategies, energy storage systems, and renewable energy policies to combat the discussed challenges. The findings of this article assist the power system scholars and researchers in conducting further research in this field. Furthermore, it helps the decision-makers to choose the appropriate technologies to deal with the anticipated challenges associated with the grid integration of PV systems.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3174555