Powering T and D sectionalizing switches with photovoltaics: A low cost option

The Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) Solar Power Program has undertaken a major effort to help electric utility personnel identify and install cost-effective photovoltaic (PV) applications. Early projects were directed at identifying applications and opportunities for utilities to use...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on energy conversion 1993-06, Vol.8:2
Main Authors: Bigger, J.E., Kern, E.C., Russell, M.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
140600 - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems
240201 - Power System Networks, Transmission & Distribution- AC Systems- (1990-)
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
POWER SUPPLIES
POWER TRANSMISSION
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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Summary:The Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) Solar Power Program has undertaken a major effort to help electric utility personnel identify and install cost-effective photovoltaic (PV) applications. Early projects were directed at identifying applications and opportunities for utilities to use photovoltaic-powered systems; subsequent projects now are directed at informing utilities about these opportunities and at supporting groups of utilities in their installation of similar types of PV-powered applications. This paper documents a joint utility-industry project which involved the installation of new, or the rebuilding of existing transmission and distribution sectionalizing switches powered by PV at a number of utilities. EPRI and Sandia National Laboratories (SNLA) coordinated the project and provided technical and financial support.
ISSN:0885-8969
1558-0059
DOI:10.1109/60.222700