An Analysis of Photo-Voltaic Hosting Capacity in Finnish Low Voltage Distribution Networks

Ammar Arshad, Martin Lindner and Matti Lehtonen
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Ammar Arshad: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Martin Lindner: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Matti Lehtonen: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: The ascending trend of photo-voltaic (PV) utilization on a domestic scale in Finland, calls for a technical aspects review of low voltage (LV) networks. This work investigates the technical factors that limit the PV hosting capacity, in realistic case networks, designed relative to different geographical areas of Finland. A Monte Carlo method based analysis was performed, in order to quantify the hosting capacity of the formulated networks, with balanced and unbalanced feeds, in PV systems and their limiting constraints were evaluated. Finally, the effectiveness of on-load tap changer (OLTC) in increasing the PV penetration, when employed in the LV system, was investigated.

Keywords: low voltage networks; Monte Carlo analysis; Photo-Voltaic systems; PV hosting capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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