Solar PV hosting capacity: Grid-based vs. market-based scenarios

Chiara Gorrasi; Arpan Koirala; Kenneth Bruninx; Erik Delarue; Dirk Van Hertem

doi:10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161916

Solar PV hosting capacity: Grid-based vs. market-based scenarios

Chiara Gorrasi^*
, Arpan Koirala
, Kenneth Bruninx
, Erik Delarue
, Dirk Van Hertem

^*Corresponding author for this work

Energy and Industry

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Abstract

Assessing the capability of a distribution grid to accommodate new solar PV installations, namely its hosting capacity (HC), has been a prevalent research topic. Although providing a technical limit to how much additional solar PV can be integrated into a distribution grid without trespassing operational limits, commonly used HC analysis (HCA) does not consider consumer preferences or the economic feasibility of installations. Using a market-based optimal power flow (MBOPF) and HCA, we compare the economic and technical limits of solar PV capacity integration in low voltage distribution systems (LVDS). Findings illustrate that (1) the PV HC computed using grid limits only does not give a complete picture of solar PV capacity integration potential, (2) linear, deterministic power flow is not a foolproof method for assessing the network-secure amount of PV, and (3) the number of technically feasible installation sites supersedes the economically feasible ones.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350312584
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161916
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023 - Lappeenranta, Finland Duration: 6 Jun 2023 → 8 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM
Volume	2023-June
ISSN (Print)	2165-4077
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-4093

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Conference	19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Lappeenranta
Period	6/06/23 → 8/06/23

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

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Keywords

distribution energy market
distribution locational marginal price
hosting capacity
low voltage distribution system
solar photovoltaic

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Gorrasi, C, Koirala, A, Bruninx, K, Delarue, E & Van Hertem, D 2023, Solar PV hosting capacity: Grid-based vs. market-based scenarios. in 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023. International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM, vol. 2023-June, IEEE, 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023, Lappeenranta, Finland, 6/06/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161916

Solar PV hosting capacity: Grid-based vs. market-based scenarios. / Gorrasi, Chiara; Koirala, Arpan; Bruninx, Kenneth et al.
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Solar PV hosting capacity: Grid-based vs. market-based scenarios

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