PV and the electricity grid – overcoming the growing pains

Event date
Tuesday 26th November 2013
Event address
Law Theatre, University of NSW, Kensington

This workshop discussed the results to date of the IEA PVPS Task 14: High penetration of PV in electricity grids and considered the findings in the Australian context. Australia's contribution to Task 14 is coordinated by the Australian PV Institute. The agenda can be found here.

It is part of Australia's involvement in the International Energy Agency PV Power Systems Program’s Task 14 on High Penetration of PV Systems in Electricity Grids. The Task brings together researchers from the US, Europe, Asia and Australia to address the opportunities and challenges of growing PV deployment on electricity networks. More information on Task 14 can be found here.

Australian contributions include case studies of high PV penetrations in particular Australian networks, as well as a number of research projects exploring how we can better facilitate PV integration into the Australian electricity industry.

Presentations

Title Author Links
 Welcome and background
 Update on ARENA's activities
 Lara Olsen, General Manager Strategy, ARENA
 The IEA PVPS High Penetration Task
 Christoph Mayr, Roland Brundlinger, AIT
 Utility experiences with high penetration - Australian survey results
 Ben Noone
 Magnetic Island - An Australian case study
 Anna Bruce (UNSW) and Dean Condon (Ergon Energy)
 Addressing issues created by high PV penetration at inverter level
 Andros Cadavid, SMA Australia
 High penetration in the European context
 Manoel Rekinger, EPIA, EU
 High PV in local distribution grids and update on PV in Germany
 Dr Thomas Stetz, Fraunhofer IWES, Germany
 Overview of grid integration research in the USA
 Barry Mather, NREL, USA
 Smart inverter technology for high PV penetration
 Mr Roland Bruendlinger, AIT, Austria