Performance of Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems with Net Metering For Commercial and Institutional Buildings

Electrical Engineering

The paper firstly introduces the solar energy principle of the present grid-connected PV generation system. The objective is to address both technical and financial aspects of a residential solar system. This paper describes the photovoltaic (PV) generation suitable for studying its interactions with the power system . Maximum power point tracking part of the control system of the PV generator dominates the dynamic behavior of the system . Net metering mechanism provides usages of a bi-directional meter which has facility to record both import and export energy values . With dramatic declines in the cost of solar PV technology over the last 5 years , the electricity industry is in the midst of discussions about whether to use this low polluting renewable energy source in grid-scale generation or in distributed generation mostly with rooftop solar PV.

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