A study on optimal sizing of stand-alone photovoltaic stations

• Published in: IEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 373 - 378
• Main Authors: Shrestha, G.B., Goel, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.12.1998; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Battery charge measurement; Costs; Energy; Energy loss; Energy measurement; Exact sciences and technology; Load modeling; Loss measurement; Natural energy; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic conversion; Photovoltaic power plants; Photovoltaic systems; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Stochastic processes; Load; Simulation; Solar power plant; Solar energy; Photovoltaic system; Reliability; Optimization

One major application of photovoltaic (PV) power has been in remote areas as isolated small power generation for essential electric power. This paper discusses issues in optimizing the use of such stations and presents a procedure to evaluate different PV schemes considering the stochastic natures o...