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|TUW title=Too much of a good thing? Global trends in the curtailment of solar PV
|TUW author=O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Cruce, Jesse R.; Xu, Kaifeng
|TUW year=2020
|TUW entry=Article
|TUW category active=Active management of distribution grid
|TUW active mgmt control=Control Solutions
|TUW active mgmt congestion=Congestion Management
|TUW category enabling=Enabling Distributed Technologies
|TUW enabling solar=Distributed generation (solar)
|TUW categories=Active management of distribution grid
|TUW username=Hector
|TUW file=084_Too much of a good thing Global trends in the curtailment of solar PV.pdf
|TUW journal=Solar Energy
|TUW url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X20309166?via%3Dihub
|TUW abstract=Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems generate electricity with no marginal costs or emissions. As a result, PV output is almost always prioritized over other fuel sources and delivered to the electric grid. However, PV curtailment is increasing as PV composes greater shares of grid capacity. In this paper, we present a novel synthesis of curtailment in four key countries: Chile, China, Germany, and the United States. We find that about 6.5 million MWh of PV output was curtailed in these countries in 2018. We find that: Policy and grid planning practices influence where, when, and how much PV is curtailed; Some PV curtailment is attributable to limited transmission capacity connecting remote solar resources to load centers; PV curtailment peaks in the spring and fall, when PV output is relatively high but electricity demand is relatively low. We discuss available measures to reduce PV curtailment as well as increasing PV curtailment in the contexts of evolving grids and energy technologies.
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Hector Alfaro: Created page with "{{TUEWAS ToolboxDB |TUW title=Too much of a good thing? Global trends in the curtailment of solar PV |TUW author=O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Cruce, Jesse R.; Xu, Kaifeng |TUW year=20..."