Impact of the integration of photovoltaic installations in rural grids: case study

Abstract

Abstract. This work studies the impact of the photovoltaic installation in a rural village of the Pyrenean region of Spain. Based on real data of electricity consumption a PV generation system has been designed and its effect in the distribution power losses and the voltage profile are analysed. As a second step, a storage system has been added to the PV system and the optimal dimension of the hybrid system has been calculated in order to reduce the peak value of the demanded power.