Performance Evaluation and Techno Economical Analysis of a Photovoltaic based Distributed Generation System

Abstract

World is experiencing a transitional and paradigm shift towards renewable based newlinetechnologies to ensure carbon neutrality by 2050. Accelerated deployment of low newlinecarbon technologies, combined with efficient planning, estimation and advance newlinecontrol strategies could prove decisive for the power sector to meet the energy newlinedemand at a competitive price and substantially increase the share of renewables newlinein the global mix. Solar PV is a fast evolving pioneering technology which is newlineexpected to lead the way towards green transition driven by research and development, technological advancement, government initiatives and policies. Solar PV newlineinstallations are projected to reach above 8500 GW till 2050 to meet the climate newlinegoals. However, large scale deployment and integration of solar PV technologies may pose engineering, technical, economical challenges to the power system newlineoperation. A range of techno-economical solutions are required to effectively manage large scale and accelerated deployment of solar PV. Accelerated deployment newlinestrategies require innovative landscape by enabling new technologies, developing newlineforecasting and estimation models, analyzing the impact of distributed generation, newlineincorporating decision making in power system planning, operation and control. newlineIn this context, the main objective of our research work is to improve the newlinetechno-economical performance of the solar photovoltaic based distributed generation system. This thesis addresses the challenges related to engineering, technical newlineand economical issues in a solar photovoltaic based distributed generation system newlineby accurate estimation of system parameters, robust and stochastic formulation newlineof techno-economic planning, and design of advance control strategies. Owing to newlinethis, the thesis is divided into four sections. newline