Integration of Solar Energy into Power Grid Operation via Wide-Area Data Management Systems and a Hierarchal Control Architecture

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This project develops a new power grid operation architecture that combines distributed control with centralized dispatch to provide power system frequency and voltage support. This includes the design and development of a new generation of photovoltaic inverters that operates and behaves like a synchronous generator. The solution integrates any available data with a new wide-area photovoltaic monitoring and control platform to increase the visibility and controllability of distributed solar generation resources. It provides an accurate estimation of the current power system status for making control decisions in real-time operations, integrating transmission and distribution control strategies.

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