FIRST ASIA SOLAR ENERGY FORUM

Issues and Solutions of connecting Solar Power Generation Systems to Transmission Grid

July 5, 2010 The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

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Contents 1. Target for Solar Power Introduction in Japan 2. Issues of Solar Power Generation and Measures to be considered 3. Our Actions

Target for Solar Power Generation Introduction

About 20 times About 20 times than in 2005 than in 2005

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28 GW

Non-residential use: 30%

1.4 GW

2.1 GW

Residential use: 70%

2005 2008

2020
Source New Energy Meeting May 2009

Sakai Solar Power Station

Foundation work Panel installation work

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Kyoto Osaka

Overview

Sakai Solar P/S Osaka -bay

7km
Overhead T/L & underground cable

Osaka

Sakai

Ishizugawa substation

Area: Approx. 20ha Installed capacity: 10MW Annual energy production: Approx. 11GWh Start of construction: November 2009 Scheduled operation date: November 2010 Completion of construction: October 2011 Annual reduction of CO2 emission: 4,000t Grid-connected to: Ishizugawa substation via 22kV system

Issues of Connecting Solar Power Generation Systems to Transmission Grid - Surplus Electricity in a low-demand season - Fluctuation of the frequency caused by short-period variation of PV generation output

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Surplus Electricity
<High-demand season>
Demand Rigid supply

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<Low-demand season>
Demand Rigid Supply

Surplus
Solar power

Solar power

Issues
Base electricity Base Base electricity electricity

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Possible Solutions

Construction of new pumped storage hydropower plants Large-scaled installation of energy storage systems Planned suppression of PV generation output in a lowdemand season

Fluctuation of the Frequency

Sunny Cloudy Rainy

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Issues

Development of forecast system for PV generation output (1) Wide area measurement system for solar radiation Possible Solutions Development of supply-demand control system with the use of batteries (2) Experimental study on supply-demand control system

Wide Area Measurement System

Locations of measuring devices in Kansais service area (60 points)
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Device for measuring solar radiation

Examples of measured solar radiation data

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50km
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Solar radiation in each point

Evaluation of smoothing effect by widely dispersed PV systems

Experimental Study on Supply-demand Control System

Image of system configuration at Ishizugawa substation
77kV Bus Data gathering Control system Charge/discharge

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22kV Bus

6.6kV Bus

Control signal Inverter Customer Sakai solar P/S Factory Building

Specification of battery Type Number of units Rated voltage Ni-MH 48 576 V 177 Ah Approx. 100 kWh 250 kW

Battery

Stabilizing control: The experimental system is to control a battery inverter in order to charge or discharge batteries in accordance with fluctuating PV output and changing loads.

Rated capacity Energy capacity Output

Supply-demand Control System in the Future

Hydropower Nuclear power

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Solar power

Thermal power

Supply-demand control system

Inverter

Battery

Wind power

Control signal Output/information

Thank you for your attention.

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