Prediction of photovoltaic generation for distribution network planning

Abstract

Nowadays utilities must optimize the utilization of their distributionnetworks, analyzingpossibilities from technical, economic and legal point of view, and have to face several challenges. One of them is the strong presence of renewable generators, which are promoted by administrations and represent and answer to several social needs, as security of energy supply, the appearance of a new local industrial sector operating globally, and growing price of conventional primary sources. But this means a revolution in the way transport, and specially distribution networks are planned,' developed and exploited. The present paper begins an analysis of the impact of this revolution from the distributor's point of view, situating the actual boundary conditions in Spain and focusing on medium voltage network.