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
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Target for Solar Power Generation Introduction

About
About 20
20 times
times
than
than in
in 2005
2005
28 GW

Non-residential use: 30%

1.4 GW 2.1 GW Residential use: 70%

2005 2008 2020

Source： New Energy Meeting （May 2009）
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Sakai Solar Power Station

Foundation work Panel installation work

●Kyoto
●Osaka

Overview

Area: Approx. 20ha

Sakai
Solar P/S Installed capacity: 10MW
Osaka
Annual energy production: Approx. 11GWh
Start of construction: November 2009
Osaka -bay
7km
Scheduled operation date: November 2010
Overhead T/L &
Sakai
Completion of construction: October 2011
underground cable
Annual reduction of CO2 emission: 4,000t
Ishizugawa Grid-connected to: Ishizugawa substation via 22kV system
substation
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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> <Low-demand season>

Demand Demand
Surplus
Rigid supply Rigid Supply

Solar Solar
power power

Issues

Base
Base Base
electricity
electricity electricity

0 6 12 18 24 0 6 12 18 24

9Construction of new pumped storage hydropower plants

Possible 9Large-scaled installation of energy storage systems
Solutions 9Planned suppression of PV generation output in a low-
demand season
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Fluctuation of the Frequency

Sunny
Cloudy
Rainy

Issues

9Development of forecast system for PV generation output

(1) Wide area measurement system for solar radiation
Possible
Solutions 9Development of supply-demand control system with the
use of batteries
(2) Experimental study on supply-demand control system
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Wide Area Measurement System
Locations of measuring devices
in Kansai’s service area (60 points)
60 Device for
30
35 49
measuring
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solar radiation
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44

45 48
Examples of measured solar radiation data
28 47
27 43
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21 32 31
2
55 7 29
6
22 4
59 18
58 1
36 5 33
38
39 3 14 12 41
20 17
37 13
8 11 40
26 10
15
24
25 42
16 23
9

19
53

50

Solar radiation
in each point
50km 54

Evaluation of smoothing effect

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by widely dispersed PV systems
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Experimental Study on
Supply-demand Control System
Image of system configuration at Ishizugawa substation
Data gathering
77kV Bus Control system

Charge/discharge
22kV Bus 6.6kV Bus

Control signal
Inverter
Battery
Customer
Sakai solar P/S Factory
Building Specification of battery
Type Ni-MH
Number of units 48
Rated voltage 576 V
Stabilizing control: Rated capacity 177 Ah
The experimental system is to control a battery inverter Energy capacity Approx. 100 kWh
in order to charge or discharge batteries in accordance Output 250 kW
with fluctuating PV output and changing loads.
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Supply-demand Control System in the Future

Hydropower Nuclear
power

Thermal
power
Solar power

Supply-demand control system

Inverter
Battery
Wind power Control signal
Output/information
Thank you for your attention.

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

URL: http://www.kepco.co.jp/english/