Community Energy Storage

Community energy storage is sought alongside distribution transformers as residential support. This work shows the impact of connecting a 25 kWh storage unit and 25 kW photovoltaic array behind a 50 kVA, 7.2 kV/240V transformer secondary.

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Aug 2012

Shows the performance a 25 kWh battery and 25 kW solar array when connected along side a 50 kVA distribution transformer in Austin, Texas. The results are simulation based, but use recorded field data as the PV power injection and residential consumption.