Integration of roof-top solar photovoltaic systems into the low voltage distribution network Shafiullah,GM, Oo,AMT, Stojcevski,A and Shawkat Ali,ABM 2014, Integration of roof-top solar photovoltaic systems into the low voltage distribution network, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1-21, doi: 10.1063/1.4884904. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Integration of roof-top solar photovoltaic systems into the low voltage distribution network Author(s) Shafiullah,GM Oo,AMT orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-2272 Stojcevski,A Shawkat Ali,ABM Journal name Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Volume number 6 Issue number 3 Start page 1 End page 21 Total pages 21 Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of publication Bethesda, Md, United States Publication date 2014-05 ISSN 1941-7012 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Technology Energy & Fuels Summary The advancement in solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, the cost and efficiency of PVs have encouraged users worldwide to adopt more and more PVs as it is free from greenhouse gas emissions and unlimited in nature. Integration of roof-top solar PV systems is currently emerging rapidly in Australia as the governments are giving attractive incentives and encouraging households to build a sustainable climate-friendly society for the future. The key major barriers to the integration of roof-top solar PV systems are the uncertainties in the performance of the low voltage distribution network due to the intermittent nature of solar PV sources. In this paper, a model was developed to investigate the potential technical impacts of integrating roof-top solar PV systems into the low voltage distribution network in a subtropical climate. The results show that integration of roof-top solar PV in the customer premises causes uncertainties such as voltage fluctuations, phase unbalance, distribution transformer overloading, reactive power compensation, and harmonic injections that detract the overall power quality of the typical distribution network. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. Language eng DOI 10.1063/1.4884904 Field of Research 090608 Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl Solar Cells) Socio Economic Objective 850504 Solar-Photovoltaic Energy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, American Institute of Physics Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069790 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 17 Feb 2015, 17:11:40 EST Tue, 17 Feb 2015, 17:12:52 EST Wed, 18 Feb 2015, 04:00:37 EST Wed, 18 Feb 2015, 05:07:24 EST Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 12:47:31 EST Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 12:48:27 EST Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 12:51:49 EST Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 10:55:24 EST Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 10:56:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 13 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 684 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 17 Feb 2015, 17:12:52 EST