Large solar power stations usually locate in remote areas and connect to the main grid via a long transmission line. Energy storage unit is deployed locally with the solar plant to smooth its output. Capacities of the grid-connection transmission line and the energy storage unit have a significant impact on the utilization rate of solar energy, as well as the investment cost. This paper characterizes the feasible set of capacity parameters under a given solar spillage rate and a fixed investment budget. A linear programming based projection algorithm is proposed to obtain such a feasible set, offering valuable references for system planning and policy making.
@article{arxiv.2109.05766,
title = {Storage and Transmission Capacity Requirements of a Remote Solar Power Generation System},
author = {Yue Chen and Wei Wei and Cheng Wang and Miadreza Shafie-khah and João P. S. Catalão},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.05766},
year = {2022}
}