Easing up renewable energy development in rural areas
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Easing up renewable energy development in rural areas
Regional Natural Reserve Le Pilat (Les Haies)
2015-2018
166 Linky smart meters, Village PV generation unit (76 kWc on 8 LV units)
OBJECTIVES
• Ease up the connection of renewable energy sources in rural areas, building upon the “village plant” in the village of Les Haies, France, and optimise its impact on the LV grid through innovative solutions based on smart meters.
• Improve matching of consumption and local generation through local community programs.
• Help local communities plan their development of renewable energy sources.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
Grid-wide roll out ongoing
• Solutions for local absorption of VAR for LV generators: testing in 7 PV sites < 36kVA – awaiting regulatory changes.
• Daily consumption data (individual or aggregated).
Further development needed before roll out
• Testing of LV generator power management: simulations confirmed the technical and economic relevance of local management of PV inverters to ease up grid integration.
• Daily generation data: matching of consumption with generation data through village-wide generation figures.
• Local LV supervision through smart meters: interesting feedback regarding useful tools for LV grid operation.
No grid-wide roll out
• MV/LV transformers with dynamic tension management.
COMPLETED
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