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LAPSE:2023.25208
Impact of Time Resolution on Curtailment Losses in Hybrid Wind-Solar PV Plants
Antun Meglic, Ranko Goic
March 28, 2023
Curtailment losses for large-scale hybrid wind−solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a single grid connection point are often calculated in 1 h time resolution, underestimating the actual curtailment losses due to the flattening of power peaks occurring in shorter time frames. This paper analyses the curtailment losses in hybrid wind−PV plants by utilising different time resolutions of wind and PV production while varying the grid cut-off power, wind/solar PV farm sizes, and shares of wind/PV capacity. Highly resolved 1 s measurements from the operational wind farm and pyranometer are used as an input to specialized wind and PV farm power production models that consider the smoothing effect. The results show that 15 min resolution is preferred over 1 h resolution for large-scale hybrid wind−PV plants if more accurate assessment of curtailment losses is required. Although 1 min resolution additionally increases the estimation accuracy over 15 min resolution, the improvement is not significant for wind and PV plants with capacity above approx. 10 MW/10 MWp. The resolutions shorter than 1 min do not additionally increase the estimation accuracy for large-scale wind and PV plants. More attention is required when estimating curtailment losses in wind/PV plants with capacity below approx. 10 MW/10 MWp, where higher underestimation can be expected if lower time resolutions are used.
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curtailment losses, hybrid power plants, smoothing effect, solar power, time resolution, wind power
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Meglic A, Goic R. Impact of Time Resolution on Curtailment Losses in Hybrid Wind-Solar PV Plants. (2023). LAPSE:2023.25208
Author Affiliations
Meglic A: Department of Power Engineering, FESB, University of Split, R. Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia; Fractal d.o.o., Kupreska 37, 21000 Split, Croatia [ORCID]
Goic R: Department of Power Engineering, FESB, University of Split, R. Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia
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Energies
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15
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16
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5968
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2022
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2022-08-17
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1996-1073
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