A. Murata et K. Otani, AN ANALYSIS OF TIME-DEPENDENT SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF OUTPUT POWER FROM VERY MANY PV POWER-SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE IN JAPAN, Solar energy materials and solar cells, 47(1-4), 1997, pp. 197-202
The time-dependent geographical diversity of electric power output is
essential to provide more rational basis for the promotion of photovol
taic (PV) power generation systems diffusion on a large scale. A set o
f regression formulae was developed to evaluate hourly global irradian
ce at about eight hundred sites throughout Japan. And regional distrib
ution of hourly AC electricity output from very many PV stations were
estimated, assuming that grid-connected 3 kW PV power generation syste
ms are installed on all the roofs of detached houses in principal town
s. The smoothing effect of PV output power fluctuation was examined in
conjunction with interconnection capacity between power grids.