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Power Engineering Letters Nighttime Application of PV Solar Farm as STATCOM to Regulate Grid Voltage

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In this paper, the static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is used to regulate the point of common coupling voltage during nighttime when the solar farm is not producing any active power.
Abstract
This letter presents a novel concept of utilizing pho- tovoltaic (PV) solar farm (SF) as a flexible ac transmission systems controller—static synchronous compensator, to regulate the point of common coupling voltage during nighttime when the SF is not producing any active power. This concept, although general, is pre- sented for the scenario of a distribution feeder, which has both PV solar and wind farms connected to it. The proposed control will en- able increased connections of renewable energy sources in the grid. A MATLAB/Simulink-based simulation study is presented under variable wind power generation and fault condition to validate the proposed concept. Index Terms—Distributed generation, flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS), solar energy, static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), voltage regulation, wind energy.

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