Bruce Bailey, Richard Perez, John Doty, Kurt Elsholz, Ronald Stewart, William Huse
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Abstract
The Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation has begun operation of a photovoltaic (PV) system in upstate New York to study the summer peak load reduction capability of grid-connected PV systems serving commercial buildings. The roof-retrofitted system consists of a 151 m2 polycrystalline silicon module area rated at 15.4 kW d.c., three one-axis trackers, and a high efficiency power conditioning unit. Preliminary results from the first two months of operation indicate PV system output is at a high fraction of capacity when the building experiences its electrical demand peaks. Ongoing studies are evaluating a cross-section of commercial customer load profiles in terms of the probability of peak demand reduction.