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This research was funded by the Spanish National Research Agency/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, grant number PID2019-108966RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.
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Miguel Riquelme-Dominguez, JoseCorresponding AuthorMartinez, SergioAuthorA Photovoltaic Power Curtailment Method for Operation on Both Sides of the Power-Voltage Curve
Publicated to:Energies. 13 (15): - 2020-08-01 13(15), DOI: 10.3390/en13153906
Authors: Miguel Riquelme-Dominguez, Jose; Martinez, Sergio;
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Abstract
Massive integration of non-dispatchable energy into electric power systems is a challenging task. Electric power systems are becoming increasingly vulnerable in terms of frequency stability, as renewable energy displaces conventional synchronous generation from the energy mix. For this reason, grid codes are starting to demand different ancillary services from renewable generators, such as frequency control. In contrast to wind generators, which can deliver to the grid part of the kinetic energy stored in their rotating mass, photovoltaic generators must provide this service using batteries or power curtailment methods. The latter approach is preferable regarding the initial investment and its implementation cost, and several methods have been presented in the literature for this purpose. However, there is no consensus in which is the most appropriate side for operating the photovoltaic system in the curtailed mode. As both possible options have advantages and drawbacks, this paper proposes a novel photovoltaic power curtailment strategy that allows operation on both sides of the power-voltage curve depending on the needs. Moreover, in order to estimate the output characteristic of the photovoltaic system, a real-time nonlinear least squares curve fitting is applied. The proposed methodology has been tested in a simulation environment and the results show that this strategy achieves the requested active power reserves, regardless of the operation side.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Energies due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Control and Optimization. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Energy & Fuels.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.87, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-24, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 2
- Scopus: 10
- Google Scholar: 11
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors
There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RIQUELME DOMINGUEZ, JOSE MIGUEL) and Last Author (MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, SERGIO).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RIQUELME DOMINGUEZ, JOSE MIGUEL.