2.4. PV smart grid system
PV generates power in a manner that is fundamentally different than the way power has been generated in the past, and requires a power electronics interface to convert the native format of the generation so it becomes grid-compatible.
PV energy is the most easily scalable type of renewable energy generation; it can be produced in amounts from a few kilowatts as the residential scale up to multiple megawatts at the utility scale.
The intermittency of PV power stems from the diurnal and seasonal cycles of the sun and is deterministic.
Its variability due to the fact that the instantaneous power generation depends on the level of incident solar radiation.