• openAccess   Daily Solar Energy Estimation for Minimizing Energy Storage Requirements in PV Power Plants 

      Beltran, Hector; Pérez, Emilio; Aparicio, N.; Rodríguez, Pedro Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013)
      This paper proposes an optimized energy management strategy (EMS) for photovoltaic (PV) power plants with energy storage (ES) based on the estimation of the daily solar energy production. This EMS produces a constant-by-hours ...
    • closedAccess   Evaluation of Storage Energy Requirements for Constant Production in PV Power Plants 

      Beltran, Hector; Bilbao, Endika; Belenguer Balaguer, Enrique; Etxeberria-Otadui, Ion; Rodríguez, Pedro Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013-03)
      This paper analyzes the minimum energy capacity ratings that an energy-storage (ES) system should accomplish in order to achieve a defined constant power production in a photovoltaic (PV) power plant. ES is a key issue for ...
    • openAccess   Power management strategies and energy storage needs to increase the operability of photovoltaic plants 

      Beltran, Hector; Etxeberria-Otadui, Ion; Belenguer Balaguer, Enrique; Rodríguez, Pedro American Institute of Physics (2012)
      This paper analyzes the effect of introducing an energy storage (ES) system in an intermittent renewable energy power plant such as a photovoltaic (PV) installation. The aim of this integration is to achieve an improvement ...
    • openAccess   Predictive Power Control for PV Plants With Energy Storage 

      Pérez, Emilio; Beltran, Hector; Aparicio, N.; Rodríguez, Pedro Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013)
      This work presents a model predictive control (MPC) approach to manage in real-time the energy generated by a grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) power plant with energy storage (ES), optimizing its economic revenue. This MPC ...