Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant

Mladen Banjanin; Goran Vuković; Bojan Erceg; Bojan Perović; Miloš Milovanović

doi:10.62762/TEPNS.2025.222976

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ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2025: 58-69

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Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant

Mladen Banjanin 1 *

Goran Vuković 1

Bojan Erceg 2

Bojan Perović 3

Miloš Milovanović 3

1 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of East Sarajevo, East Sarajevo 71123, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina

3 Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica RS-38220, Serbia

* Corresponding Author: Mladen Banjanin, [email protected]

DOI: 10.62762/TEPNS.2025.222976

Received: 18 November 2025, Accepted: 14 December 2025, Published: 23 December 2025

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This paper presents a power quality analysis of a 50 MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant connected to a 220 kV overhead transmission line in a Southeast European country. The analysis covers a seven-day measurement period. Voltage quality is assessed in accordance with the requirements of the grid codes of three transmission system operators (TSOs) in Southeast Europe. In contrast, current quality was evaluated following the IEEE Std. 2800. The results show that PV power plants, as nonlinear sources of electrical energy, slightly influence power quality parameters, particularly through the generation of harmonics. Continuous monitoring of power quality parameters is important to ensure compliance with relevant technical documents, especially in the case of wide-scale integration of PV and wind power plants into the power system.

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Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant

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IEEE Std. 2800

power quality

PV power plant

transmission network

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Banjanin, M., Vuković, G., Erceg, B., Perović, B., & Milovanović, M. (2025). Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant. ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, 1(2), 58–69. https://doi.org/10.62762/TEPNS.2025.222976

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  title = {Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant},
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  abstract = {This paper presents a power quality analysis of a 50 MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant connected to a 220 kV overhead transmission line in a Southeast European country. The analysis covers a seven-day measurement period. Voltage quality is assessed in accordance with the requirements of the grid codes of three transmission system operators (TSOs) in Southeast Europe. In contrast, current quality was evaluated following the IEEE Std. 2800. The results show that PV power plants, as nonlinear sources of electrical energy, slightly influence power quality parameters, particularly through the generation of harmonics. Continuous monitoring of power quality parameters is important to ensure compliance with relevant technical documents, especially in the case of wide-scale integration of PV and wind power plants into the power system.},
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