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Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of East Sarajevo, East Sarajevo 71123, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica RS-38220, Serbia
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Mladen Banjanin,
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Volume 1, Issue 2
2025
Received: 18 November 2025
Accepted: 14 December 2025
Published: 23 December 2025
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Volume 1, Issue 2, 2025
Pages
58-69
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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IEEE Std. 2800
power quality
PV power plant
transmission network
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This work was supported without any funding.
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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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TY - JOUR AU - Banjanin, Mladen AU - Vuković, Goran AU - Erceg, Bojan AU - Perović, Bojan AU - Milovanović, Miloš PY - 2025 DA - 2025/12/23 TI - Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant JO - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems T2 - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems JF - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 58 EP - 69 DO - 10.62762/TEPNS.2025.222976 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2025.222976 KW - IEEE Std. 2800 KW - power quality KW - PV power plant KW - transmission network AB - 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. SN - 3070-2607 PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
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@article{Banjanin2025Power,
author = {Mladen Banjanin and Goran Vuković and Bojan Erceg and Bojan Perović and Miloš Milovanović},
title = {Power Quality of the 50 MW PV Power Plant},
journal = {ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems},
year = {2025},
volume = {1},
number = {2},
pages = {58-69},
doi = {10.62762/TEPNS.2025.222976},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2025.222976},
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.},
keywords = {IEEE Std. 2800, power quality, PV power plant, transmission network},
issn = {3070-2607},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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