Integrated PV and Battery Energy Storage in LVAC for a Rural Village: A Case Study of Cambodia

This paper studies integrated photovoltaic (PV) into single-phase AC low voltage (LVAC) distribution for electrification in a rural village using battery energy storage (BES). The grid extension with and without the integration of PV-BES is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the minimum conductor used of the LV grid is reached with the shortest path algorithm. Then, the sitting and sizing of distributed generations are performed by using genetic algorithm (GA) and iterative technique. The comparison of grid extension in both strategies is studied thanks to actualized cost method.