Journal of Renewable Energy

Review Article

Impact of Rooftop Photovoltaics on the Distribution System

Table 4

High-level categories for publications included in this survey.
Source no.YearSurvey paper?Includes DGs other than PVsInvolves probabilistic analysisIncludes electric vehiclesAssumes the system is balancedConsiders nonunity power factorHighest % penetration level
[1]1977      110
[3]1977      300
[4]1979      300
[5]1979      32
[69]1981     √55
[227]1982     √ 
[147]1982    √ 55
[15]1982      50
[109]1982     √50
[136]1982    √√40
[16]1984      40
[68]1986    √√58
[67]1988      50
[178]1988      34
[146]1989      50
[66]1990     √6
[19]1990      60
[149]1992    √ 50
[150]1993    √ 50
[186]1993    √ 50
[231]1996     √50
[218]1996    √ 90
[220]1997    √ 50
[65]1999    √√50
[70]1999    √√ 
[148]2002    √  
[217]2003     √50
[207]2003     √60
[194]2005    √ 100
[79]2006 √   √100
[85]2006       
[167]2006    √  
[206]2006      15
[130]2007 √     
[131]2007    √  
[216]2007    √ 42
[91]2007      900
[61]2007    √ 20
[27]2008√     32
[76]2008    √√50
[236]2008 √   √ 
[238]2008    √ 25
[89]2008       
[151]2008    √ 800
[168]2008 √√ √√100
[172]2008     √100
[173]2008     √55
[183]2008 √     
[224]2009    √  
[127]2009       
[152]2009      30
[169]2009     √100
[170]2009    √√20
[180]2009     √50
[185]2009       
[221]2009 √  √ 50
[197]2009 √  √√16
[198]2009 √  √  
[125]2010    √√10
[223]2010  √   20
[97]2010  √ √ 13
[114]2010 √   √ 
[192]2010    √√58
[195]2010  √  √ 
[73]2011      200
[80]2011    √  
[83]2011 √  √√100
[214]2011    √  
[154]2011  √   200
[102]2011  √ √  
[103]2011       
[184]2011     √60
[106]2011      60
[187]2011 √   √ 
[126]2011 √√   100
[201]2011    √√ 
[202]2011    √  
[64]2012    √ 10
[71]2012      10
[72]2012      10
[177]2012 √  √ 91
[84]2012      20
[165]2012     √ 
[171]2012     √50
[174]2012     √ 
[98]2012     √ 
[189]2012    √√15
[113]2012 √   √ 
[116]2012    √ 50
[117]2012 √√ √ 70
[239]2012     √ 
[120]2012 √√ √  
[200]2012  √    
[78]2013     √ 
[188]2013       
[81]2013       
[82]2013       
[145]2013    √  
[225]2013     √ 
[90]2013 √    50
[139]2013     √ 
[219]2013    √  
[108]2013       
[110]2013 √√  √100
[128]2013      40
[142]2013  √   50
[143]2013  √  √100
[196]2013   √√ 100
[121]2013 √  √  
[124]2013      100
[60]2013    √√ 
[74]2014    √√78
[212]2014       
[77]2014     √ 
[230]2014    √  
[199]2014  √   57
[210]2014  √   50
[153]2014    √√ 
[160]2014      190
[161]2014     √ 
[163]2014  √  √50
[95]2014       
[179]2014      100
[141]2014  √   100
[191]2014 √√ √  
[205]2014       
[129]2015     √100
[62]2015    √  
[235]2015     √ 
[213]2015  √   50
[87]2015    √  
[92]2015  √   7.33
[164]2015  √√√  
[176]2015    √  
[101]2015 √√  √4
[181]2015    √  
[107]2015     √100
[111]2015     √ 
[190]2015 √√    
[193]2015     √ 
[133]2015  √    
[134]2015  √   100
[135]2015    √ 200
[204]2015       
[208]2015    √√50
[123]2016     √100
[226]2016    √√15
[75]2016       
[211]2016       
[228]2016    √√100
[86]2016       
[229]2016      200
[137]2016     √250
[156]2016    √√100
[157]2016    √√ 
[158]2016    √√ 
[159]2016    √ 25
[162]2016     √ 
[93]2016    √ 100
[94]2016 √√   100
[96]2016      100
[100]2016    √ 15
[144]2016 √√√√  
[222]2016       
[53]2016     √ 
[63]2017√      
[232]2017 √  √  
[233]2017       
[234]2017    √  
[155]2017  √ √ 100
[166]2017 √    150
[215]2017    √ 100
[88]2017    √√60
[99]2017     √ 
[182]2017     √100
[105]2017 √√    
[140]2017  √   100
[112]2017      100
[115]2017  √   100
[118]2017    √ 100
[132]2017     √20
[122]2017      100
[203]2017      100
[54]2017    √ 100
[237]2017    √√ 
[175]2018      75
[138]2018 √     
[55]2018  √ √  
[56]2018  √    
[57]2018  √  √200
[58]2018       
[209]2018  √    
[119]2019