Status and interim results from the TEAM-UP grid-connected applications program [PV power systems]

TEAM-UP is a partnership program of the US electric utility industry and the US Department of Energy to lead to earlier sustainable utility photovoltaic (PV) markets. TEAM-UP is a utility-directed program to significantly increase utility PV utilization by cofunding opportunities for PV involvement. Two primary areas are included in the TEAM-UP program: 1) grid-independent applications (GIA); and 2) grid-connected applications (GCA). Both initiatives are intended to: a) help develop sustainable markets and opportunities of benefit to the power production industry and its customers; b) take advantage of commercial and business opportunities with PV technologies and the PV industry; and c) support the expansion of utility PV markets through collective market actions or "pre-commercial" installations. This paper describes the grid-connected applications program, and outlines the status and interim results of the GCA program.