TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Alet, Pierre-Jean A1 - Adinolfi, Giovanna A1 - Barchi, Grazia A1 - Bründlinger, Roland A1 - Graditi, Giorgio A1 - Henze, Norbert A1 - Jung, Marco A1 - Stavrou, Andreas A1 - Yang, Guangya T1 - The Inverter: A Multi-Purpose Control Element T2 - 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition N2 - The need for innovation around the control functions of inverters is great. PV inverters were initially expected to be passive followers of the grid and to disconnect as soon as abnormal conditions happened. Since future power systems will be dominated by generation and storage resources interfaced through inverters these converters must move from following to forming and sustaining the grid. As “digital natives” PV inverters can also play an important role in the digitalisation of distribution networks. In this short review we identified a large potential to make the PV inverter the smart local hub in a distributed energy system. At the micro level, costs and coordination can be improved with bidirectional inverters between the AC grid and PV production, stationary storage, car chargers and DC loads. At the macro level the distributed nature of PV generation means that the same devices will support both to the local distribution network and to the global stability of the grid. Much success has been obtained in the former. The later remains a challenge, in particular in terms of scaling. Yet there is some urgency in researching and demonstrating such solutions. And while digitalisation offers promise in all control aspects it also raises significant cybersecurity concerns. KW - Inverter KW - Information and Communication Technologies KW - Grid Stability KW - Cybersecurity KW - Grid Control SN - 3-936338-60-4 SB - 3-936338-60-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20192019-4DO.4.1 DO - https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20192019-4DO.4.1 SP - 946 EP - 951 S1 - 6 PB - WIP CY - München ER -