Maximum PV Penetration Level integrated to the National Transmission Grid of Jordan, Particularly 132 KvBusbar

This research is devoted to determine the (PV) Photo Voltaic penetration that will be integrated into the national transmission grid of Jordan, particularly to the 132 KV busbar. It was estimated that 7% age of the total energy consumed in 2015 will be covered by renewable resources, and this figure will be increased to 10% age by the year 2020, taking into account that the annual growth of average electricity demand is 7%.The predicted PV penetrations were calculated for the years 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. These PV penetrations have been determined for three different cases, and these cases are: Case a: The share of PV generation as a percentage of the conventional energy generation, Case b: The share of PV generation as a percentage of the total energy load demand, Case c: The capacity of PV generation as a percentage of the total load capacity. These cases will be carried out using power system analysis software (DIgSILENTPowerFactory) that caters for all standard power system analysis required.It was found that minimum share of PV plants in the total energy mix is equal to 20.99% in the year 2015 and 23% in the year 2020. That amounts to the triple percentage defined by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Recourses as a target to reach in the year 2015.