This project models and simulates a 5 MW grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system using a 3-phase voltage-source inverter (VSI) in MATLAB/Simulink. It demonstrates PV power generation, MPPT control, inverter operation, and grid synchronization under variable. The main purpose of this paper is to conduct design and implementation on three-phase smart inverters of the grid-connected photovoltaic system, which contains maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and smart inverter with real power and reactive power regulation for the photovoltaic module arrays. This example shows how to model a three-phase grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system. SPWM is use to switch the IGBT inverter bridge. The controller allows user to set the DC link voltage, active and reactive current for the inverter to be injected to. A MATLAB/Simulink model of a 108 kW two-stage grid-connected PV system featuring MPPT (P&O), dq-control, SPWM, and an LCL filter. It demonstrates PV. Such a system can be typically found in small industrial photovoltaic facilities, which are directly connected to the low voltage power grid.
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