Power generation frequency control

A solar power generation system (10) includes a control system (20) and a DC to AC converter (16) coupled to a photovoltaic (PV) module (14) and for supplying power to a power network (18). The control system includes a power point tracker (22) to extract either maximum power available from the PV module or less than maximum power available from the PV module, a frequency monitor (24) to obtain a network frequency from the power network, an internal reference frame element (26) to provide an internal reference frequency of the solar power generation system, a frequency comparator (28) to compare the network frequency and the internal reference frequency, and a command signal generator (30) to use the frequency comparison to determine whether a transient increase or decrease in commanded output power is warranted and to provide a command signal.