The fleet is expected to provide up to 700 kilowatts of energy to the grid, which can be used to balance the overall load by
absorbing excess power, then putting it back into the grid during times of high demand.
Not exact matches
The electrical current can also be channeled to form hydrogen gas through the addition of electric
power from a small photovoltaic cell that
absorbs the
excess light.
For example, photonic crystals could funnel
excess heat from a
power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric -
powered cars that can
absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.
The batteries also will be useful for
absorbing excess solar
power when the sun is shining, and providing spurts of electricity at other times, when the sun is blocked for some reason, Johnson said.