Sentences with phrase «at times of peak demand»

«Today we're proving that a virtual big battery can not only support the grid at times of peak demand, like the South Australian big battery but also empower consumers to take advantage of price spikes on the grid,» Spaccavento said.

More and more, electricity markets are purchasing the lack of electricity use as a commodity, as «demand response» options, in which companies lower their energy use at times of peak demand to reduce burdens on the grid, proliferate.

A couple of problems with Manual J: 1: It assumes ALL loads are present at times of peak demand.

ADD to that the Combined Heat and Power units (burn gas, generate heat plus surplus electricity) wich actually pump out electricity at times of peak demand (the converse of solar) and you have a double bubble, surely?

Even more exciting is Nest's Rush Hour Rewards service that provides centralized, automated small reductions to heating or air conditioning at times of peak demand, when energy use is highest.

Electricity sales are 25 percent lower than business - as - usual in 2040 as a result of savings from energy efficiency measures and standards, as well as demand response programs that pay participating consumers to curtail their energy use at times of peak demand.

In South Australia, for example, a figure of 3 per cent of installed wind capacity is used to represent the contribution to overall generation supply at times of peak demand; 8 per cent is used in Victoria.

Note that the long transmission lines to remote areas also reduces the reliability and probable availability of wind farms (and, importantly, at times of peak demand which is what is relevant for capacity credit calculations)

Capacity Credit is a probabalistic estimate of how much capacity wind can be relied upon to deliver at the times of peak demand.

But this will prevent blackouts at times of peak demand during the coming summer, without the pollution that will be caused by the 250 MW of temporary diesel generators that are also going to be used.

That would give utilities another way to ensure that they can provide power at times of peak demand.

He notes that unlike electricity from many other renewable sources, power from the batteries could be held back and used at times of peak demand.

On the other hand any restrictions which are introduced will result in the relief being less flexible, more complex, and result in those providing short term accommodation at times of peak demand (e.g. during the Edinburgh Festival, Wimbledon etc) being more likely to have to declare taxable income.

Uber users have complained for years about «surge pricing,» which causes fares to skyrocket at times of peak demand, like rush hour and during heavy storms.

Are you being intentionally obtuse providing an example of when the wind blows, rather then the consequences when it doesn't blow at time of peak demand?

Usually used at time of peak demand or shortage Using river flow Uses the natural flow of water of a river to turn the turbine to generate electricity.

Not exact matches

At that time of the season, demand is lower than in the summer, and ending the cuts in March — ahead of peak demand — could exacerbate the glut that OPEC and friends have been fighting this year.

Students whose circadian rhythms were out of sync with their class schedules — say, night owls taking early morning courses — received lower grades due to «social jet lag,» a condition in which peak alertness times are at odds with work, school or other demands.

So there's this idea of peak demand for water, like we are familiar with peak demand for electricity at certain times and lower demand at certain times where we can level those things out to make the whole system more efficient.

They found that «peak alert times» were often at odds with the demands of work and school, showing up in poor grades.

The dirty bit is if an EV owner charges as soon as they get home from work at the peak demand time, then and only then does an EV resemble the footprint of a bang bang car.

Books sell, and create successful personal brands for their authors, when the books are timed to help their target market accommodate current challenges and opportunities at the peak of demand.

Sydney is a busy city at most times of the year, however there are definitely times of high demand and there for these times - premium prices are to be paid for accommodation - with this usually being over the summer months and peaking over the very popular New Year Eve celebrations for which Sydney is very famous.

I think, to spur its development, we need electricity pricing that encourages investment in load - shifting, a guaranteed return for delivering a megawatt - hour at peak demand for more than it costs at the time of peak excess supply.

OhmConnect is a free service that acts somewhat like a virtual power plant, except that instead of generating energy, it works with the user's devices to reduce demand at times when electricity consumption is at a peak, which can help utilities to avoid having to bring a «peaker plant» online to cover the extra demand.

For instance, if the customer is billed under Time of Use rates, in order to understand how much a solar installation will reduce their utility bill, it is essential to understand how much energy they consume during peak demand times when energy is more expensive, and how those usage patterns intersect with the amount of energy their solar array is likely to be producing at different times.

In fact, as Mr Joshi showed, south eastern Australia's wind farms were generating about 710MW at the time of the peak electricity demand for the week of the recent January heatwave; much of this was coming from SA's wind farms.

The battery energy storage system will be used to keep South Australia's electrical infrastructure reliable, charging from the wind farm and discharging to the grid at times of peak and high demand.

«Peaking power» is energy needed to meet higher demand that occurs at particular times of day or weather conditions: such as late afternoon or high summer.

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It also shaves the peaks off high prices at times of high demand.

Electric power system planners forecast the demand for electricity at the time of the peak, and then identify existing and potential generating resources needed to satisfy that demand, plus enough additional resources to provide a comfortable reserve margin.

The percentages reflect the assessment of the capacity value of wind at the time of peak electric demand (often late afternoon in the summertime).

Today's story describes how electric power system planners treat wind generators, recognizing that the wind necessary to achieve a turbine's full generating capacity may not be available at the time of peak electric demand.

The light blue bars show how much of the total capacity the planners are willing to count on at the time of peak electric demand.

Victoria experienced supply failures in February 2000 when a heat wave swept across south eastern Australia, causing extremely high peak demand at a time when an industrial dispute had reduced available capacity by 20 % and two generating plants were unexpectedly out of service.

In South Australia, concerns over high levels of renewables causing grid instability at times of summer peak demand, combined with a couple of large - scale power cuts, have led the state government to propose investing directly in battery storage and a gas - fired power plant.

The AEMO (SA Supply and Demand Outlook, 2011) estimated that at time of summer peak power demand wind will only provide 5 %, and at winter peak, 3.5 %, respectively, of installed capDemand Outlook, 2011) estimated that at time of summer peak power demand wind will only provide 5 %, and at winter peak, 3.5 %, respectively, of installed capdemand wind will only provide 5 %, and at winter peak, 3.5 %, respectively, of installed capacity.

John, You are correct that we need to have 50 % of electricity CAPACITY able to supply at peak demand times.

It's true that the batteries in all those cars provide a huge amount of storage, so that they could be charged at off - peak times, but it still is going to create a lot of demand for electricity, and it is all pointless if it's not clean electricity.

Homeowners or businesses can then use the stored energy during times of peak demand and at night when the solar panels aren't producing electricity.

On top of this, the report notes that solar thermal cooling technology - in which the sun's heat is used to power thermally driven absorption chillers or evaporation devices to cool air - can reduce the burden on electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildings.

The program helps GRE take advantage of cheap, plentiful electricity — including wind energy — at night, while reducing demand during peak times.

Instead of a single or other simple (e.g. night and day) tariff, dynamic pricing and more complex tariff structures are expected to be introduced to allow «demand response», in other words, to allow customers to buy electricity at constantly changing prices, thereby cutting demand at peak times, and thus, resulting in a lower need for peak capacity as well as better integration of renewable energy sources.

A power outage affecting 11,000 customers in the Sydney suburbs of Burwood and Strathfield at around the time of peak electricity demand (around 4 pm) was not caused by load - shedding, but would have reduced power demand at a critical time.

Furthermore, close monitoring of Germany's ability to meet electricity demand at peak times should continue in the medium term.

At this time of high demand, gas - and coal - fired plants used to be able to achieve high returns but with solar power production also peaking around noon, conventional power plants lost this important advantage.

Hours of research and job applications, right at a time when the demands of completing a degree are reaching their peak in the final year of study.

It was the third decline in the last four years since the share of first - time buyers peaked at 47 percent in 2009, when home buyer tax credits fueled the demand for entry - level homes.

«It also provides a complete profile of electric power consumption at these properties in terms of loads by time of day, including peak demand times.