Sentences with phrase «batteries during peak demand»

It would be pretty disastrous if millions of plug - ins started recharging their batteries during peak demand, which is why

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Utilities can use batteries to make the grid more stable, and to avoid building new expensive and dirty power plants that they only operate during times of peak power demand.

It also helps the regional electric grid meet demand during peak hours, because batteries effectively eliminate some of that demand.

The new system is also designed to allow a PHEV to use its battery as an energy storage device, enabling the car to hold electrical energy in the battery while the grid has surplus power (during off - peak hours, for example) and contribute its surplus energy back to the grid when the latter needs more power to meet peak demand, Su says.

Arias says Torresol can either run the plant until the battery is exhausted, or it can modulate the power of the turbine during darkness so it is at its maximum between 11 and 11.30 pm, when electricity demand — and price — peaks, «so we are able to reach the next day without stopping the turbine».

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off - peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.

Utilities will use batteries to lessen their reliance on natural gas to provide power during evening peak demand.

Sounds like a win / win for both buyers and the local grid, because not only can the solar array be used to charge the LEAF directly during the day, which helps to reduce peak demand, but because the new LEAF includes a vehicle - to - home (V2H) feature, sometimes referred to as a vehicle - to - grid (V2G) system, it could potentially act as an electricity buffer by acting as a giant «personal» battery.

He found a consistent pattern of the battery charging overnight when wind generation was abundant and cheap, and discharging into the grid during the late afternoon when demand and spot market prices reached peak levels.