Sentences with phrase «bulk power grid»
There have been numerous pronouncements recently about the upcoming demise of the bulk power grid as consumers are projected to move toward decentralized green energy sources.
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What's more, grid operators will need to work with new types of organizations as automakers, retailers and others «with little or no experience in interfacing with the bulk power grid» start to take on the role of aggregator (grouping together 800 - 1,000 plug - in vehicles to provide services like scheduling battery charging based on pricing information and total grid load, or stop charging and reduce load on a targeted basis).
One final note on trading under a rate - based compliance approach: ERCs can come from any eligible generator or measure as long as they are electrically connected to the contiguous U.S. bulk power grid.
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And power grids, like those that span continents, reap the benefits of building and buying in bulk.
«There is enormous technical potential to using microgrids to make electric service more resilient in the face of loss of bulk grid power,» said the report.
FERC asked regional grid operators to advise whether there should be additional action to bolster the resilience of the bulk power system.
The group of U.S. and Canadian power grid operators who make up the ISO / RTO Council (IRC) and manage most of North America's bulk electric grid, expect 1 million plug - in vehicles could be deployed on the continent within five years to a decade — and they aim to be prepared.
The organisation responsible for overseeing California's bulk electric power system has approved proposals to accommodate more distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar, energy storage, advanced inverters and demand response, onto the state's grid.
«Pumped storage is the largest - capacity form of grid energy storage available, and, as of March 2012, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) reports that PSH accounts for more than 99 % of bulk storage capacity worldwide, representing around 127,000 MW.