Sentences with phrase «centralized generation of power»

It's concentrated centralized generation of power and concentrated distribution — with no justice in distribution.

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The energy landscape is changing from centralized, large - scale power generation to a network of often independently owned and operated power producers.

Off - grid solar is already providing electricity to communities in rural Africa, India, the Caribbean and elsewhere who will never get access to grid power from nuclear or any other form of large, centralized generation, because the resources to build either the grids or the giant power plants do not exist, nor do those communities have the wealth to purchase grid power.

By doing so, it helps maintain the state's status quo of having below average grid interconnection rules and incentivizing centralized, fossil fuel - based power generation over renewable sources.

In countries such as Kenya, whose economies are growing faster than either conventional, centralized electricity generation or power grids, the potential of microgrids to electrify powerless communities is huge.

Generation dispatch decisions are made by an individual utility operating multiple plants in its service area or by a Regional Transmission Organization as part of a centralized wholesale power market.

Furthermore, environmental and security concerns have sparked increased interest in small - scale, «distributed» sources of renewable electricity generation like rooftop solar panels, to reduce our reliance on large, centralized power plants.

The term distributed generation distinguishes these systems from the large, centralized power plants that provide the vast majority of the nation's power.

Those arguing for «going along» with the EPA SRPP do not seem to realize that if they do, even stricter regulations will follow the SRPP if and when the principle of centralized EPA control of power generation and use has been established.

Evan Halper's December 2 article in the Los Angeles Times, «Power Struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready» perpetuates the false narrative that renewable energy increases the risk of blackouts, when in fact the problem is centralized fossil fuel nonrenewable generation.

«The dominance of a single energy source and centralized power generation are highly susceptible to disruption, failure and even sabotage with severe consequences economically and socially, as articulated clearly and convincingly by Lovins and Lovins, 1982 and Lovins and...» (Diversification and localization of energy systems for sustainable development and energy security X Li — Energy Policy, 2005 — Elsevier)(Cited by 74)

PDF) entitled «Disruptive Challenges» in January 2013, outlining the threat that distributed energy generation presents to the traditional utility industry business model of selling electricity from large, centralized, mostly fossil fuel power plants.

The grid of the future will be characterized by two — way information flow, two - way power flow, centralized and distributed generation as well increasing use of energy efficiency and demand response measures.