Sentences with phrase «cover peak load»
If the system were designed to encourage the use of solar to cover peak load, the cost savings would be substantial, he says.
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Large price spikes immediately before and after mid-day periods when both utility - scale and distributed solar generation reaches its peak level suggest a need for dispatchable generation sources to help cover ramping periods, when the need for power from the grid to meet load is rapidly changing.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can be a night - only dispatchable (D - CSP) plant; with its entire solar energy absorbed by day to be delivered after dark to cover the evening peak load on the grid, according to a study funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE).