Sentences with phrase «distributed generation sources»

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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.

He argued that the amendment is needed to spur adoption of distributed sources that increase grid reliability while reducing costs by cutting the need for new baseload power generation.

This is a major advantage of distributed generation — all that's required is a frequency source and distributed generators will synchronize to it.

It'd be great to think that renewable energy sources and distributed electricity generation could solve such problems, and they're great where they work.

Renewables such as solar and wind are top - of - mind when most people think of distributed resources, but natural gas - fired generation is often a good fit too, because it adds reliability to the system and is a consistent source of backup power.

In the utility - scale and distributed cases, solar is almost the entire daytime generation source and much would either be stored or unused, he said.

Requires FERC to: (1) issue to each generator of renewable electricity a REC for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated after December 31, 2011; (2) issue three RECs for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by an existing distributed renewable generation facility; and (3) review the effect of issuing three RECs and to reduce such number for any given energy source or technology to ensure that such number is no higher than is necessary to make such facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

Any leftover allowances will be returned to the historical generation pool and distributed to all covered sources.

-- Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

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.

This green energy offers a source of distributed generation in eastern Ontario, and strengthen the presence of EDF Renewables in the region.

A Critique of Brookings Institutution's Mark Muro and Devashree Saha: Rooftop Solar: Net Metering Is A Net Benefit [1] by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment Across the country, more and more electric utility customers are using rooftop solar panels and other small - scale, on - site power sources known as distributed generation (DG).

Lovins said that micropower (i.e. distributed energy generation) now accounts for one - sixth of world power, surpassing nuclear as a source of electricity for the first time in 2006.

CSE also recommends enacting CEA's plan to retire 48 GW of India's oldest coal generation by 2027, allowing cleaner distributed electricity sources to meet India's power demand while raising capacity factors for newer «cleaner» coal plants, simultaneously reducing financial risks for utilities and consumers.

For instance, it would take into account all power generated from distributed generation, energy storage, utilities and other sources without any power quality issues to customers.

Distributed generation, also called on - site generation or decentralized generation, is the term for generation of electricity from sources that are near the point of consumption, as opposed to...

The GEI essentially comprises three main components: an intercontinental backbone network of transmission and distribution grids; large energy bases in the North Pole, on the equator, and on each continent that can integrate distributed generation and renewable power sources; and a smart «comprehensive» platform that enables resource allocation and market trade.

Obviously the power grid needs a lot of work — not only to «harden» it against violent weather and solar flares, but to make it «smarter», more efficient, and better able to effectively integrate power generation from diverse, distributed, and variable sources at all scales.

While chasing the mirage of a game - changing renewable energy source in the form of industrial - scale solar plants capable of powering hundreds of thousands of homes, the federal government has turned its back on a better, cheaper form of energy from the sun: distributed solar power generation, sometimes known as rooftop solar.

Across the country, more and more electric utility customers are using rooftop solar panels and other small - scale, on - site power sources known as distributed generation (DG).

The traditional regulated utility business model allows for generation and distribution, but as more grid - connected rooftop solar (and other Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribugeneration and distribution, but as more grid - connected rooftop solar (and other Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribuGeneration (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribugeneration, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribution side.

A microgrid is a localized grouping of distributed energy sources, like solar and wind, together with energy storage or backup generation and load management tools.