Sentences with phrase «during peak energy»

Perform more difficult tasks during your peak energy levels.

The logic is this will save utilities money by keeping dirty gas - fired power plants offline during peak energy demand times because it is expensive to fire them up daily for just a few hours of additional energy.

Because of that, California's energy companies are actually willing to pay consumers not to use energy during peak energy demand.

Not exact matches

energy - company incentives that pay customers to use less energy (i.e. turn off the air condioner) during peak times.

According to Nest, powering air conditioners during peak times accounts for just 1 percent of all energy usage — but can often take up the lion's share of an individual energy bill.

If they can use battery energy during peak grid times, instead of turning to this expensive so - called speaker power plants, they can save money in the long run.

In fact, the situation already leads to «curtailment» of solar production during peak hours, with thousands of megawatt - hours of potential energy simply getting turned off, even as other plants continue to produce.

The Powerpack project, a joint venture with local electricity provider, Southern California Edison (SCE), will support grid operation during peak hours and improve the integration of renewable energy resources.

It loads up on energy from the sun and from the electric grid during off - peak hours.

The organization also aims to contribute to the creation of a system or set of systems that would allow people to automatically pay for the use of both ride - sharing and car - sharing vehicles; for the insurance policies covering those vehicles; for the energy that those vehicles consume and the pollutants that they emit during a trip; and for traffic that the commuter contributes to by traveling during peak hours.

But solar benefits the grid as well: cutting demand during peak use, reducing transmission and distribution costs, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and generating energy without polluting the air.

With a contract now in place between Tesla and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), the battery «will help solve power outages, reduce intermittencies, and manage summertime peak load to support the reliability of South Australia's electrical infrastructure, providing enough power for more than 30,000 homes — approximately equal to the amount of homes that lost power during the blackout period last year,» Tesla said in a statement.

«Tesla Powerpack will charge using renewable energy from the Hornsdale Wind Farm and then deliver electricity during peak hours to help maintain the reliable operation of South Australia's electrical infrastructure,» Tesla said in a press release.

-- line dry clothing / diapers — energy efficient appliances - plus, I use them during off peak times and cold wash only!

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which manages properties and resources for city agencies, received $ 9.3 million for cutting back on energy use during peak demand hours last summer.

NYPA and the MTA are activating an energy reduction program during peak hours as the region experiences an extended heat wave.

«This would be the first decline during a period of strong global economic growth,» the researchers said, noting that a portion of India's new energy consumption must be from «low - carbon» resources in order for global emissions to peak and then swiftly decline.

During a cast, the fly - fisher achieves peak energy in the flick - of - the - wrist stage, which «gives you all the momentum you're going to get,» says Jeff Kommers, a technical staff member at MIT.

The result is that you can use large amounts of energy at night to heat up the thermal mass of the building, after which you can turn off the heating altogether in the morning peak and during the daytime, when the total power consumption and energy price are at their highest.

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.

Now, demand response features allow electric utilities to adjust your thermostat during peak times to improve grid stability and shift energy demand.

Customers could track their consumption and opt to buy more energy during off - peak hours, when it is cheaper and more plentiful.

«If we were to connect the array's output to the single resistive element found in a conventional hot water heater, it would operate at peak efficiency for only a brief period, and waste much of the energy during the hours when the incoming current was poorly matched to the resistive element,» says Hunter Fanney, the co-inventor of the system.

Xu says he thinks utilities will appreciate a product that helps limit energy consumption during peak hours, helping avoid blackouts and the need to buy energy from other utilities in extremely high demand situations.

And this is a key differentiator when it comes the importance of carbohydrates and performance: Carbohydrates, specifically muscle glycogen, provide a very fast source of energy, making it possible for an athlete to perform at peak levels during intense exercise.

In a further similar study, Suchomel et al. (2015a) found that the vertical displacement during the jump shrug, the peak landing force, and the potential energy of the system at peak vertical displacement were all found at the lowest load used (30 % of 1RM hang power clean).

Our speculation is VESPA keeps the athlete «locked into» high level fat metabolism even when concentrated carbohydrates are introduced back into the diet and during fueling and the high insulin sensitivity gained from the physiological shift to the «Fat - Adapted metabolic State» allows the carbs to be quickly and sustainably be converted to energy for only the very peak part of the aerobic spectrum and any surges into the anaerobic spectrum of metabolism.

We know the peak hours for schools in terms of energy usage are during the day, so we look for deals which provide the best market prices to suit your timetable.

Major transit investments contribute to the livability of communities by reducing air pollution, offering additional travel capacity during periods of congestion (including peak commuting hours), and promoting compact urban land use patterns that reduce energy use.

Investment in transit infrastructure also contributes to the livability of our cities and communities by reducing air pollution, reducing congestion (during peak commuting periods) and promoting urban land use patterns (that reduce energy use).

Owners can set charging times and settings to allow the IONIQ Plug - In to pre-condition and charge during off - peak energy demand, and there is the ability to see EV range and EV charging points on the sat - nav.

Installing a programmable thermostat to regulate the temperature during the peak of summer could shave 5 % to 15 % off your energy bill over the course of a year.

Sign up at flexalert.org for an alert to conserve energy during peak demand.

This energy requirement increase is even more significant during lactation and reaches its peak at approximately three weeks after delivery, when energy and food intake can be three to four times above maintenance.

The cuisine at Pinnacles on Telo has been tailored to provide an authentic Indonesian culinary experience, while the chosen ingredients emphasize fresh, healthy, super food / performance enhancing nourishment to maintain peak energy levels during the adventure.

Meals are all - inclusive — with the exception of select beverages — at the Aganoa Lodge Samoa and have been designed to emphasize fresh, healthy, super - food / performance - enhancing nourishment to maintain peak energy levels during the experience.

The more energy used during peak hours, the more carbon emissions from these plants, the worse it is for our environment.

During peak hours, when the grid experiences a surge in usage, it's forced to use energy from outdated power plants that release far more carbon emissions than regular plants (sometimes up to 10 times more).

It will store energy generated at a big wind farm and deliver power during peak hours in South Australia.

Energy Efficiency / Demand Response / Use Curtailment will be another piece of the puzzle... simply put we need to consume less power, especially curtailing use during peak demand.

Some utilities offer incentives for using less energy, while others have different pricing for different times of day where energy consumed during peak hours is more expensive.

In explaining the value of BrightSource Energy's concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) capability, the company's Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications Joe Desmond described a 2006 California «heat storm» during which «the California ISO reached its all - time maximum demand» and had «about 3,000 megawatts of wind available,» but «the amount of wind delivering electricity into the system when it hit its peak demand was 1 percent.&Energy's concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) capability, the company's Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications Joe Desmond described a 2006 California «heat storm» during which «the California ISO reached its all - time maximum demand» and had «about 3,000 megawatts of wind available,» but «the amount of wind delivering electricity into the system when it hit its peak demand was 1 percent.&energy storage (TES) capability, the company's Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications Joe Desmond described a 2006 California «heat storm» during which «the California ISO reached its all - time maximum demand» and had «about 3,000 megawatts of wind available,» but «the amount of wind delivering electricity into the system when it hit its peak demand was 1 percent.»

EPA also set basic criteria to highlight on the ENERGY STAR product finder products capable of supporting demand response; this «connected» functionality allows products to reduce their electricity usage during peak periods and shift charging to non-peak times.

Though small by today's standards — the wind turbine's blades were less than one third the length of those installed offshore by Deepwater Wind — the 200 kilowatt - capacity turbine produced as much as 11 percent of the island's energy needs during off - peak winter months.

This tariff incentivises generation during peak demand hours and will allow the plant to capitalise on the dispatchable energy that CSP technology can offer to the grid.»

This is because the utility separates the day into «peak» and «off peak» hours, and charges different rates for energy used during each time period.

This will allow solar energy generators to store energy during peak generation times, and use the stored energy at peak price times.

The larger problem is that the energy can be produced on - demand with the coal but with PV it is produced during peak sunlight hours which in the UK is about 6 hours per day in the summer and 2 hours per day in the winter.

Wind energy supplied at 1 am does not have the same value as electricity produced during the daily peak.

It should account for the regular cycling of energy efficient units during the period of annual peak load.