Sentences with phrase «electric grid»

Still, this is an exciting step toward the inevitable disruption of electric grids as we know them.

The four trucks are part of a nationwide fleet of 140 plug in hybrids to test consumer usage, fuel economy, impact on electric grid, and much more.

Remote, rural populations far removed from electric grids are a central focus of their strategy.

A couple of decades ago, the notion that renewable energy could possibly replace fossil fuels was considered irrational, as many argued it would hinder the American electric grid reliability.

It's unfortunate that adding new power lines is expensive, but the current electric grid system is old and must be updated.

It could also, in theory, be a drain on local or national electric grids, depending on how large digital networks and mining farms become.

The current electric grid could accommodate tens of millions of plug - in vehicles as long as they are charged up overnight.

But electric grid operators basically pull this off, balancing supply and demand every few seconds by turning power plants on and off.

We want to see a migration of services that are now fueled by natural gas, diesel, and gasoline to being powered by this new, clean electric grid.

The next step involved figuring out how to power the new electric grid.

These systems are connected to your local electric grid as well as your home.

Questions about electric grids and electric power generation capacity are distractions.

They will also lead to potentially extremely costly electric grid instability and load shedding when electric power is most needed.

Since the system isn't tied to the utility and electric grid there aren't as many incentives offered for an off - grid system.

They observed, in other words, a basic, biological electric grid and one that, because of its size, offers very little resistance to the flow of electrons.

The smaller size also makes these reactors ideal for small electric grids and for locations that can not support large reactors, offering utilities the flexibility to scale production as demand changes.

Power plants are part of an interconnected electric grid.

I have been reading lately about the «global electric grid».

This project will support the generation facilities of 3.5 MW with clean, renewable energy, thus avoiding the need to use energy from the regular electric grid.

The report measures investment in terms of how much wind energy capacity was built and connected to the national electric grid.

This means that we are making VERY slow progress towards electric cars, and this is why the current electric grid will be enough until 2020.

Innovators gather in DC this week to discuss how to modernize the U.S. electric grid in the face of a changing electricity sector.

As Puerto Rico rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, we share a vision for a cleaner, more resilient electric grid with solar and battery - based energy storage.

Efforts to integrate storage into electric grids continue to struggle as a federally backed flywheel company goes bankrupt

Cheap natural gas and the growth in renewable energy are speeding up the closure of coal and nuclear plants, putting the resilience of the U.S. electric grid at risk, according to an Energy Department report released on Wednesday.

I - 937 was passed by the voters to diversify and clean up Washington's electric grid by requiring utilities to generate at least 15 % of their electricity from new, non-hydro, renewable sources such as wind and solar.

Yet even before any wind farms were built, the cable would channel existing supplies of electricity from southern Virginia, where it is cheap, to northern New Jersey, where it is costly, bypassing one of the most congested parts of the North American electric grid while lowering energy costs for northern customers.

On top of this, the report notes that solar thermal cooling technology - in which the sun's heat is used to power thermally driven absorption chillers or evaporation devices to cool air - can reduce the burden on electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildings.

«Improving AC efficiency pays a big bonus for climate, as well as taking pressure off electric grid and reducing AC operating cost for consumers.»

With so much attention being paid to deficits and budget planning, do we account for needed funds for damages ahead of time as disaster relief, or do we spend more money on infrastructure improvements like levees, higher seawalls, modernizing electric grids and wastewater treatment?

Rayko Toshev's doctoral dissertation «Risks and Prospects of Smart Electric Grids Systems measured with Real Options» will be on April 1, 2016.

---------------------------------------------------------- IF electric grid power was available... Big IF.

Creates a path toward a 100 % clean energy electric grid in Washington by prioritizing clean energy investments.

«Tom's leadership has played an integral role in building a more resilient, reliable electric grid on Long Island and he has proven himself to be a responsible steward for LIPA,» Cuomo said.

In early 2016, Dr Clack was co-lead author of a seminal paper on the integration of wind and solar for the US electric grid in Nature Climate Change along with several coauthors.

All told, in only four months, Salvadoran guerillas attacked that country's electric grid more than 150 times, blacking out some cities for as long as seven weeks.

It's a blatant attempt to justify the need for big coal fired power plants, since in his memo Perry writes: «Baseload power is necessary to a well - functioning electric grid.»

«Community solar companies stand ready to invest tens of millions of dollars in private capital to upgrade public energy infrastructure — new distribution lines, new, more reliable equipment at substations — all of these upgrades benefit the solar project participants but also result in a more reliable and resilient electric grid for everyone,» Cramer said.

SparkCognition prevents attacks on things like electric grids and railroads by analyzing data from equipment sensors as well as external threat information.

And it would make electricity grids unstable, leading to more frequent and widespread, costly and often fatal, brownouts and blackouts — events mercifully rare in wealthy countries but all too familiar to billions of people living in countries without comprehensive, stable electric grids supplied by stable fossil or nuclear fuels.

Bangladesh and Kenya showed gains in urban and rural areas with integrated strategies that include centralized electric grid infrastructure as well as mini-grid and off - grid energy systems such as solar home systems which are already powering millions of rural households, helped by supportive policies that spur diverse types of public and private finance for energy access projects and companies.

The Midwestern state that launched the political careers of Presidents Lincoln and Obama isn't as well known for its leadership in electric grid technology.

Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), a Toronto - based cleantech company with a unique solution to improve electric grid reliability, and Hitachi High - Technologies Corporation of Japan, today unveiled the first component of SEI's planned chipset product line for smart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery District.