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In addition to generating clean energy, clean DG resources like rooftop solar can make the electric grid more resilient and reduce the need for expensive grid infrastructure.

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.

Not exact matches

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

A steadily increasing number of people will want to get in on the «new Bitcoin,» a bizarre paradox given that gold is as old as time, and will soon realize that gold possesses virtues Bitcoin does not, given that it is real, not digital and abstract; that owners can personally possess and store it in physical form; that it will survive any kind of electric grid or Internet disruption that might occur; that it can not ever be hacked; that it is the epitome of private, quiet wealth; that it is actually quite beautiful to behold; and that it was not and can not be made by man, only by God, who does not appear to have any interest in making any more of it.

Hurricane Maria did more than destroy Puerto Rico's electric grid and water supply.

The Army Corps of Engineers is ending its work to rebuild Puerto Rico's electric grid despite fears the island's government won't be able to restore power on its own to more than 16,000 people who remain blacked out eight months after Hurricane Maria.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

Superstorm Sandy may have been the worst disaster to hit the LIPA electric grid, but the storm's aftermath brought a wave of changes that included a new system operator, badly needed technology and infrastructure upgrades, and more than $ 1.4 billion in federal funding to repair and prepare for the next big storm.

In addition, LIPA and PSEG - Long Island — which manages LIPA's electric grid — are now seeking additional proposals for projects that would generate 280 MW more in renewable energy, including solar, natural gas and wind.

Taking FitzPatrick off our electric grid could force New York to rely on more expensive generators that create more pollution.

That certainly becomes true when we look beyond electric cars to an even more pressing energy problem: how to store electricity on the grid.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

Smart electrical grids and energy storage options would allow utilities to operate more efficiently by helping them manage spikes in the demand for electric power.

In contrast, the U.S. grid relies predominantly on steam electric generation, making restoration much more difficult, and a recovery as fast as Quebec's «is highly unlikely.»

As adoption increases, utilities will have to figure out the best way to have enough electricity on the grid to charge more and more cars without affecting rates and reliability for those with and without electric cars, he said.

Instead, the network switched off the show, despite spending more than a year negotiating the mass turn - off with the country's electric grid.

«More than anything, the electric vehicle offers opportunities for renewables integration and grid reliability through vehicle grid integration.»

A recent study found that an electric car charged by utilities at night in the regional grid that stretches across Ohio, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia creates more greenhouse gas pollution than if owners plugged in their vehicles at random times throughout the daytime, when the utility fuel mixes are more varied.

In addition, this expansion of very hot days will stress the nation's aging electric grid, driving up cooling costs as air conditioners will likely be used more frequently.

You may have the illusion that developing countries will survive well, because they have more people already off - grid, like the 600 million people in India without electric power.

All practical commercial power reactors must be capable of quickly adapting to the changing demand on the electric grid, more important today with increased grid contributions from unsteady (e.g., non-constant) solar and wind sources, and SMR - 160 ideally suits that need.

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.

The proposed switch, which GE is developing under contract with the DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, could contribute to a more advanced and reliable electric grid and help lower utility bills.

Working closely with partners Schneider Electric and GDF Suez (Laborelec), the International Polar Foundation team developed a smart grid that is three times more efficient than any existing conventional energy network.

I added a Berkey to my Amazon cart and wanted one badly but the budget just never allowed.We have well water that has never been tested tat I recall and would just feel safer to have a more filtered water.Also security if electric grid was down..

Far from being a burden on the grid, EPRI says that if we plugged 10 million electric cars into the grid it would only add about 1 percent more electric load.

Using V2G - technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but... Read more →

The May issue looks at the role of money in elections, the need to upgrade the electric grid, the role of legislative staff, state support of long - term health services and much more.

From vehicle - to - grid charging to a longer range electric van, these announcements are more than the sum of their parts.

When the wind turbines in Denmark are producing more power than can be used locally (and indeed «locally» is an oversimplification of how an electric grid works), it flows through the rest of the grid; when they're not meeting local demand, power flows in from France, Germany, Switzerland, or wherever.

There's the electric SUV approach, which uses as much or more energy than at present, but gets it from less CO2 - intensive sources such as the electric grid.

She explains that in all but three grid regions in China, electric vehicles produce more CO2 per mile because of the coal source for the power than the equivalent gasoline - powered car:

Wind - energy Entrepreneur Pursues Electric Sports Car Back in May, Dale Vince, CEO of UK - based wind energy developer Ecotricity, released a little more information about his forthcoming electric sports car project, which he insisted was «not another Tesla», and only a few days ago he was musing as to whether the UK grid could handle all - electrElectric Sports Car Back in May, Dale Vince, CEO of UK - based wind energy developer Ecotricity, released a little more information about his forthcoming electric sports car project, which he insisted was «not another Tesla», and only a few days ago he was musing as to whether the UK grid could handle all - electrelectric sports car project, which he insisted was «not another Tesla», and only a few days ago he was musing as to whether the UK grid could handle all - electricelectric cars.

They knew 30 years ago that climate change could impact the electric grid with «more severe storms» and «destructive waves» caused by sea level rise.

«There is enormous technical potential to using microgrids to make electric service more resilient in the face of loss of bulk grid power,» said the report.

We saw a sketch of an electric car drawing power from the wind and storing energy from the grid, a photo of farmer taking off a hay crop while a wind turbine generates royalty income for his family from the same field, an illustration of wind energy at the centre of a clean and vibrant cityscape, and many more examples of how Canadians are becoming more conscious about where our electricity comes from, how we use it, and how our choices can contribute to a more prosperous and sustainable world.

Currently, more than half of American households have smart meters and they are increasingly being deployed by utilities around the country as part of utility efforts to modernize the electric grid.

Includes more and better rebates for electric vehicles (EVs) and EV chargers, municipal guidance for curbside EV charging, and a requirement that electric companies develop proposals for time - of - use EV charging to encourage off - peak use of the grid.

We're seeing incredible progress in energy storage and real progress on smarter and more flexible electric grids, revealing huge potential to revolutionize energy markets — for the benefit of the environment and our economies.

The emphasis would have shifted to grid - scale solar — large solar fields that send power directly into the electric grid, generally cost less per kilowatt to build, and, DEEP argued, are far more cost - effective.

They will also produce surplus electric power for the local grid, which will displace more fossil fuels.

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.

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Expanding energy efficiency and demand side management, adding more renewable energy, and shifting the fuel mix of the local electric grid have emerged as critical strategies for cities striving to achieve ambitious climate goals.

It is interesting to note that in California Gov. Jerry «Moonbeam» Brown pushed legislative reform of the state's environmental law (CEQA) to fast track and streamline concentrated solar farm installations without regard for loss of bird life and the habitat the birds live on (e.g. insects); and more recently has fast tracked the installation of expensive batteries on its electric grid in record time without the usual delays for environmental clearances (see: «A Big Test for Big Batteries», New York Times, Jan. 14, 2017) but apparently did not even have on a back burner a project to fix the open and notorious Oroville Dam spillway defects and deficiencies.

Some utilities will also pay more for electricity from home solar during peak hours and the energy storage system can also send electricity back to the grid during those times to maximize your electric bill savings.

In most states the systems provide your power needs throughout the day and if your system produces more electricity than your home is using, it sends the excess back to the electric grid, selling your extra solar power back to the utility where it can be used by your neighbors and others.

Rather, area grid electricity tends to come from Clean Hydro - Electric resources, and regional Wind resources may have even more potential.