Sentences with phrase «electric grid system»

The Solar Electric Power Association also issued a report on the value of solar to the electric grid system — Ratemaking, Solar Value and Solar Net Energy Metering — A Primer.

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

While algae - powered fuel cells are unlikely to generate enough electricity to power a grid system, they may be particularly useful in areas such as rural Africa, where sunlight is in abundance but there is no existing electric grid system.

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

Rayko Toshev's doctoral thesis in Industrial Management «Risks and Prospects of Smart Electric Grids Systems measured with Real Options» analyses electricity price risk levels and evaluates smart grid R&D projects and technology opportunities, using real option pricing method.

Not exact matches

Rossello highlighted how the island's electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States.

We need companies to invest and people to look at small grid power systems, combinations of wind and diesel, thermal energy, hydro electric energy things that can be tailored for these individual villages depending on their location.

Those comments, plus inquiries sent to the utilities by the commission staff, showed that efforts to harden the state's electric grid «have worked» to minimize damage to the system, Ballinger said.

The initial $ 220 million investment in the fiber optic system was funded, in part, by a $ 111.6 million federal grant provided as part of the federal stimulus program in 2010 designed to spur jobs and the development of a smarter electric grid.

We raise much of our food, burn wood for heat, water is gravity spring (no pump), private septic system, solar power I installed feeds grid back, no electric bill, wireless internet tower income pays our property taxes, so basically we can live on a vastly reduced income should it be needed, Much of our savings is in precious metals.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --(April 6, 2016)-- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has formed a strategic alliance with TransCanyon, LLC (TransCanyon), a joint venture between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, to jointly pursue competitive transmission opportunities solicited by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO), the operator for the majority of California's transmission grid.

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.

Awarded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), $ 8.3 million in funding will support LIPA's Solar Pioneer program, which offers rebates to homeowners who install new residential grid - connected solar electric systems.

Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb Earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grids, radio communication, GPS systems, satellite operations, oil and gas drilling and air travel.

A plug - in hybrid electric uses a traction - drive power electronics system to propel the car forward by providing force to the car's wheels and has a charger for recharging the high - voltage battery when it is plugged into the power grid.

That way, homeowners will be able to install smaller and cheaper solar power systems while being able to use electricity from the grid only as backup, reducing the electric power demand, or load, on the utility's grid.

The newly available data gives researchers a treasure trove of measurements they can use to better understand how space weather works and how best to protect critical infrastructure, such as the nation's satellites, aircraft, communications networks, navigation systems, and electric power grid.

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, spread across 3,500 acres of federal land, started feeding power to the grid in September.

Surplus power can be fed into the public grid as well as be used for charging the household electric vehicle,» explains Dominik Noeren, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg.

He adds that Missouri S&T provides «a unique contribution to the information assurance field with our focus on developing ways to protect the nation's electric power grid, oil, gas and water distribution systems; and transportation systems from terrorist attacks.»

Electric currents that flow into and out of the ionosphere, which AMPERE monitors, have various effects on it as well as the atmosphere in general that can cause problems with tracking LEO space debris, the use of GPS systems, and even terrestrial power plants — as was the case when a geomagnetic storm took down Quebec's power grid in 1989, Anderson says, adding, «The operators didn't know what was happening.»

«They can see how much power is coming from either the public grid or the household solar system, and they can see where it is going — to the heat pump, household appliances, or the electric vehicle,» says Noeren.

But as Kurt E. Yeager, former president of the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., points out, such standards «aren't worth the paper they're written on until we have a power system, a grid, that is capable of assimilating that intermittent energy without having to build large quantities of backup power, fossil - fueled, to enable it.»

Innovative companies like Better Place and Nuvve are testing speedy battery replacement systems and ways to sell power from battery electrics back to the grid, respectively.

The plan includes funding for programs to modernize the electric grid and to create tax incentives for replacing aging systems (e.g., natural gas pipelines).

We look forward to engaging with FERC, DOE, and grid operators in an examination of what resilience of the electric power system means and requires, and to demonstrating the contribution of our industries to ensuring reliable power for all.»

«How do transportation networks like a subway system or an electric grid resolve the tension between two competing objectives, such as cost and performance?

Your electric bill goes up, or the grid goes down... traditional power generation has served us well over the years, but with an aging system and increased demand, relying on it for all our energy needs has drawbacks.

I think we can agree that the current grid would not support the kind of huge power draws we're talking about here but we should also be able to agree that, if the demand was there, the electirc utilities would find a way to make it work, even if the electric system in houses will never have the capability of handling 100K watts.

There'll be plenty of other issues, too, when operators are riding in the back seats of their own cars, drunk, high, and shagging; when the electric grid fails; when terrorists hijack the systems; and when Grandma heads to her local CVS in Ho - Ho - Kus, New Jersey, for some bunion pads and winds up at the grindcore convention in Worcester, Massachusetts, because her 2020 Ford Taurus thought that was where she belonged.

So I was excited to try out the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - in, which would not only debut a new hybrid system, but also could work as an electric vehicle with power from the grid.

Nissan Intelligent Integration The new Nissan LEAF links drivers, vehicles and communities through the user - friendly NissanConnectSM feature and systems that share power between electric vehicles and homes, buildings and power grids.

Nissan Intelligent Integration The new LEAF links drivers, vehicles and communities through the user - friendly NissanConnectSM feature and systems that share power between electric vehicles and homes, buildings and power grids.

After your solar system has been connected to the electric grid, your installer will file project completion documents.

Banking is part of the nation's financial infrastructure, which is to say that it's part of the overall national infrastructure in much the same way the interstate highway system and the electric power grid are.

In the case of electricity, a functioning electric grid requires a functioning electric grid — see the problem of black starting an electric system.

Environmentalists will rejoice at this, but the trend is so swift that owners and operators of electric power systems are legitimately worrying about whether the decline of coal will undermine reliability of the electric grid and also make the nation too dependent on natural gas.

The integrated «smart grid» electrical power network may be needed to make wind farm power available in the right places, but it will also perpetuate the most wasteful practice known to man which is the system of central power plants that throw away up to twice the heat energy as they manage to get converted into electric energy.

Also of potential large magnitude benefit, is (3) changing away from an electric power generating system where power plants are located in remote areas but are connected by a grid, whereby this practice has caused a massive energy wasting establishment.

The system is connected to the San Diego Gas and Electric grid and is the utility's biggest source of demand response.

State is making $ 3.5 million available for companies to help New York integrate renewable energy systems into electric grid and cut costs

Announcement follows $ 3.5 million made available last week for companies to help New York integrate renewable energy systems into electric grid and cut costs

But if millions of electric cars were plugged into the grid, they could act as mini-batteries, storing renewable electricity as it's generated — and eventually even channeling electricity back into grid during cloudy or windless days, a system called vehicle - to - grid.

We will give you a bill credit for 100 % of your system's outflow to the electric grid.

''... the wild card in this discussion is vehicles as EV shares increase, a whole new set of mobile distributed storage assets will enter the grid and involve transportation system needs, not just electric system needs,» Kelly Speakes - Backman, ESA.

The current system only requires electric providers to demonstrate to MISO, the federally - sanctioned regional grid operator in which most of Michigan is located, that providers have enough capacity to serve customer needs in the upcoming year.

With no moving parts, grid - tied solar electric systems (without batteries) requires virtually no maintenance.

Wind systems are thus usually operated in conjunction with electricity supplied from the grid — the grid supplied electricity serves as a backup to ensure constant electric power when there is no wind.

grid operations since the late 1990s, EIA's U.S. Electric System Operating Data tool expands the availability of data to the entire contiguous 48 states, and makes it available in a consistent format from a single source.

Among other applications, the data can be used to provide timely information on electric system recovery after power interruptions and to help evaluate the effects of renewable energy, smart grid, and demand - response programs on power system