Sentences with phrase «electricity grid in»

It goes without saying that the system must be connected to the utility's electricity grid in order for excess power to flow out through the meter.

A new study by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at the impact that plug - in hybrids (and indirectly, electric cars) might have on the US electricity grid in the next few decades.

«There's no question that the electricity grid in Puerto Rico was in very bad shape prior to the two hurricanes,» Enck told Global Citizen.

In addition, there will be efforts to determine what new, more flexible, and efficient natural gas technologies best fit into an electricity grid in transition.

Both naysayers in the utility industry and boosters for the fossil fuel and nuclear industries have long expressed skepticism as to whether or not the electricity grid in the United States can handle large amounts of renewable energy.

Last week, when the coal - fired Loy Yang power plant in Victoria tripped and went offline, the Tesla battery delivered 100 megawatts into the national electricity grid in 140 milliseconds.

Wind energy will be an important player in cleaning electricity grids in Alberta and Saskatchewan and across Canada clean electricity grids will be needed for reducing fossil fuel use in other sectors through electrification and in the United States through clean energy exports.

But these benefits differ depending on how electricity grids in different regions generate their electricity according to a UCS study.

The Gen 3 nuclear power plants are too big for most electricity grids in the world.

A mix bag today, highlighting the importance of electricity grids in expanding renewable energy, the global expansion of fracking, a wolf in sheep's clothing CCS project, and some massively good news for Indian wind power.

Germany still has one of the most reliable electricity grids in the world.

Not exact matches

Of course, we do not know what grid based electricity will cost in 2030.

In what the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission called «the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred,» the attacker - who may have been an insider - fired about 100 rounds of.30 - caliber rifle ammunition into the radiators of 17 electricity transformers over the course of 19 minutes.

That results in a grid price in 2017 dollars of 9.0 cents for an average kWh of electricity in the US.

And China, Russia and North Korea are all trying to break into the grid, potentially to disrupt the U.S. electricity supply the way Russia has in Ukraine in recent years.

And more is needed to protect overseas bases, which are vulnerable because other countries» civilian electricity grids are as vulnerable as those in the U.S.

«Most of the turbines are already feeding green electricity into the grid,» Pierre Lestienne, managing director and CFO of Nordsee One, said in a statement.

• Gainline Capital Partners made an investment in Integrated Energy Services Corporation, a provider of grid relationship management software and demand response services to commercial electricity customers.

Building owners are also interested in buying batteries so that they can run buildings off of battery power when electricity rates from the power grid are high.

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO - E), which runs the grid powering 25 separate European countries, disclosed recently that «frequency deviations» in power supply have been experienced across the network since mid-January.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has achieved a significant milestone at its waste - to - energy plant in Shenton Park, with Western Power approving its connection to the electricity grid.

Another plus: the introduction of so - called net metering, unknown in the»70s, which allows power - generating home owners and businesses to feed unneeded electricity back into the grid and thus run their meters backward.

«Our solar plants are going to lose over half of their ability to generate electricity during the two to two and a half hours that the eclipse will be impacting our area,» says Steven Greenlee, spokesperson for the California Independent System Operator, or CAISO, one of the largest independent grid operators in the world.

Under her leadership, the company invested $ 15 billion in modernizing its electricity infrastructure, including spending on «smart» meters (which allow companies to monitor use remotely), auto - switching devices that allow employees to monitor usage and outages from a distance, and technology that helps the grid «self - heal» by rerouting electricity around a damaged power line.

Small - scale solar panels generate electricity more cheaply than buying from the grid in certain parts of the United States.

Alternatively, as has also been an issue in the context of the switch to smart electricity grids, where the transmission system owner remains part of a vertically integrated firm, it has an incentive to implement network upgrades in a manner that excludes third parties from the competitive segments.

Police in the north China city of Tianjin confiscated 600 computers used to mine bitcoin cryptocurrency after the local power grid operator reported abnormal electricity usage, Xinhua reported Wednesday.

The smart grid in both America and the UK uses communications technology such as smart meters to maximize the efficiency and affordability of electricity.

Up to this point, solar customers in Nevada were paid retail rate for electricity they back on the grid.

Among the biggest changes to the rate structure will be in how much customers are paid for the electricity they put back on the grid, though net metering.

Since electricity generated from solar and wind flows into the grid, Google simply has to invest in enough turbines and solar panels to cover its total energy consumption to make good on its goal.

Energy regulators in the state are battling utility companies over net metering, which is the process through which solar customers get a credit for a certain amount of electricity that they send back to the grid.

Firms mining bitcoin have also taken to moving to remote locations, not registering a company and engaging in the mildly illegal activity of purchasing electricity directly from power producers rather than grid operators.

Instead, we should invest in an enhanced east - west electricity grid and bring in renewables from neighbouring provinces, while Alberta takes advantage of its huge potential in solar and wind.

Alberta and Saskatchewan stand out in Canada with power grids still heavily reliant upon fossil fuels, but both recently released targets for significantly more electricity generation from renewable sources.

Police have reportedly arrested six individuals in Tianjin for mining bitcoin with electricity from the power grid — without paying for it.

This allows him to sell back the electricity stored in his Powerwall to the grid at the optimum time to make the most profit.

The line is a key choke point for Puerto Rico's power grid, carrying electricity from generators in the south of the island to load centers in the north.

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«While more remains to be done to optimize our electricity system — building transmission lines to carry more clean power to those jurisdictions still burning fossil fuels, investing in smarter grids in our towns and cities, bringing more clean power online — these regulations create a foundation as we transition to clean energy and an economy built to last.»

Police in north China's Tianjin municipality have expropriated 600 Bitcoin mining computers after a local power grid reported faulty electricity consumption.

The rollout of «smart grid» systems and new energy storage technologies can strengthen Canada's reputation as a leader in clean electricity.

The fact is we have a coal - free electricity grid here in Ontario and... I expect that value system could be shared.»

Responding to tight market conditions and the growing demand from automotive electrification and stationary grid storage of electricity, the price of cobalt has continued its ascent from US$ 10 / lb in early 2016 to more than US$ 40 / lb today.

Add to this an economic rebound, and Texas» grid operator is predicting a 2.7 % increase in peak electricity demand in the summer of 2018 over the previous record, set in August 2016.

The electricity executives estimated that a rapid decarbonization of Alberta's grid would cost in the order an additional one penny per Kwh.

Global Water Engineering has partnered with Chokyuenyong Industrial in Thailand to cut effluent COD pollution levels at its cassava production plant by more than 95 percent while extracting gas from its wastewater to power its boilers and generate electricity for its own use and to sell back to the provincial grid.

The proven GWE anaerobic technology has been demonstrated in more than 300 projects completed worldwide, including more than 70 that generate biogas to replace fossil fuels in fuelling boilers and processing plant or to sellback to the electricity grid.

Similar global expertise is embodied in the GWE anaerobic technologies of which more than 300 have been completed worldwide, including more than 70 that generate biogas to replace fossil fuels in fuelling boilers and processing plant or to sellback to the electricity grid.

The $ 127 million in new projects are dependent on upgrades to regional infrastructure, particularly energy, and Murray Goulburn is looking for government support for gas connectivity and to improve the electricity grid.