Sentences with phrase «electricity grids while»

One of the many avenues currently being examined is how best to integrate intermittent renewable energy sources into existing electricity grids while still guaranteeing a reliable and steady supply.

In addition, configurations that include a thermal power cycle can support resource adequacy for the electricity grid while maximizing production of the thermal energy product if the markets sufficiently incentivize that option.

Not exact matches

«The electricity grid could become less reliable and less resilient while more information is being collected,» Bailey said.

As I wrote for NOVA Next, Germany stabilized its grid and electricity supply by dialing up its fossil fuel, nuclear, and hydro power, while also asking four energy - hogging aluminum smelters to dial down their power use temporarily.

While we do pay to access the electricity grid and for metered usage of it, just like the Internet, we don't pay yet again for individual uses of it.

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.

«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.»

Florida homeowners found out about this the hard way after Hurricane Irma, where the utility told residents with rooftop solar systems that they couldn't draw power from their panels while workers were restoring power due to the risks of sending errant electricity on the grid.

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.

«Electricity grid extension is generally uneconomical, while diesel generator sets are expensive to operate and maintain, and do not provide long - term environmentally and economically sustainable solutions, especially for the rural poor.

The Tories also want to introduce smart grids and smart meters which can match demand with supply, while a «decentralised energy revolution» will introduce a system of feed - in tariffs to encourage the micro-generation of electricity.

While the idea of driving an electric car may or may not appeal to you, no one can ignore the problems facing electricity grids.

People in Texas will plug in electric vehicles to their wind - powered grid, while Northeasterners might rely on nuclear - generated electricity.

In addition, this year, delayed monsoon rains increased farmers» demand for irrigation - related electricity while reducing the water available for hydroelectricity, which accounts for 20 percent of India's grid, according to Businessweek and Reuters.

Recent studies conclude that while some tech - savvy consumers will line up for smart grid applications for the home, most residential customers are not eager to manage their daily energy use, particularly with electricity prices at relatively low levels.

Since the experiment, most of the volunteers have been connected to the electricity grid, while the rest can expect it within months.

When the device senses a lower frequency, signaling less available electricity on the grid, it reacts by turning off certain functions of the appliance: a dryer might keep tumbling clothes but switch the heating coil off; a fridge light could stay on while the cooling motor took a break.

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.

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.

Thirty - eight universities buy green electricity from the grid (of which eight buy 100 per cent green energy), while 37 generate some of their electricity on - site, and the number with CHP installed is also 37.

That's the difference between regular hybrids and plug - in hybrids, one has a hybrid drivetrain while the other has an all - electric drivetrain and only the source of energy alternates between fully electric, using energy that has been taken from the grid, and hybrid, after this stored electricity has been exhausted.

While the electricity mix of the U.S. grid varies by region, the average mix in 2016 provides an energy source for the LEAF that is environmentally beneficial.

This one is more focused towards monitoring the electricity usage of all the gadgets in the home from a single location while also suggesting means that will lead to optimum usage of electricity.The launch of the tablet can be seen as an extension of Cisco's Home Energy Management Solution Suite which is a part of its Connected Grid portfolio of smart grid products as well as technologies that it had recently unveiled.

But mark my words, right - wingers will start screaming about compensation when all those shiny new gas - fired power plants they're building are threatened with closure when we start thinking seriously about building a modern grid that can shuttle electricity instead of curtailing renewable generation in one area while simultaneously turning on fossils in another.

So, they are importing electricity from other grids while at the same time curtailing RE generation.

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.

Real world experience has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that grid operators and utilities can comply with clean energy policies, while also providing a reliable supply of electricity.

In the case of a grid with 80 % renewables, the generation capacity needs to be six times larger than the peak load, while the excess electricity would be equal to 60 % of the EU's current annual electricity consumption.

Subtitle F: Transmission Planning -(Sec. 151) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish a federal policy for transmission planning that calls for regional electric grid planning that facilitates the deployment of renewable and other zero - carbon and low - carbon energy sources for generating electricity to reduce GHG emissions while ensuring reliability, reducing congestion, ensuring cyber-security, minimizing environmental harm, and providing for cost - effective electricity services throughout the United States.

While exporting electricity to the grid is no longer such a lucrative prospect, using solar power to reduce one's own energy consumption still brings price savings.

Times News Network: The Centre aims to achieve «electricity for all» by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021.

Ontario's planning process is essential if the province's electricity grid is going to operate at the lowest possible cost, while continuing to maintain low GHG emissions.

GENI focuses on extending access to electricity (through the grid) while tapping renewable sources to create the electricity.

Of course, 300 million Indians still lack access to electricity, while hundreds of millions more experience frequent shortages due to an unreliable grid.

High amount of distributed solar drove down electricity demand, and New England customers ended up using more electricity from the grid while sleeping than in the middle of the day.

Rooted in core knowledge of modern turbines and wind parks, combined with wind and irradiation resources and / or electricity storage, Vestas possess the know - how necessary to right - size hybrid power plants relative to project business case, while fulfilling grid requirements.

The gradual decarbonisation of our electricity grids — as renewable energy is phased in, while coal and peat are phased out — coupled with the proliferation of new buildings with very limited heat demand, has some experts asking if heating our homes and offices directly with electricity is starting to make sense again.

While the dam could provide baseload power to Queensland, its real long - term value could come through providing ongoing «load - balancing» to Queensland's electricity grid.

While solar makes up less than 1 % of its electricity supply currently, a PJM study concluded the grid could handle up to 20 % solar right now, without any new battery storage.

Hirth predicted that the economic value of wind on the European grid would decline 40 percent once it becomes 30 percent of electricity while the value of solar would drop by 50 percent when it got to just 15 percent.

This buoys future is likely to be in powering undersea research equipment and robots (instead of battery power), while the general aim of research elsewhere is to create «farms» of wave power buoys to supply onshore needs through the electricity grid.

Higher temperatures and increased intensity of droughts could compromise the electricity grid, while the number of people exposed to extremes of heat is likely to multiply at least fourfold, and perhaps more.

The idea is that situating two or more of them together not only increases the electricity output from each hectare of land while sharing one grid connection, but also reduces overall intermittency and operating costs.

Morris also said energy storage is «an innovative part of the California grid that provides key capabilities for operating a cleaner and more affordable grid, while also ramping up extremely quickly to meet electricity needs when solar power wanes, as we expect during the August 21st eclipse.»

Under net energy metering, solar system owners are credited at the retail rate for the excess solar energy that they feed onto the grid, while being charged normally for the electricity they draw from the grid.

Research at UT Austin shows that while installing significant amounts of solar power would increase annual grid management costs by $ 10 million in ERCOT, it would reduce annual wholesale electricity costs by $ 900 million.

Installations of wind generators continue to increase, and with them the challenge of successfully integrating large amounts of intermittent generation while still maintaining the moment - to - moment balance of electricity supply and demand that is essential for stable operation of the power grid.

While renewables have an important role to play in providing off - grid electricity to domestic users, it is impossible for an economy to develop without access to affordable, reliable, grid - based electricity.

«While your neighbor is receiving a credit (in the form of a reduced electricity bill) for putting excess energy back on the electricity grid, these outdated net metering policies overlook the costs to use, maintain, and update the grid.

The Energy Commission will conduct further analysis to identify solutions to integrate increasing levels of energy efficiency, smart grid infrastructure, and renewable energy while avoiding infrequent conditions of surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more electricity is being generated than there is load to consume it.