Apple has created a new subsidiary called Apple Energy LLC, with plans to use renewable energy to help power its operations as well as sell
the excess electricity generated from its solar farms to wholesale markets in the U.S.
Customers usually receive some sort of compensation for
excess electricity generated, often called «Net Surplus Compensation,» which reflects the cost savings for the utility company for those kWh.
In addition, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan's leading mobile carrier, is said to be considering developing a scheme to install solar panels and wind power generation systems on their base - station steel towers, which currently number about 90,000 nationwide, and to sell
the excess electricity generated on these towers.
Under net metering,
excess electricity generated by the solar installation is valued at the same retail rate customers would pay the utility for it, which allows them to cancel out the cost of electricity they purchase from their utility at other times.
We do feed back into the grid
excess electricity generated.
One of the most promising ideas for storing renewable energy is to use
the excess electricity generated from renewables to split water into oxygen and hydrogen; the hydrogen can then be fed into fuel - cell vehicles.
The way to make renewables more reliable is to store
the excess electricity generated during times of plenty (when there are high winds, for instance, or strong sun) and release it later to match the actual demand.
In a detailed study, APERC concluded that
excess electricity generating capacity could be efficiently shared between the three countries.
As a result, California today has a large amount of
excess electricity generating capacity without being able to know if much of it will be available from day to day and week to week.
Not exact matches
If I do so, I'm pretty sure I'll also get the Tesla Powerwall battery system to store
excess solar power -
generated electricity for use at night or whenever conditions are suboptimal.
His system can reportedly
generate pretty much all of the
electricity the home needs and can store
excess energy in the Powerwalls.
The concept permits the «consumer», who is
generating heat or
electricity for their own needs, to send their surplus electrical power back into the power grid or share
excess heat via a distributed heating grid.
When
excess electricity is
generated, it may not be stored and could be wasted, rather than saved for when power is needed.
For longer trips, the Clarity Plug - in Hybrid can utilize its 1.5 - liter Atkinson cycle 4 - cylinder engine to
generate electricity and, under certain conditions, to act as a direct power source, resulting in an anticipated overall driving range rating in
excess of 330 miles (531 km).
Doing this with our organic wastes - biofuel crop, some energy is
generated and we could greatly expand windmill
generated electricity that has no GHG emissions and actually recycles some of the energy
excess created by fossil fuels.
> we can not sell all the
excess electricity that we
generate all the time.
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Sandia scientists find the optimal way to mop up surplus solar flux on CSP towers
Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to
generate additional
electricity at a tower CSP plant, by cladding part of the tower containing the receiver with photovoltaic (PV) panels, according to Sandia scientist Cliff Ho.
The lake authority doesn't own the 18 + acre / feet of rain which falls on my land and since I don't use but a tiny fraction of that and they use the
excess instead to
generate electricity and sell to downstream customers when they sent me a bill for 1 acre / foot I sent them a bill in return for 17 acre / feet.
As long as you are connected to the grid, your system does not need a battery:
excess power goes back into the grid, and you can draw from the grid if you need more
electricity than your panels can
generate.
When the
electricity generated by your solar energy system is more than you use in your home, the energy gets exported back to the grid and your utility buys the
excess electricity from you at a couple cents per kilowatt hour.
Net metering policies also allow end - users to receive a credit or payment for the net
excess electricity that is
generated and exported to the grid.
In addition to incentives, many states, such as California, implement a net energy metering (NEM) policy that allows consumers who
generate excess electricity to be reimbursed at the then - prevailing rate of
electricity.
For example, let's say your solar panels
generated 10 kWh of
excess electricity for the grid during a sunny day and then you consumed 10 kWh of
electricity at night.
The PV power systems dealt with under this law are ones scaled for factories and other facilities that
generate 10 kilowatts or more of
electricity, as opposed to smaller units for residences (which will be applied for
excess electricity purchasing).
In fact I have a $ 380 credit on my electric bill since I have
generated over 3 megawatts
excess electricity onto the grid so far.»
Without net metering you couldn't use the credit from your
excess solar energy
generated during the day to cover your
electricity use at night
By installing solar panels and Tesla Powerwall batteries on thousands of houses, the system would allow homes to
generate their own
electricity and feed
excess power to the grid.
When it comes to solar PV systems, the FiT is aimed at factories and other facilities that
generate 10 kW or more of
electricity as opposed to smaller units for residences, which will be applied for
excess electricity purchasing.
Next to low temperature heating, activation of the thermal mass and reuse of grey water, photovoltaics
generate enough energy to have a surplus on a yearly basis, allowing for an electric car to use the
excess electricity.
She has a small hydro - electric plant developed on a stream in the estate forest that
generates enough to supply
electricity to the 1,000 residents in the area with the
excess sold to the national grid.
WWF say that going beyond 60 % depends on whether there's a market in other countries for the
excess electricity the UK would
generate at times of high renewable production / low demand.
Not only would a system like this allow power to be fed into the grid at times of low generation, but it could profitably divert wind -
generated electricity from the grid at those times when there was
excess generation.
While these policies vary in details, customers with such systems are typically credited at the full retail electric rate for any
excess electricity that they
generate and «sell» back to the utility.
It references its own experiences operating with 100 percent renewable energy here in the US and the work of its subsidiary, Apple Energy LLC, which sells the
excess electricity the company
generates back to the grid.