Sentences with phrase «excess grid capacity»

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Second, batteries can't release all their energy quickly, so grids need excess battery capacity to cope with short surges in demand over and above normal fluctuations.

«They can act as storage batteries for the grid, soaking up excess capacity,» Pratt says.

Lastly, in a grid with 100 % renewable power production, the generation capacity would need to be ten times larger than the peak load, and excess electricity would surpass the EU annual electricity consumption.

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.

Some surplus is required in any grid to meet peak demand and to have reserve capacity, but the extent of the excess capacity reveals the extent to which the government and private interests overbuilt, and can not be blamed on the popularity of solar PV alone

In fact, thanks to the existing grid's excess capacity at night, it should be possible to support up to 30 percent of the nation's vehicles equipped with plug - in batteries of 20 - mile range and not have to expand electricity - generation.

This may be reasonable in isolated island areas with small local grids, where the cost of undersea grid links to the main land, to export occasional excess power, is very high, and it does mean that more / new renewable capacity can be added to supply a larger contribution at other times.

And furthermore they only use about 25 % of the plant's capacity with the excess fed in to the state's power grid.

But even if new electrical storage capacity is added and the electrical grid is improved so excess electricity from thousands of rooftop solar arrays can be sent to distant locales in need of power, DeShazo says, he doesn't expect solar — industrial - scale or rooftop — to grow quickly enough to play a dominant role in L.A.'s power mix in his lifetime.