Sentences with phrase «fuel generators demand»
But unlike plants, practical solar fuel generators demand stable materials that do not need to be continuously replenished.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/ Not exact matches
«This means that the generator has many sweet spots,» says McDonald, who likens the concept to a car engine that saves fuel by shutting down cylinders when the driver demands less power.
These include on - demand delivery of fuel and generator management with recuperation of braking energy on the overrun, both of which are standard in the E 63 AMG.
The middle of the day was when the fossil fuel generators used to generate most revenue, because demand was highest.
The results showed fossil fuel generators, in the same periods when wind turbines had been operating, fluctuated their output to match demand but did not reduce their rate of coal consumption.
Perhaps in a year or two they may have some appreciation of the impact of photovoltaics upon peak demand, an impact the fossil fuel electricity generators are well aware of and are trying to limit; for what they see as their commercial gain.
All this consumes more fuel and emits more CO2 than would be the case if the fossil fuels were operating at their optimum efficiency, or just responding to demand without the added inefficiency caused by the intermittent renewable energy generators.
Generation fueled by natural gas and petroleum supplemented the baseload generators during peak and intermediate periods of demand.
Due to an increase in demand for natural gas for space and water heating, and limitations imposed by natural gas pipeline constraints, electricity generation from gas was unable to scale up, and the burden was transferred to oil as dual fuel generators switched over.
With ruinable generation on the grid, the fossil fuel generators now have to regulate not just for a variable customer demand but also the variable ruinable energy generation.
OSPE also note the actual value of a kWh of wind is 3 cents a kWh (fuel costs) as all it does is displace gas generators when it is generating during high demand periods.
So right now, most electrical generators burn more fossil fuel to meet extra demand.
Lloyd wrote «fossil fuel generators, in the same periods when wind turbines had been operating, fluctuated their output to match demand but did not reduce their rate of coal consumption.»
In submissions to the ongoing RET review, Origin, Energy Australia, and other fossil fuel electricity generators advocated the RET, now fixed at 20 % of the 2020 demand projected in 2009, be reduced to 20 % of the updated 2020 demand projection.