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.
Not exact matches
Existing
generators that
now need 6 cents to cover
fuel and operating costs would have to drastically cut costs, possibly restructure and surely pressure the
fuel suppliers to slash prices in order to remain competitive.
We
now fuel all of our diesel trucks (and diesel
generators) with «renewable diesel».
The challenge
now, scientists say, is to scale up the process to provide large amounts of hydrogen for various purposes, such as
fueling vehicles or small
generators.
With the exception of the alternator, which is replaced by motor -
generators, all components are
now electrically powered which means notably lower parasitic losses to the engine and improved
fuel consumption.
So right
now, most electrical
generators burn more fossil
fuel to meet extra demand.
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.