Sentences with phrase «grid needs»

Likening the electrical grid to the interstate highway system, Bennett suggested that the grid needs federal intervention.

This amount of variability in production is normal, however, to keep the lights on, the electrical grid needs to match electricity demand with electricity supply at all times.

The more wind and solar («variable renewable energy,» or VRE) there is on the grid, the more the grid needs flexible resources that can balance out the swings in VRE — jump in when it fades, or back out quickly when it surges.

Obviously the power grid needs a lot of work — not only to «harden» it against violent weather and solar flares, but to make it «smarter», more efficient, and better able to effectively integrate power generation from diverse, distributed, and variable sources at all scales.

Homeowners with off - grid needs often create what is known as a hybrid system, which employs both wind energy and energy generated by solar photovoltaic cells to keep their batteries charged.

The time - of - use rates, already in effect for some distributed generation owners, are intended to provide an actionable price signal to customers that matches grid needs.

To ensure that supply always meets demand, a renewable power grid needs an oversized power generation and transmission capacity of up to ten times the peak demand.

First, by reliably delivering clean energy — backed up with energy storage — during the times when the grid needs it most, Revolution Wind will help to defer the need to construct costly new peaking generating facilities and controversial transmission lines.

In case of a sudden disruption — the unexpected loss of a power plant, transmission line, or large load — the grid needs resources capable of ramping up or down quickly to compensate.

This reinforced that the grid needs 90 - day supplies of fuel about as much as fish need bicycles.

The energy grid needs to account for emergency demands.

This offshore wind - batter storage pairing will reliably deliver renewable energy — backed up with energy storage — during the times when the grid needs it most.

«These laws will benefit all types of energy storage by opening another monetizable value stream that storage can take advantage of by providing low carbon, low cost energy at times the grid needs it,» Ko said.

Any effective pricing mechanism for a future regional interconnected grid needs to apply discounts or premiums to the various energy sources available reflecting their marginal value in meeting fluctuating demand.

«Any grid needs flexibility.

One problem grid operators face when the grid begins to absorb more wind and solar is that there are times — especially sunny or windy times — when renewables generate more power than the grid can use, and other times when they generate only a fraction of what the grid needs.

And many of the 18 actions on community solar, along with 8 actions on third - party solar ownership laws or regulations, and 4 actions on utility ownership of distributed solar were also aimed at finding new ways to use solar to meet grid needs.

California can also maintain adequate grid flexibility and reliability while reducing reliance on natural gas by deploying a combination of advanced demand response — which shifts energy consumption to periods when the grid needs it the most — and energy storage like batteries.

As California moves toward increasing renewable energy beyond the current requirement of 33 percent by 2020, the state's approach to managing the electricity grid needs to evolve to take full advantage of its low - carbon resources.

To maximize the use of renewable energy, the electricity grid needs to ensure that clean energy resources are fully utilized when available.

A modern grid needs to accommodate greater consumer control and two - way flows of power.

Fossil fuel plant needs to transition into the role of backup to low emissions generation and the market emergent de-facto carbon price increasing intermittency brings to a fossil fuel dominated grid needs to be used intelligently as the incentive it is to drive time shifting of demand, efficiency and investment in emerging storage technologies.

SolarReserve won the bid for two tranches auctioned by the State Government of South Australia; one auction to supply at least 25 % of grid needs with dispatchable renewables like CSP with thermal storage, geothermal, or PV or wind plus battery storage.

Many also believe that electricity rates will rise substantially — since the current power grid needs maintained alongside the wind farms for when the wind doesn't blow, the maintenance costs could outweigh the benefit of free fuel from the wind.

What if you don't have access to enough hydro, or you do but can't use it for some reason (not enough transmission capacity, or grid needs an upgrade)?

«During an #OhmHour, the electricity grid needs power.

«The grid needs to evolve from one - way wires and cables to something where each power line would send power in either direction — to or from homes, businesses, or industry,» Kammen says.

The German grid needs big investments before it can support significant wind energy from the North Sea.

«The grid needs to evolve from one - way wires and cables... We need the marriage of energy technology and information technology.»

To keep up with the rise of wind and solar power, Europe's electrical grid needs to get stronger and smarter, a demand that will be difficult to meet in an era of weak economies and tight budgets

California's «NEM 2.0» policy has created a clear migration path to continue to allow solar customers to receive fair compensation for the solar power they produce even as the adoption of solar increases, and implicitly encourages the adoption of battery storage by assigning a higher value to electricity provided when the grid needs it most.

To handle these enormous technical challenges, grids need to become much smarter.

Just like the sharing economy has proven to be an enormous economic force, we have empowered home energy customers to get paid for sharing their energy when other people on the grid need it most.

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.

But, he says, «To build a sustainable grid you need to generate revenue, but you can't bring people out of poverty overnight.

«Our transmission grids need major improvements so we can more easily produce energy and then send it to where it's needed.

Numbers at the head of the puzzles» columns and rows signify how the grids need to be filled out, but it will take a sharp mind toLike finding the underlining «picture» in a «crossword puzzle», the goal in Picross DS is to fill a grid with squares and crosses in order to «paint» a picture.

Numbers at the head of the puzzles» columns and rows signify how the grids need to be filled out, but it will take a sharp mind to figure out the solution - and some speedy fingers to defeat the competition.

Electrical grids need a guaranteed peak capacity, and wind can not assure it.

To take full advantage of opportunities to benefit consumers and advance emissions - reducing technologies, almost all of the rules and regulations governing the electric grid need to be updated.

E-Windmills on the grid need 100 % backup from dispatchable generators.

The new gas - fired generation will give the grid the needed flexibility in meeting demand while also preserving Germany's commitment to reducing its carbon dioxide emissions.

However, this fast signal ended up sometimes moving against actual system needs, e.g. batteries sometimes needed to charge (i.e. take power from the grid) at the exact times the grid needed them to discharge (i.e. provide power to the grid).

For another, grids need a certain amount of reserve power online at all times as a buffer in case of accident or disruption.

If you currently don't have the option of buying energy from a utility company, you have what is known as an off - grid need.

We face little difficulty in knowing what to design, and partly that applies to what kind of grid we need.

Not exact matches

If consumers can economically produce, store, and swap electrical energy, they will not need the power grid.

And more is needed to protect overseas bases, which are vulnerable because other countries» civilian electricity grids are as vulnerable as those in the U.S.

Taking advantage of the distraction - free time spent up in the air is often a good way to stay ahead (although I totally understand needing to go off the grid every once in a while).

Also, the Cuban infrastructure desperately needs improvement: The ground transportation system requires major repairs and upgrades, and an antiquated electrical grid poses enormous problems.