For this article, I'll be discussing two types of off -
grid power generators: gas and solar.
Not exact matches
This gas, composed mostly of methane, can be used as a fuel for
power generation (replacing diesel
generators), compressed or sold into the natural gas
grid.
The line is a key choke point for Puerto Rico's
power grid, carrying electricity from
generators in the south of the island to load centers in the north.
But these
generators do create so much of pollution.Inside sources in the Mescom told Mangalorean.com that there is a standing order to the
grid managers and engineers to plug off
power to Mangalore at the slightest shortage in the
grid, the first to suffer was Mangalore say the official sources.
For specific industry applications with high organic loads, enough biogas can be generated to fully cover a production plant's energy needs and still have a biogas surplus to feed it into
power generators and sell electricity to the national
grid, often generating carbon credits, where these apply, as well as profit.
But the state's
power grid pays every
generator the same price for electricity.
Maria, which hit the island as a Category 4, completely knocked out the island's
power grid — so the only
power is coming from
generators and car batteries.
«What appears to have happened [in Fukushima] is that after the first failure of the first cooling system, as a result of the
power cuts from the
grid, the back - up diesel
generators began to work and began to operate but they were then hit by the tsunami and therefore back - up operators failed to work and it took the staff on site some time to re-establish and improvise cooling which they of course did with the pumping of sea water.»
«There are other things being done on the barge, the
generators and other things... the manufacturers are also doing the final checks on the
generators, once they are okay we will be ready to
power the line and supply
power to the
grid,» he added.
And it has been reported that the Nigerian government has had to budget N837m (around # 2.5 million) last year for fuelling and maintaining
generators for its offices in 2014 as a result of being unable to rely on the national
grid for
power.
In the months before design and construction takes place for the new 16MW microgrid — a locally sourced
power grid consisting of two gas turbine
generators — to be located in the downtown neighborhood of Sheridan Hollow, community groups are reaching out in search of concrete answers from project planners.
Cuomo said the state has since set up fuel reserves, made sure there are backup
generators where needed at key gas stations, and made the
power grid more resilient.
Just last month, LIPA's board renewed long - term contracts with antiquated and polluting fossil - fueled
power generators, without any meaningful action on modernizing the energy
grid, or transitioning to renewable energy.
Renewable sources — such as rooftop solar panels, which sometimes generate more
power than a household uses — required a decentralized system in which electricity flows in both directions, from many small
generators into the
grid, and from the
grid to consumers.
Over the next several years, Sladek and her allies learned about
power generators and the
grid — that mind - numbingly complex web of wires,
power substations and transformers.
And when superstorm Sandy wiped out much of New York City's
power grid in 2012, Co-op City in the Bronx had its own
generators and
grid, so its lights stayed on.
This also means that other
generators, such as those
powered by fossil fuels, can scale their
power output in advance rather than rapidly ramping up or slowing down to compensate for wind, increasing their efficiency and improving the
grid's reliability.
Worse, the diesel
generators needed to
power emergency cooling systems, and switching gear that connects the plant to the electricity
grid and controls core cooling, were not in waterproof buildings.
The way reconnection disturbs terrestrial
power grids is complex but, in essence, the process mimics what happens in electric
generators, where a fluctuating magnetic field (usually a moving magnet) produces a current in a coil of wire, says Adam Szabo, director of NASA's Heliophysics Laboratory.
Some were interested in «islanding,» using it as the backbone for an alternate
power grid that could sustain itself with emergency
generators and large amounts of solar and wind energy if and when the central
power grid went down.
«The gas goes to a
generator,» he explains, «that generates
power for the [electricity]
grid.»
There, Ocean
Power's sinuous, 450 - foot - long cherry - red steel snake, called Pelamis after a sea snake, pumps 11,000 AC volts into a
grid at the European Marine Energy Centre, an innovative test bed that can offer the sort of apples - to - apples performance measures of sea
generators that investors and electric utilities crave.
But their economics would really shine for isolated towns whose lack of access to central
power grids has forced them to rely on dirty and costly - to - run diesel
generators.
That allows time for
power suppliers to react to the overload by turning on backup
generators or redistributing
power throughout the
grid — the final step in the process.
These reactors could face extraordinary challenges, such as the recent twin blows of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which knocked out connections to the local
power grid, followed by a wall of water that destroyed the fuel tanks for backup diesel
generators and flooded critical electrical equipment, crippling the boiling - water reactors at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan.
An analysis of the worm by computer security company Symantec makes it abundantly clear that a few lines of malicious computer code can trip electricity
grids, burn out
power - station
generators, pollute water supplies and sabotage gas...
In fairness, the details of how one calculates back - up capacity requirements for wind
generators in
power grids of various compositions are quite complicated.
I can not risk some kid turning on a
generator in the Ukraine and blowing something up in Kentucky, so I might keep my electrical
power grid network completely separate.
Therefore,
power generators and
grid operators need back - up capacity that can fill the generation gap that results when these intermittent sources are unavailable and that also can be scaled back when intermittent sources are generating
power.
A new Chinese law requires
power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy
generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.
Two AC inputs, for example
grid power and
generator.
[11][not in citation given] Any excess energy from the railway is pumped into the
power grid to supply homes and businesses in the region, and the railway is a net
generator of electricity.
Similarly to all - electric vehicles, plug - in hybrids displace emissions from the car tailpipe to the
generators powering the
grid.
Then, when the
grid power is available again, the system automatically puts the hospital back on the
grid, lets the
generator cool down, then shuts down the
generator, waiting for the next
power outage!
When
grid voltage and frequency return to normal, the Auto - Transfer box automatically returns the hospital to the
grid, lets the
generator cool down, then shuts down the
generator and waits for the next
power outage..
Properties along the beach road are all off -
grid, and as a result, will often cut corners with gas -
powered generators or improperly disposing of sewage.
The structure is
powered by an off -
grid photovoltaic
generator and a rooftop rainwater collection system.
It's described as an «off -
grid home solar system in a box,» and it could be a much safer option for home backup
power than a gas
generator.
As Lacey's report shows, existing hybrid - solar storage systems provided
power in some devastated areas of New York and New Jersey, and off -
grid solar
generators provided relief to many people without
power as part of relief efforts.
No matter what type of
power generation there may be on a
power grid, there must always be a fall - back available; all
generators, including coal - fired and nuclear, fail from time to time.
One final note on trading under a rate - based compliance approach: ERCs can come from any eligible
generator or measure as long as they are electrically connected to the contiguous U.S. bulk
power grid.
Auxiliary
generator: A
generator at the electric plant site that provides
power for the operation of the electrical generating equipment itself, including related demands such as plant lighting, during periods when the electric plant is not operating and
power is unavailable from the
grid.
While New England is starting to come to its senses (procuring and enhancing sustainable base load sources like hydro and gas) we are also making some foolish choices (blowing over 2 BILLION DOLLARS on wind projects that don't scratch the
grid's surface, closing reliable
power plants with no reliable
generators available to replace them).
That means that Bullfrog
Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power its bullfrogpowered facilities
Power's
generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the
grid to match the amount of conventional
power its bullfrogpowered facilities
power its bullfrogpowered facilities use.
Meaning the
grid's
power is just an accumulation of all
generators such as coal, nuclear, hydro, etc..
BEIJING (Reuters)- A new Chinese law requires
power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy
generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.
It's this steam that drives that turbine
powering our electrical
generator, sending electricity throughout the
grid to the people we serve.
As well every CO of every military base in the world would give his left nut to have his own electrical
grid not reliant on diesel fueled
generators with a defensible small nuclear
power plant.
For a concentrating solar
power (CSP) plant, large mirrors are arranged to catch and focus sunlight for
power generation, therefore storage tanks, pipes, and
generators must be installed before the plant is connected to the electrical
grid.
Because of the continual instability created in the
grid system by the constantly changing wind
generators and the reliance of
power from Victoria, who have to continually get them out of their insane situation.