Sentences with phrase «if grid operators»

I don't know if the grid operators still use that function or even it is still working.

Among five measures it proposes are those that abolish compensation that renewable generators receive per the EEG if grid operators must curtail renewables input that stem from grid bottlenecks.

They can also lead to needless carbon dioxide emissions if grid operators generate extra power that ends up being wasted.

Not exact matches

The order gave regional grid operators 60 days to submit feedback on how grid resilience should be assessed, if at all, and whether the commission should take any action on the matter at this time.

The state's independent grid operator has cautioned that the «lights will go out» if New York does not approve more pipelines.

If big blackouts were just a random, unlucky confluence of many small failures, as grid planners and operators believed, a major grid collapse would occur only once in a thousand years or so, showing up as the slim tail on a bell curve.

If the index rises to 4 (on a 1 - 9 scale), auroras are likely and an alert is issued, a handy heads - up for power grid and satellite operators, as well as aurora chasers.

And ERCOT's installed capacity could surpass 28,000 MW by next year if all the projects with interconnection agreements with the grid operator are built.

If the pattern can be unraveled completely, it could give hours or even days of warning to telecommunications companies, electric power grids, and satellite operators to prepare for these dangerous storms.

In the January ruling, FERC ordered PJM and the rest of the country's independent system operators and regional transmission organizations to respond to a list of 14 questions about how to define and measure grid resilience, with the goal of determining what, if any, additional steps might be needed outside of existing market rules to prevent or recover from disasters.

Many other countries also have requirements that grid operators priorities the dispatch of power from renewable sources, even if it is more expensive than coal - fired baseload plants.

On March 9, the nation's regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-- what they are doing about grid «resilience» and what, if anything, FERC should do about it.

Especially if, as my grid operator friend assures, smart - grid - tech evolves to handle all that variable power in an economically attractive way.

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) and regional grid operators say U.S. grid reliability is not at risk in the short term, but Walker said those entities may not «have the visibility or the proper information to determine if something is a national security issue.»

Many utilities and grid operators have expressed concern that the EPA's Clean Power Plan would threaten electric reliability if enacted as currently proposed.

If you have a wind power company desiring access to the grid to sell the power, the grid operator will act as a middle man and ensure that he gets his cut, so yes the cost of integration will be passed to the producer, and he will only stay in business as long as he can make a profit.