Sentences with phrase «improves grid reliability»

It also allows us to increase access to renewable energy resources like wind and solar in a way that also improves grid reliability.

Appalachian is making significant investments in transmission infrastructure to improve grid reliability and to support recent coal - fueled power plant closings responding to environmental requirements.

To the extent the New England grid operator's fuel security analysis proves anything, it is that continued deployment of clean energy will improve grid reliability and reduce fuel security risks.

Ultimately, to the extent the ISO's fuel security analysis proves anything, however, it is that continued deployment of clean energy will improve grid reliability and reduce fuel security risks.

Powering Up the Smart Grid (2007) A host of new smart energy devices and systems are emerging that can take pressure off overloaded grid infrastructure and power costs, dramatically improve grid reliability and security, and accelerate the growth of cleaner power generation.

To the extent the New England grid operator's recent fuel security analysis proves anything, it is that continued deployment of clean energy will improve grid reliability and reduce fuel security risks.

Not exact matches

Trump's latest budget — if enacted — would make deep cuts to smart grid, power - grid operations, and other research that could improve the reliability, efficiency, and cost of US energy infrastructure.

Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), a Toronto - based cleantech company with a unique solution to improve electric grid reliability, and Hitachi High - Technologies Corporation of Japan, today unveiled the first component of SEI's planned chipset product line for smart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery District.

And what you really have found when you look at it is that renewables, solar, and especially utility - scale solar with proper power plant controls and smart inverters, can actually improve reliability and stability of the grid.

Incorporating triple bottom - line sustainability principles across all aspects of their business, the company deployed solar arrays at eight wineries and collaborated with Tesla to reduce energy demand and increase grid reliability, utilized industry - first water conservation technologies, introduced human resource initiatives to improve employees» well - being, paid a price premium for certified sustainable winegrapes and led voluntary drought initiatives.

That means that unless Honda's reliability dramatically improves there a strong chance of seeing Vandoorne slapped with a grid penalty at most races - and surely it won't be long before Fernando Alonso is in the same boat.

Utility executives and smart grid advocates agree that apart from the smart grid projects funded by $ 4 billion in federal stimulus grants, most current smart grid investment is going into improving the efficiency, reliability and profitability of power supply, rather than reaching consumers directly.

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.

Unless the reliability of renewable energy sources can be improved, as these sources contribute more and more electricity to the grid, engineers will have an increasingly difficult time keeping the system balanced.

PNNL will tap into its extensive experience in fundamental and applied sciences, including advanced materials synthesis, characterization and modeling, as well as electrical grid infrastructure, grid storage and management, to help improve the performance, reliability and life - span of batteries.

This edition focuses on PNNL's work to increase energy efficiency and improve the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid.

Adding energy storage to the electric grid would improve its reliability and permit the widespread utilization of intermittent renewable energy.

If we choose to use our own abundant coal resources to provide the energy for electricity, heating, and motive power; remove CO2 from the coal - fired electrical generationg plant smokestacks, and add better safety systems to the mines, we will have done all that we need to do other than greatly improve and enlarge our public transportation systems, and the reliability of our power grid system.

But we must also work to improve the electricity grid with increased transmission infrastructure to integrate a high amount of renewable generation, and incorporate more advanced grid planning to maintain reliability.

Windpower Monthly Work has started on reinforcing Jordan's transmission grid in order to integrate more renewable energy on to the network and improve the reliability of the power supply.

If Americans want to improve the reliability of the electric grid, lower electricity costs, and increase prosperity, then renewable energy subsidies must be eliminated.»

What the Wolfpack never mentions are reputable studies (NREL and EPRI) where wind energy actually improved an integrated grid's reliability:

Smart grid technologies provide energy producers and consumers with real - time information and better control of the electric grid, improving energy reliability, reducing energy costs and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change.

Utilities now have the ability to capture the value of third - party supplied customer - sited resources and a smarter grid to improve the reliability, resiliency, and value of the system.

As part of the Recovery Act, this Administration invested $ 4.5 billion in electricity delivery and energy reliability modernization, with total public - private investment amounting to over $ 10 billion To ensure that all Americans benefit from these smart grid investments, the Administration released a policy framework and a series of new initiatives in June 2011 that will empower consumers with tools to better manage their electricity and cut costs, improve the reliability of the electric grid, and help utilities recover from natural disasters faster.

On a system with shorter dispatch intervals, more accurate capacity allocation, more accurate forecasting, improved communications and control available to grid operators, more capable inverters for wind and solar, and cost effective storage, Moura said, it is possible that «variability doesn't affect reliability.»

By August, DOE released the study, which pinned coal and nuclear retirements on cheap natural gas, debunked reliability concerns, and identified opportunities to improve grid resilience.

Smart meter technology improves accuracy and reliability, and prepares for the energy grid of the future.

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

By participating in demand response, organizations are improving the reliability and flexibility of the electricity grid, while adding capacity and lowering power system costs.

Evaluating the benefits of DG, including avoided transmission and distribution investments, improved reliability for customers and the grid in general, reduced environmental impacts, increased efficiency of energy use, and reduced costs of energy services