Sentences with phrase «increase grid capacity»

In particular, planning for energy storage can help utilities defer expensive circuit upgrades and increase grid capacity to incorporate new renewable generators.

Not exact matches

In addition, electricity capacity margins — the amount of unused power capacity — have declined, increasing the vulnerability of America's electric grid in the event of a disruption.

A study earlier this year by German company Energynautics commissioned by Greenpeace found that grid upgrades totaling up to 140 GW of capacity would be necessary across the European Union and eastern and northern Europe to cope with the vast increase planned in renewable energy.

High - capacity, long - life batteries; fuel cells; the high - efficiency «smart» electricity grid; clean coal and other technologies can help improve the environment, increase efficiency and conserve energy.

«As wind and solar capacity climbs, the returns of usable power diminish because of increasing curtailment during surges that the grid can not absorb.

Meanwhile, in the IEA's «accelerated case» — where India's grid integration and infrastructure challenges are addressed, and policy and regulatory uncertainties reduced — renewable capacity expansion is increased by another third above this level.

However, increased capacity refers to the number of installations, where energy could potentially come from, it doesn't directly correlate with the amount of energy introduced to the grid or energy produced.

Tobin claims that NGS will increase reliability and «secure the grid,» but does not recognize the potential of high capacity factor concentrated solar thermal projects, like Arizona's Solana concentrated solar plant, or the innovative potential of batteries, wind - solar combinations and other means to generate electricity after the sun sets.

For a European grid with a share of 60 % renewable power (an optimal mix of wind and solar), grid capacity would need to be increased at least sevenfold.

Ancillary services include on - line generation synchronized to the grid to keep frequency and voltage steady, ready to be increased / decreased instantly (~ 2 - 3 min) via automatic generation control (AGC); and spinning reserves — additional generating capacity synchronized and ready to respond for ~ 10 min in case of failures.

Like distributed, behind - the - meter solar it is low risk, can be sited near existing load, increases the resilience of the distribution grid, and satisfies the powerful consumer craving for solar power; at the same time, it is cheaper, simpler (fewer contracts per kW of capacity), and more inclusive than behind - the - meter solar.

Many millions of people can't cope with the very high prices for fuel, (another 7 percent increase this month) with the certainty that if we have more cold winters the energy grid eventually won't be able to cope as we've closed too much of our capacity in order to meet our carbon targets and instead hope that useless windmills will take their place.

As a result, the IRC says grid operators will need to invest in «increased communications capacity» to handle it all.

India's rapid economic growth will increase significantly the electricity demand during the next decades, therefore India needs to make massive investments in order to expand its current installed capacity and to improve the stability of its electric grid.

By putting a larger battery in a gas - electric hybrid to increase its storage of electricity and adding a plug - in capacity so the battery can be recharged from the power grid, drivers can do their commuting, grocery shopping, and other short - distance travel almost entirely with electricity, saving gasoline for the occasional long trip.

California's RPS increases electricity costs in part by requiring the purchase of renewables even when they can not be relied on to power the grid, requiring undiminished capacity from the combination of natural gas, hydro, and nuclear power.

That increased demand means electricity providers will need to increase capacity to guard against spikes in usage, potentially requiring up to $ 180 billion of additional grid investment, the study, detailed Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests.

This American study details just why increasing wind power capacity — and trying to incorporate its wildly fluctuating output into a coal and gas fired grid — results in increased CO2 emissions across the electricity sector.

The group's proposal would allow existing power plants to maintain and even replace their equipment, and would allow providers to purchase extra power from any source on the national grid for emergencies and unexpected surges, but it would require that any permanent increase in capacity come from clean sources like wind and solar.

As wind and solar capacity climbs the returns of usable power diminish because of increasing curtailment during surges that the grid can't absorb.

That said, Planning Engineer did an excellent job presenting some of the important issues, from a transmission grid perspective, of the complications introduced by just one «good» idea — increased solar / wind generating capacity.

By 2015, China plans to increase its current estimated 60,000 megawatts of grid - connected wind power capacity to 100,000 megawatts.

The climate crisis is now, therefore greenhouse gas emissions must be dramatically reduced to mitigate the increasing scale of future storms; Our power grid is fragile, but dramatically reduced power consumption can provide the basis for a more diverse and robust grid; and The sheltering capacity of our buildings is generally poor, meaning that without power in extreme temperatures occupants suffer.

Implying the use of hydro storage, it states that «in particular, increased use of energy storage capacity in Southern Germany, the Alpine countries and possibly in Scandinavia means that the grid infrastructure must be expanded.»

Coupled with significant increases in both gas and renewable energy generation, the grid operator expects to have ample capacity to serve energy demand through the next decade.

Making the grid compatible with an increasing proportion of wind, and the replacement of existing generating capacity with wind energy is going to cost hundreds of billions.