Sentences with phrase «local electric power grid»
Some is delivered to the local electric power grid, and some powers a portion of the farm's operations.
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Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.
The pair of papers, «Assessing the cost of large - scale power outages to residential customers» and «Providing limited local electric service during a major grid outage — A first assessment based on customer willingness to pay,» examined residential power users» willingness to pay (WTP) for full or partial backup services during a theoretical 24 - hour blackout and then determined the investments required by the electrical provider to implement these services.
When the wind turbines in Denmark are producing more power than can be used locally (and indeed «locally» is an oversimplification of how an electric grid works), it flows through the rest of the grid; when they're not meeting local demand, power flows in from France, Germany, Switzerland, or wherever.
They will also produce surplus electric power for the local grid, which will displace more fossil fuels.
The Halfmoon Community Solar Project will feed solar energy to the grid operated by New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and will allow more than 100 residential customers in NYSEG's Capital Region territory (parts of Columbia, Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington counties), including low - income residents, to participate in local clean power generation and save money on their electricity bills.
«Community solar provides win - wins for consumers: savings on their electric bill, and the knowledge that they're supporting local, safe, reliable, clean power generation for the grid,» added Cramer.