Sentences with phrase «local generation»

If you look at, you know, 30, 40, 50 years ago, we had a system where you had primarily local utilities that were serving local loads with local generation.

The technical advantage is that local generation eliminates the enormous losses of wasted heat and long transmission that consume more than half the energy used in electricity generation by fossil fuels or nuclear.

But even very large investments can be modest compared with the cost of having to use expensive local generation rather than cheaper renewables from remote locations.

I have no doubt that if we pulled out all the stops on local generation capacity, and pumped water up the mountain as storage capacity, that we could get by on our own just fine.

Bergman acts as a scout, researching energy technologies and considering which ones match up with local generation sources and network structures.

Other cities have reached 100 percent renewable energy on a citywide basis by a mixture of local generation and power purchase agreements.

Apex put the solar onsite because the Army wanted the grid security provided by local generation that isn't vulnerable to power outages and other transmission constraints, Apex director of public affairs Dahvi Wilson explains.

This is particularly an issue for San Diego, which is a «load pocket» with limited local generation, relying on imports from the East.

He points out that while utility scale renewables plus transmission are the cheapest way forward, they are not the most inherently reliable way forward and greater emphasis on local generation avoids a number of issues with transmission.

To ensure electric reliability in the densely populated Los Angeles and San Diego regions, Southern California needs to use local generation sources and can not solely rely on imported electricity to replace generation from SONGS.

Plus, local generation is more reliable than electricity transported over long transmission lines, a major plus on brutal winter days we often see in February.

Local generation that recycles energy improves every important outcome versus full reliance on central generation.

In Japan, a city of 40,000 is rebuilding after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami by creating a partially self - sustaining power system, joining dozens of other Japanese towns moving toward self - reliant, local generation and transmission.

There was no good technology available for clean, local generation, so the wasted heat was a tradeoff for cleaner air in the cities.