Sentences with phrase «main grid»

MIT's Kirtley noted that remote microgrids that aren't connected to a larger main grid would also require overbuilt generation and energy storage even during normal operations, since they can't get backup power from another central power plant.

«Our job has become much more complex,» Scheibner said in an interview from the control center outside Berlin owned by 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, one of Germany's four main grid operators.

Any excess power could also be sold back to the main grid network — which actually could generate a small flow of profit.

The biggest takeaway after more than 50 companies and organizations weighed in was that microgrids — mini power networks like wind farms or solar arrays that can often function without direct links to the main grid — will play an important role in the territory's energy future.

We see ourselves there for many, many years investing, and that's why it's important for us to put connectivity to the main grid through the North Montney extension line.

The Powerwall 2, used for storing surplus energy generated by Tesla's Solar Roof tiles or Tesla's slim - profile solar panels, would allow homeowners to function without drawing energy from the main grid.

For the first time, they had the chance to apply their simulator to a real power grid: the mighty Western Interconnection, one of the nation's three main grids, which stretches from Mexico to British Columbia and east to the Rockies.

Pupils cut out the descriptions (job activities and places) and stick them in the correct place in the main grid... hope this makes sense!

The first tab just contains a grid with NO numbers within the main grid itself.

According to Philip Ross, senior vice president at Honda Motor Europe, the Honda Power Management Concept can use the EV's battery to power a home and cut down electricity use coming from the main grid.

Honda also revealed the Honda Power Management Concept, an integrated transfer system that can distribute electricity to the main grid and manage the power flow coming from renewable energy sources, as well as between a home and an EV.

With magnetic blocks, if they touch a stationary block in the main grid, it's stuck, so you have to make the correct moves in order to set it up properly.

In the model we envision, households and businesses would be connected to microgrids managed by municipalities, with the microgrids connected to the main grid but able to operate independently if there's a disruption.

Energy reliability: Achieving resiliency through the microgrids ability to island itself from the main grid and be self - sufficient.

Of the 1.2 billion people who have gained access since 2000, nearly all have gained access via connection to the main grid, with 70 % of people getting access with power generated from fossil fuels (45 % coal, 19 % natural gas and 7 % oil).

Energy accessibility: Accessing energy at a reasonable cost when the main grid is not accessible.

A microgrid is a discrete energy system consisting of distributed energy sources (e.g. renewables, conventional, storage) and loads capable of operating in parallel with, or independently from, the main grid.

Interestingly, it is easier to defray fossil fuel costs in remote locations than on the main grid.

In theory, such funding should make work easier for people like Pawan Kumar Gupta, the general manager of the State Load Despatch Centre, the main grid operations center for the nation's capital.

They will choose to reduce their own consumption and dependence on the main grid at almost any cost.

These groups may harbor concerns that the main grid faces reliability risks or are concerned about the environmental impact of fossil fuel generation.

Microgrids, small grids connecting buildings with a local power source separate from the main grid, are being considered as tools to keep the lights on during disasters.

The panels not only power its LED lighting but they also feed the main grid: this will save 38 tons of CO2 annually!

About 75 - percent of power will be used for the bridge and the remainder will be fed back to the main grid.

Connected to the region's power system, it would supply electricity to parts of the village when the main grid goes down.

Texas, the nation's wind - power leader, set a new record for wind generation this morning, when — at 6:37 a.m. — about 19 percent of the electricity on the state's main grid was supplied by turbines.

It plans to build a web of power lines that would be able to deliver the wind energy from congested West Texas, home to 89 percent of the wind capacity on the state's main grid, to power - hungry cities.

By incorporating renewable energy solutions into communication networks Motorola is trialling this solution as a feasible option for operators instead of utilising costly fuel generators or waiting long periods for a mains grid connection.

The customers of both startups can make money from their homes» solar panels by selling excess energy back to the main grid.