Not exact matches
And while closing the power plants would have an affect on «
generator deliverability,» or the ability for those regions to export power to
others, PJM also noted that «transmission upgrades are required to preserve deliverability of all existing PJM
capacity resources under various contingency conditions» — or, in
other words, that investments are needed regardless of the closure plans.
The decline in natural gas use for electric generation indicates that even existing gas pipelines may operate under
capacity and that ANE — or
other new pipeline infrastructure — will not be needed to supply either electric
generators or gas heating customers.
Gas utilities in New England routinely scheduled gas deliveries without actually flowing gas, preventing
others (primarily gas - fired
generators) from accessing pipeline
capacity.
Featuring a 12 MW direct drive
generator and an industry leading gross
capacity factor of 63 percent1 the Haliade - X will produce 45 percent more energy than any
other offshore turbine available today2.