Sentences with phrase «own system reliability»

Internal data confirms that recent updates to Autopilot have improved system reliability.»

The result is low - energy or self - powered system operation with significantly better financial returns and system reliability.

That path, according to a briefing book released in conjunction with Cuomo's budget, includes a directive to state regulators to work with NYISO to «develop a regulatory framework that will ensure system reliability while facilitating repowering to cleaner fuel or closure.»

The New York Independent System Operator released a report analyzing the retirement of the Indian Point nuclear plant, concluding that system reliability criteria can be met with one or more types of solutions including generation, transmission, energy efficiency, and demand response measures.

Another study on this device will be presented on Monday and will review the initial results of a 30 subject study, adverse events post-implant, system reliability and visual function results.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF in Darmstadt, Germany has now solved this problem together with the Institute for Textile Technology (ITA) of the RWTH Aachen in the exploratory study «Bastfix,» which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

A huge 1965 blackout in the Northeast prompted utilities to create the North American Electric Reliability Council — now called the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)-- to coordinate efforts to improve system reliability.

«MetAK is comparable to an ordinary two - component adhesive from the hardware store, only that more components are mixed together in ours,» explains Dr. Roland Klein, a co-developer of MetAK from the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF in Darmstadt, Germany.

This would certainly be a step in the wrong direction, unless the state can demonstrate system reliability, validity, fairness, and the like (see definitions here), prior to the attachment of such consequences.

Policy and regulatory steps are needed to facilitate adequate capacity investment for system reliability and efficiency.

Despite its own assertions that higher levels of imports and renewables can minimize system stress and maintain reliability, its Reference Case unrealistically underestimates the likely future impacts of those resources, undermining their contribution to system reliability.

Northern Ireland's Queens University Belfast (QUB) has found that battery - based energy storage can provide inertial response for system reliability much more efficiently, at a lower cost and with substantially reduced emissions than thermal generation.

The development of accurate computer - based design programs is crucial for high system reliability through improved modeling and simulation in the design phase.

Ottawa, ON, December 20, 2016 — Important considerations for the future of Ontario's electricity supply such as affordability, protection of the environment, and power system reliability are key themes addressed in the Canadian Wind Energy Association's submission to the province's Long - Term Energy Plan.

Upgraded, air - cooled Scattergood and Haynes units protect system reliability because they can ramp to full power within 10 minutes, according to LADWP.

Updating the regulations that govern generator interconnections and operations is crucial to ensure system reliability while creating an enabling environment for renewable energy development.

CEC chief executive Kane Thornton said: «The Clean Energy Target was the best opportunity in years to lock in the long - term bipartisan energy policy needed to encourage investment in cleaner energy while improving system reliability and pushing down power prices.»

SCE's concern is that the bill does not adequately «consider the potential impacts to utility customers and system reliability,» it wrote to regulators.

In a preliminary clean energy future summary paper prepared by LADWP, the first «key» consideration explicitly raises the utility's concern with maintaining system reliability without flexible natural gas plants.

In this conversation, we unpack some of the big themes we're grappling with as 2018 unfolds: coal demand, electric system reliability, and possible directions for climate policy.

The design - flood return period is essentially an estimate of system reliability, because failure should not occur during more frequent (less severe) events.»

Electric system reliability: The degree to which the performance of the elements of the electrical system results in power being delivered to consumers within accepted standards and in the amount desired.

There is «[n] o evidence that the changing power mix endangers electric system reliability».

Efficiency can also improve system reliability and allow utilities to reduce or manage the demand on their systems — in some cases offsetting the need to add new peak generation capacity.

Texas Waves are designed to provide ancillary services to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market and will be capable of responding to shifts in power demand more quickly, increasing system reliability and efficiency.

Several plants have received additional one - year extensions beyond April 2016 based on their role in ensuring regional system reliability.

Spain's large amount of excess capacity also helps to protect system reliability; it has 86 GW of generation, including 15 GW of wind, to serve a maximum load of 45 GW.

Germany is increasing System reliability and clearly not following the «CE Ideological Wolfpack's» paradigm / model that the only way to achieve this is by building massive amounts of back - up fossil fuel generation.

We can not replace large (or significant) amounts of conventional technologies with wind and solar without either wrecking the economy or degrading system reliability or both.

Electric system reliability will always be defined by the ability to turn on the lights during the black swan events.

«Accordingly, as we concluded in D.P.U. 10 - 54, at 229 - 230, the Cape Wind facility will produce far greater benefits in terms of its: (1) contribution to narrowing the projected gap between supply and demand of renewable resources; (2) contribution to compliance with GWSA emission reductions requirements; (3) contribution to fuel diversity; (4) price suppression effects; (5) ability to act as a hedge against future fuel price increases and volatility; (6) contribution to system reliability; and (7) ability to moderate system peak load.

While New England remains a summer peaking electricity system (with a forecasted 2018 summer peak around 25 percent higher than the forecasted 2018/2019 winter peak), winter peak forecasts are important for assessing the impacts of electric system reliability during a period when much of New England's energy infrastructure is dedicated to space heating (i.e., when interstate natural gas pipelines are used both for electricity generation and for heating homes and businesses).

Incremental reserves included the cost associated with installation of additional operating reserves to maintain system reliability at higher levels of wind penetration, recognizing the incremental variability in system load imposed by the variability of wind plant output.

Determining the levels of system reliability that are adequate for large interconnected utility systems

As cities focus increasingly on equitable access — system reliability, affordability, safe places to ride — ridership is growing and becoming more reflective of city racial and socio - economic demographics.»

Evaluating whether new utility generating and transmission facilities are needed to ensure adequate system reliability

b. Contrary to claims in the article, wind energy does NOT add to fuel «diversity,» and wind energy does not add to system reliability.»

«Reactive power and system voltages will need to be propped up to maintain system reliability.»

At this point, there remain more open questions than answers on both renewables use and general system reliability under the Clean Power Plan, the NERC analysts acknowledged, because the regulation is not yet finalized.

Emissions trading will only be viable in China's electricity if its helps to solve some of the sector's existing challenges — inefficiency in overall generation, running deficits of coal generators, system reliability — while contributing to balanced economic development objectives.

Adding unreliable, unpredictable electricity sources such as wind and solar will inevitably decrease system reliability — which means increased risks of system collapse with its monumental costs even if every practical safeguard is used.

As you may recall, in April 2017, DOE Secretary Perry launched a study of U.S. power system reliability expressing concerns over baseload coal and nuclear retirements.

Among the ISO's new report, it concluded that power system reliability is «heavily dependent on LNG and electricity imports,» and «more dual - fuel capability is also a key reliability factor, but permitting for construction and emissions is difficult.»

Potential solutions include better coordination of the timing of resource additions and the mix of resources added to meet customer needs efficiently and maintain system reliability, as well as additional research, development, and demonstration of existing and emerging storage technologies.

Certainly we should be adding wind and solar whenever it can be justified and also for research benefits, but becoming too ambitious could have dire consequences for system reliability, cost and performance.

May 11, 2009 Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

... With this information, we can begin a discussion with regional stakeholders about how to ensure continued power system reliability, especially as the region moves toward economy - wide decarbonization.»

Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

ISO New England CEO Gordon van Welie said the operator conducted the study «as a logical extension of our responsibility to ensure power system reliability in New England.

In the process, system reliability is also degraded.