Sentences with phrase «peak demand on the grid»

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Those batteries can lower peak electricity demand on the power grid by 25 %, the companies said.

The switches could be programmed to shut off when power demands on the grid (and hence electricity prices) peaked.

Using V2G - technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but... Read more →

Using V2G - technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but also return it to the network and expect to introduce a new potential earnings model for electric drivers.

Sensors on the powerline monitor and gather data about local system activity and are fed back to our control centre for analysis and planning of Nova Scotia's future energy needs... As we add more renewable energy to the grid, batteries can provide the utility with more flexibility to reliably address peak electricity demand with stored energy.

This tariff incentivises generation during peak demand hours and will allow the plant to capitalise on the dispatchable energy that CSP technology can offer to the grid.»

As has often been noted on this website, businesses in the US are levied monthly charges for their electricity based on their use of grid power during peak times, known as demand charges.

For a power grid based on 100 % solar and wind power, with no energy storage and assuming interconnection at the national European level only, the balancing capacity of fossil fuel power plants needs to be just as large as peak electricity demand.

Some surplus is required in any grid to meet peak demand and to have reserve capacity, but the extent of the excess capacity reveals the extent to which the government and private interests overbuilt, and can not be blamed on the popularity of solar PV alone

But if the grid goes another direction — relying more on large and expensive generation plants, for example — storage would make it easier to manage peak demand without surplus capacity.

Since the electrical grid has existed, so has the need for stored forms of energy that can be drawn on to meet times of peak demand and regulate frequency.

Optimizing energy usage allows us to reduce demand on the grid strategically, ultimately reducing the peak level of demand when the grid is most strained and expensive to run.

On certain days non-hydro renewable energy has been peaking at more than 50 % of system demand and an increasing amount of solar is being curtailed on California's griOn certain days non-hydro renewable energy has been peaking at more than 50 % of system demand and an increasing amount of solar is being curtailed on California's grion California's grid.

On an average summer day during peak demand, solar can serve between 30 to 40 percent of load on California's griOn an average summer day during peak demand, solar can serve between 30 to 40 percent of load on California's grion California's grid.

Rise in small scale solar contributing towards new trend of falling summertime peak transmission system demand on U.K. grid, says outlook report.

Deepwater Wind is also proposing an optional energy storage component, which would make Revolution Wind capable of delivering clean energy to Connecticut utilities when it's needed most, during peak hours of demand on the regional electric grid — even when the wind isn't blowing.

(2) the goal described in paragraph (1) can be met or exceeded by lessening the difference between the periods of lowest and highest electricity demand, with particular focus on reducing the frequency and severity of peak demand periods, using smart grid and demand response technologies, practices, and activities, including --

One question that would remain to be addressed in the future is that of very high rates of solar power on the grid, and how PG&E and the California grid (Cal ISO) would manage the peaks and valleys of electricity production and demand.

In the new system, rather than having «always - on» baseload (e.g. nuclear) plants, and then following any extra load with peaking plants (usually gas), in the new system, variable loads and variable supply (from renewables) are balanced via a smart grid with demand - side measures, load peak shaving / delay, energy storage, and backup sources.

Larry Dale, an energy researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has studied the impacts of warming on California's electrical grid and agreed that the most costly impact on electrical systems would be because of peak demand.

Microgrids also can help ease strain on the central grid during periods of peak demand.

«Zero - Carbon Buildings» do not reduce peak demand on the national electricity grid, building energy efficiency does.

Researchers developed smart grid technology that determines the optimal operation for smart loads and utility devices based upon consumer preferences and geography that will enable grid operators a way to manage demand on peak days.

For the smaller islands especially, which currently depend on diesel - powered generators, a major downturn in wind power generation or a peak in demand that isn't being met by those sources could be a disaster for the grid.

Tyler Hamilton at Clean Break thinks that the «momentum is on the side of battery technology and the infrastructure to support it needs to be extended and upgraded, instead of created from scratch» and «millions of «smart» electric cars plugged into the grid can offer an extremely valuable way of managing electricity supply and demand and smoothing out peaks.»

Other studies have shown that the grid absorbed pretty well all the big flat screen TVs that Americans bought in recent years (and those are mostly turned on during peak demand, not off peak like EVs).

More and more, electricity markets are purchasing the lack of electricity use as a commodity, as «demand response» options, in which companies lower their energy use at times of peak demand to reduce burdens on the grid, proliferate.

During a heatwave in North America on 22 July, when grid operators were experiencing record demand peaks and prices had shot up to 10 times the 2011 average — US$ 530 / MWh — EnerNOC provided over 1,200 MW of demand response across several U.S. states and Ontario, effectively delivering «negawatts» into the system.

On top of this, the report notes that solar thermal cooling technology - in which the sun's heat is used to power thermally driven absorption chillers or evaporation devices to cool air - can reduce the burden on electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildingOn top of this, the report notes that solar thermal cooling technology - in which the sun's heat is used to power thermally driven absorption chillers or evaporation devices to cool air - can reduce the burden on electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildingon electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildings.

Energy storage can save power generated from clean energy systems such as solar, wind and combined heat and power (CHP) for later use, enabling buildings to reduce their reliance on the power grid during peak demand periods when electricity rates are the highest.

There are efforts underway now to shift more electricity demand to times when renewables are most abundant, build more energy storage and local distributed resources to reduce congestion, make the grid more resilient, and reduce the need to rely on natural gas peaker plants, especially ones in disadvantaged communities.

«Today we're proving that a virtual big battery can not only support the grid at times of peak demand, like the South Australian big battery but also empower consumers to take advantage of price spikes on the grid,» Spaccavento said.

However even if that option is available, some say that, with more wind on the grid, to meet peak demand, we will still need more backup plants than we have.