Sentences with phrase «peak power demand»

the combination of the solar array and new cooling system will significantly reduce the facility $ ™ s peak power demand during the summer air conditioning season

CSP solar with minimal storage (2hours) can probably be 60 % capacity because it matches peak power demand.

The AEMO (SA Supply and Demand Outlook, 2011) estimated that at time of summer peak power demand wind will only provide 5 %, and at winter peak, 3.5 %, respectively, of installed capacity.

The company has already put forward plans to reward large electricity users that can turn their factories off during peak power demand, with a view to freeing up capacity across the network.

The rules say participating utilities must get 2 percent of their average five - year peak power demand from the sun.

Zero - carbon alternatives to the UK's predominantly gas - fired UK heating infrastructure would, therefore, need to be able to meet peak demand some five or six times higher than peak power demand.

This will require large investments in new power plants to meet peak power demand at night, which can not be met with solar PV technology.

I'd add solar's lack of externalities and its matching of peak power demand to its best «qualities».

Utilities can use batteries to make the grid more stable, and to avoid building new expensive and dirty power plants that they only operate during times of peak power demand.

With these peak power demands shifting toward many kilowatts, the battery alone will not be able to do it.

«The ability to size the battery to support these peak power demands is becoming very difficult.

We wouldn't be able to close any current power plants as were running at close to capacity and can't count on wind energy to be readily available, i.e. during peak power demands of low wind energy seasons.

Coal - fired power plants supplementing bunker fuel - based power generating systems feed on a seemingly endless permanently peaking power demands of billions of consumers in all countries, sustaining the carbon emissions.

Via Wall Street Journal comes news that the Mayor of Austin Texas has a formal plan to have the entire city integrate plug - in hybrid vehicles into a load balancing scheme designed to satisfy daytime peak power demands.

The fuel cell powers the electric motors and charges the batteries, and the batteries help to meet the peak power demands - such as when accelerating under load.

Instead it's meant to avoid hardware issues related to peak power demands, which older batteries can struggle to meet.

Not exact matches

«On a typical winter day, it's coldest in the morning and evening, and you'll have a morning peak and an evening peak in power demand,» said Patrick Finn, a Genscape analyst for the PJM region.

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

In a recent press release, CPUC stated that consumer cooperation would mean CPUC wouldn't have to rely on inefficient, expensive, and often fossil fuel — dependent peakers (or «last resort» power plants) to make up for the imbalance of supply and demand.

Quebecers consume more power in the winter for home heating, while Ontario's peak demand occurs in summer for cooling.

By avoiding an unnecessary overbuild of power generation to meet peak demand, this kind of optimization can also help reduce costs.

«The reality about gas plants is that they are peaker, they often sit idle when that power is not needed,» and are turned on when there's high demand, said Wynne.

The Arizona project was called out due to its load shifting nature — allowing for solar power to be used during the early evening peak demand period.

Of the three targets named by Sky Sports, the most in - demand would be 23 - year - old Brazilian Roberto Firmino, who is also known to be a Manchester United target [Globo Esporte via the Daily Star], and is approaching the peak of his powers following two strong campaigns with Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.

Cloud is also a great alternative to «overdraft protection» - the overprovisioning of computing power and storage to handle peak demand.

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has announced that the country will enjoy stable power supply in the coming weeks as Ghana's electricity generation capacity now exceeds demand at peak periods.

Mr Okyere said GRIDCo had forecast peak demand to be at 2,523 MW for 2018 based on factors such as VALCO's operation of two potlines, the power supply to Burkina Faso and network expansion and rural electrification programmes for Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Company.

He maintains that some combination of new generators and new transmission lines could be ready in time to cope with summer 2016, the first peak demand period that power - hungry New York City and Long Island would face without both reactors.

And the vegetation can keep the roof cooler in summer, lowering interior air - conditioning costs and therefore peak demand on area power plants.

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

Given the right financial incentives, though, many households may accept smart grid strategies that let utilities reduce power consumption in homes at peak periods of demand, when wholesale electricity prices are highest, some analysts conclude.

Solar energy storage reduces peak grid demand by 8 to 32 percent and the magnitude of solar power injections to the grid by 5 to 42 percent.

Particulate emissions peak in the middle of the workweek because that is when there is more traffic and higher demand for electric power, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The new system is also designed to allow a PHEV to use its battery as an energy storage device, enabling the car to hold electrical energy in the battery while the grid has surplus power (during off - peak hours, for example) and contribute its surplus energy back to the grid when the latter needs more power to meet peak demand, Su says.

Arias says Torresol can either run the plant until the battery is exhausted, or it can modulate the power of the turbine during darkness so it is at its maximum between 11 and 11.30 pm, when electricity demand — and price — peaks, «so we are able to reach the next day without stopping the turbine».

A 6 - 2 ruling upholds a regulation that requires utilities to pay more to customers who conserve power during times of peak demand

Then at peak demand times, the ice or cold water is used to cool air for large office or industrial buildings, meaning they need much less power from the grid.

The policy resulted in the building of coal - fired power stations with a combined capacity of almost 12 gigawatts — about one - third of peak German demand in 2008.

History tell us that collapses in the past have tended to be sudden and unexpected, [and] soon after a society had reached its peak power in population; and that's because peak power and peak population means peak resource consumption and peak demands on the environment.

Two of the biggest problems confronting most «green» power generating schemes are that the most abundant renewable sources tend to be far from population centres and that there is as yet no practical means of storing the generated power to meet peak demand.

Another of Lomborgs persistent conceptual confusions relates to his proposition that grid - connected wind power needs to be sized to meet the peak demand.

Should there be an excessive peak in electricity demand, grid operators can select which areas of the country will have power cut off.

Peakers are power plants usually using natural gas, that generally run only when there's a high demand or peak demand for electricity.

He notes that unlike electricity from many other renewable sources, power from the batteries could be held back and used at times of peak demand.

The ESBWR planned for North Anna Power Station would generate 1,520 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 375,000 homes at peak dePower Station would generate 1,520 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 375,000 homes at peak depower 375,000 homes at peak demand.

It's no knock on her talent to suggest that she has never had a role as rich, extreme or demanding since, though her brilliant performances in pictures as different as «21 Grams,» «We Don't Live Here Anymore,» «King Kong» and «The Impossible» found her scaling the estimable peak of her powers nonetheless.

You are also limited to the immediate resources that you have deployed: If your server power is not enough, you might not be able to handle some seasonal peaks (or other sudden cases of increased demand) without buying and deploying new hardware.

All will feature direct injection and have turbochargers to achieve the peak power Porsche demands.

For power on demand, it offers a wide torque band with 90 percent of peak torque available from 2,100 rpm to 3,000 rpm, and maximum torque from 3,000 to 4,500 rpm.

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 →