Sentences with phrase «planned national grid»
Although private investors are investing in long - distance high - voltage transmission lines, these need to be incorporated into a carefully planned national grid, the electrical equivalent of President Eisenhower's interstate highway system, in order to unleash the full potential of renewable energy wealth.
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(p. 154) That kind of planning will help Canada to take full advantage of our existing clean power resources, and we're going to need to make smart grid and transmission investments under a national climate plan.
In an echo of Gordon Brown's decision to grant independence to the Bank of England, Balls wants to hand long term planning and infrastructure projects (the national grid, high - speed broadband, that sort of thing) to a non-governmental body.
THE Federal Government plans to add 600 megawatts to the national grid this month, to meet the target it set for itself with regards to electricity supply...
President Manama said plans are far advanced for the Chinderi district to be hooked on to the national grid.
I do know that India's grid - connected PV capacity grew from 18 Megawatts in 2010 to nearly 3 Gigawatts in 2011, with another GW due to come online in 2012, while India is already exceeding the goals of its national plan to install 20 GW of solar power within ten years.
The plan's unprecedented and critical investments in four key areas — energy efficiency, renewables, a unified national energy grid and the move to clean cars — represent an important down payment and are long overdue.
He has made numerous regional and national presentations on integrated resource planning, demand - side management, smart grid and other electric industry related topics.
In partnership with the World Bank, the Government of Myanmar developed a National Electrification Plan that aims to achieve universal energy access by 2030 through grid extension and decentralized rural electrification via mini-grids and solar home systems.
Directs FERC to: (1) adopt, within a year, national electricity grid planning principles derived from such policy to be applied in transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity; (2) encourage regional planning entities to cooperate and coordinate across regions and harmonize regional electric grid planning with planning in adjacent or overlapping jurisdictions; (3) seek to ensure that planning is consistent with the national electricity grid planning principles; (4) require regional planning entities to submit initial regional electric grid plans within 18 months of FERC promulgating such principles and to update such plans every three years; and (5) report to Congress within three years on the results of the initial regional grid planning process.
-- Not later than 3 months after the date of adoption by the Commission of national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), entities that conduct or may conduct transmission planning pursuant to State, tribal, or Federal law or regulation, including States, Indian tribes, entities designated by States and Indian tribes, Federal Power Marketing Administrations, transmission providers, operators and owners, regional organizations, and electric utilities, and that are willing to incorporate the national electricity grid planning principles adopted by the Commission in their electric grid planning, shall identify themselves and the regions for which they propose to develop plans to the Commission.
-- Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall adopt, after notice and opportunity for comment, national electricity grid planning principles derived from the Federal policy established under subsection (a) to be applied in ongoing and future transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity.
-- Plans for the development and improvement of high - priority national transmission projects into a national high - capacity transmission grid shall take into consideration --
«(1) periodically evaluate whether high - priority national transmission projects are being constructed in accordance with the Interconnection - wide transmission grid plan for high - priority national transmission projects for both the Western and Eastern Interconnection areas;
The April 3 — released report, «U.S. National Electrification Assessment,» is based on findings by EPRI's Efficient Electrification Initiative, which is exploring how electrification could affect grid operations and planning.
The California - based provider of off - grid solar power in Africa rounded off an excellent 2016 for the company with a further $ 7.5 million in debt financing and a partnership with Rwanda's national utility company, off the back of further expansion plans across Africa.
States with significant solar capacity have been planning for the eclipse, and due to smart investments in modern grid technologies, national grid operators do not anticipate any reliability issues as a result.
As the latest verification that we can reach much higher levels of renewable energy in the United States, Aaron Bloom of National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has issued an analysis for America's Power Plan which states that reaching 30 % wind and solar on U.S. power grids is «no big deal».
When the plan was drawn up in 2010, solar was limited to a few isolated panels on domestic rooftops, and until recently contributed nothing to the national power grid operated by the state - owned utility Eskom.
Indeed, the centerpiece of China's Medium - to Long - Term Railway Network Plan is a new national high - speed rail grid overlaid onto the existing rail network.
Most recently, Julia served as a Program Director for the National Association of State Energy Officials, where she oversaw the organization's work on comprehensive energy planning, renewable energy grid integration, industrial energy efficiency and established the organization's transportation program.
In addition to the national energy planning exercise, this year Zibelman has been leading AEMO through exercises including expanding grid response programs and reviewing rule changes that will let the network accommodate a greater proportion of renewable generation.
«The Clean Power Plan provides a national framework enabling states to ensure that renewable generation resources and more traditional forms of electricity generation are used in an integrated manner to support a reliable and resilient electricity grid.»
New Haven was founded in 1638 by English Puritans, and a year later eight streets were laid out in a four - by - four grid, creating what is now commonly known as the «Nine Square Plan», now recognized by the American Institute of Certified Planners as a National Planning Landmark.