Sentences with phrase «power system operators»

As the amount of wind generation increases, electric power system operators have faced challenges with integrating increasing amounts of this intermittent generation source into their systems.

PNNL hosted power system operators from throughout the Northwest for a blackout restoration simulation.

Earlier editions of Today in Energy discussed the intermittent nature of wind generation (March 22, 2011) and the challenges it poses for electric power system operators (March 25, 2011) as the Nation's wind capacity rapidly increases.

Electric power system operators face a challenge as they seek to integrate rising quantities of intermittent generation from wind plants into the system mix.

In today's story, we describe how electric power system operators adjust their procedures to deal with increasing wind capacity as the demand for electric power changes over the course of the day.

But power system operators do talk more openly these days about the link between power levels and risk.

Not exact matches

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO - E), which runs the grid powering 25 separate European countries, disclosed recently that «frequency deviations» in power supply have been experienced across the network since mid-January.

Renewable energy accounted for 103.6 percent of mainland electricity consumption last month, the report by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association and the Sustainable Earth System Association said citing data from power grid operator REN.

Siemens monitors its own systems and provides plant security services, cybersecurity services for utilities and power grid operators, and virus protection for tomographs and other imaging products.

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«What appears to have happened [in Fukushima] is that after the first failure of the first cooling system, as a result of the power cuts from the grid, the back - up diesel generators began to work and began to operate but they were then hit by the tsunami and therefore back - up operators failed to work and it took the staff on site some time to re-establish and improvise cooling which they of course did with the pumping of sea water.»

New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), New York State's grid operator, confirmed that, in 2021, when Indian Point closes, other power sources coupled with energy efficiency improvements are already set to take up virtually all the slack resulting from the plant's shutdown.

For example, advanced sensors are providing unprecedented real - time information on power flows that grid operators are using to monitor system stability.

That massive impulse blacked out the entire power grid in Quebec in 92 seconds, giving operators «no time to even assess what was happening to the power system, let alone provide any meaningful human intervention,» said John Kappenman, author of a January 2010 report by Metatech Corp. prepared for Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

«If the storm is severe enough, operators have ways of islanding the system,» he added, just as rolling blackouts have been used in extreme power emergencies like the Texas winter storm during this year's Super Bowl week.

Electric currents that flow into and out of the ionosphere, which AMPERE monitors, have various effects on it as well as the atmosphere in general that can cause problems with tracking LEO space debris, the use of GPS systems, and even terrestrial power plants — as was the case when a geomagnetic storm took down Quebec's power grid in 1989, Anderson says, adding, «The operators didn't know what was happening.»

«To operate the grid more efficiently and keep fossil reserves at a minimum, operators need to have a better idea of how much wind and solar power to expect at any given time,» says Malte Siefert, a physicist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology in Kassel, Germany, and a leader on the project, called EWeLiNE.

Faster data transfer would allow new power maps every 10 minutes or so, Anderson says, possibly leading to a system to warn electrical utilities and satellite operators about approaching hot spots.

This system of simple sensors and controllers provides three critical functions — data acquisition, control of power plants, and alarm display — and allows operators who sit at central control stations to perform certain tasks, such as opening or closing a circuit breaker.

New kinds of forecasts available in the demonstration platform help transmission system operators calculate precisely how much wind and solar power will be fed into which grid nodes.

Critically, it features a unique triple lock passive safety system enabling it to safely shut down and self - cool indefinitely with no operator action, no power and no additional water.

We look forward to engaging with FERC, DOE, and grid operators in an examination of what resilience of the electric power system means and requires, and to demonstrating the contribution of our industries to ensuring reliable power for all.»

More accurate solar power predictions, known as forecasts, allow utilities and electric system operators to better understand generation patterns and maximize solar resources.

The first commercial 12 - module power plant, which will be owned by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and run by an experienced nuclear operator, Energy Northwest, is planned for construction on land owned by the US Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laborapower plant, which will be owned by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and run by an experienced nuclear operator, Energy Northwest, is planned for construction on land owned by the US Department of Energy at the Idaho National LaboraPower Systems and run by an experienced nuclear operator, Energy Northwest, is planned for construction on land owned by the US Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laboratory.

It protects a system in which kids are assigned to schools, the district retains power irrespective of performance, light - touch interventions pass for change, tough accountability is muted, old rules and contracts are preserved, and new operators and approaches are stymied.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing a safety advisory to provide notice and information to owners and operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) concerning incidents that have occurred relating to the possession and use of battery - powered portable electronic smoking devices [e.g., e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal vaporizers, electronic nicotine delivery systems] and the transportation safety risks associated with the use of these devices.

The experimental system would allow fleet operators to use their plug - in hybrids to supply electricity for a building during a power outage, reduce power usage when electric rates are high or even sell electricity back to their utility company.

This puts pressure on the national system of natural gas pricing, and the resulting effect is that power operators in other states seek to avoid paying higher prices by shifting more to coal.

Environmentalists will rejoice at this, but the trend is so swift that owners and operators of electric power systems are legitimately worrying about whether the decline of coal will undermine reliability of the electric grid and also make the nation too dependent on natural gas.

That job falls on the system operator who has to buy expensive power to make up for the missing part.

It was notable to see David Lochbaum, a longtime critic of Indian Point and its operators who works at the Union of Concerned Scientists, describe in The Times article the strain on the region's electric power transmission system without the nuclear plants:

In the immediate aftermath of eliminating nearly 5 GW of secured generation capacity in the southern German region alone following Fukushima, the Federal Network Agency, in conjunction with German transmission system operators, warned that failure of key network equipment or a major power plant — caused by potential overloading of transmission routes and by voltage control in the southern region — could critically jeopardize security and reliability of the German power supply.

Adjustment bid: A bid auction conducted by the independent system operator or power exchange to redirect supply or demand of electricity when congestion is anticipated.

... Because fossil - fuel power plants can not easily ramp down generation in response to excess supply on the grid, on sunny, windy days there is sometimes so much power in the system that the price goes negative — in other words, operators of large plants, most of which run on coal or natural gas, must pay commercial customers to consume electricity....

Demand response is a non-persistent intentional change in net electricity usage by end - use customers from normal consumptive patterns in response to a request on behalf of, or by, a power and / or distribution / transmission system operator.

The selected projects address three topics: one project will build a testing framework giving industry and academia the ability to evaluate and compare the performance of solar irradiance and solar power forecasting models; four projects seek to improve solar irradiance predictions; and three projects will examine how to integrate solar forecasting technologies with grid operators» energy management systems.

Wind farm operators, or solar power producers could use such as system to even out their power production rates and so command a higher price for their electricity.

The PJM independent system operator (ISO) said there is no imminent danger to the grid when it was asked about the First Energy bankruptcy filing and First Energy's request of FERC for cost recovery for its nuclear and coal - fired power plants.

The challenges and opportunities of low carbon transition in India's power sector About 75 participants from national and state government bodies, regulators, system operators and other market actors gathered in New Delhi to discuss the low carbon transition in India's power sector 21 March 2017

Bullfrog Power works directly with renewable energy developers, operators and in this case producers and distributors (blenders) to ensure the green energy is produced and injected into the appropriate energy system.

FERC asked regional grid operators to advise whether there should be additional action to bolster the resilience of the bulk power system.

In acooperation between IBM, German transmission system operator, TenneT, and battery supplier, sonnen, decentralised home storage systems are being integrated into the power grid with a blockchain for the first time.

While the system operators urgently tried to get a second unit warmed up, the frequency of grid power fell from its normal 60 hertz (Hz) to 58 Hz.

Twenty power companies including Germany's biggest utilities, EON SE and RWE AG, now get fees for pledging to add or cut electricity within seconds to keep the power system stable, double the number in September, according to data from the nation's four grid operators.

Within two weeks, the Balancing Authority of Northern California, a public power transmission operator, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, a large public power system, said they also plan to join.

By interfacing with CAISO and PacifiCorp systems across the Northwest, the Idaho Power system will create a stronger link between EIM participants in the the region, facilitating the trade of electricity across greater distances in conjunction with the California grid operator.

For example, utility - scale wind generation, a particularly volatile intermittent power source, requires electricity operators to make significant adjustments to balance generation and load, creating inefficiency in the system.

ABB has won an order worth more than $ 30 million from Norway's transmission system operator Statnett for two substations that will strengthen grid reliability and boost power supplies

From time to time, the imbalance between too little demand and too much uncontrollable supply in Ontario's electricity system becomes so precarious that grid operators in Michigan and New York can actually compel Ontario to pay them to take it the power.