Not exact matches
Their technology enables the sale of
surplus renewable energy generated at residential and commercial developments (including multi - unit / multi-tenanted) and at homes and businesses connected to existing
electricity distribution networks, or within micro-grids.
Surplus renewable electricity is used to drive a compressor that pressurizes atmospheric air to the pressure found at the sea floor offshore.
«As more and more
renewable electricity gets put on the grid over time, you're going to have [
surplus] issues.
Residential customers: The credit per kWh for the
surplus energy you generate will be the same per kWh rate we charge for the
Renewable Rewards
electricity product.
If we count on electric cars to store the
surplus of
renewable electricity, their batteries would need to be 60 times larger than they are today
I deleted the following sentence because it is wrong: «Energy storage also assumes an oversizing of the
renewable power capacity, otherwise there would never be a
surplus of
electricity that could be stored for later use.»
These include making
renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more
electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid wood), better thinking around transport of
surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved waste management and recycling.
Surplus renewable electricity can be stored in a fleet of electric vehicle batteries, or as heat in water heaters, or as ice in air conditioners, and used when wind and solar production has slowed.
The lack of correlation between
electricity demand and intermittent
renewable energy has created operational challenges, including power
surpluses and the need for backup power 24.
Despite anticipated
surpluses,
renewable energy generators will get paid even though Ontario does not need their
electricity 17.
Surplus base load generation caused by
renewable energy will add more costs for
electricity ratepayers 25.
The Energy Commission will conduct further analysis to identify solutions to integrate increasing levels of energy efficiency, smart grid infrastructure, and
renewable energy while avoiding infrequent conditions of
surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more
electricity is being generated than there is load to consume it.
Once everybody is using the same connectors, what will matter most for electric car and plug - in hybrid owners will be how «smart» the chargers & cars will be; for example, you could set it to charge only certain times of the day or night, or to communicate with a smart meter to only charge when
electricity is at a certain rate, or only when there's a
surplus of
renewable energy on the grid, or to charge in a way that extends the life of your battery pack as much as possible, etc..