Sentences with phrase «shaving peak loads»

Second, your comment begins with the seemingly reluctant admission that «solar can play a role in shaving peak loads and the like.»

Jeff Huggins [ANDY REVKIN says: Sure, solar can play a role in shaving peak loads and the like.

I'm not arguing that storage isn't very helpful, or necessary to meet some needs, but solar energy can do a whole lot more than «shaving peak loads», and the whole notion of how we think of «base» and «peaking» should be rethought, or at least (to the degree we use the notion) we should understand it's ultimate sources and limits.

Not exact matches

Powerpack systems support applications including peak shaving, load shifting and demand response for commercial customers while offering renewable firming and a variety of grid services at utility scales.

It is significant that both projects are in competitive wholesale markets where they can sell services such as frequency regulation, peak load shaving, or electric capacity (except in Texas, where the absence of a capacity market takes that revenue opportunity off the table).

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.