Microgrids,
small grids connecting buildings with a local power source separate from the main grid, are being considered as tools to keep the lights on during disasters.
Not exact matches
He said more than 1,000 under - served communities in the Region had been
connected to the national electricity
grid and 300,000 people had also been supplied with potable drinking water under the
Small Town Water system.
And starting immediately, contractors and residents would need permission to
connect most
small rooftop systems to the
grid.
Even a relatively
small initial supply of the new cells could bring solar power to remote locations that are not yet
connected to any electrical
grid
Meanwhile, distribution
grids, which
connect smaller renewables installations and conventional power stations, will also require considerable expansion and modernization, the scale of which will depend on specific tasks assigned to the nation's 800 - plus distribution
grid operators when developing smart
grids.
The party will take lessons from Gujarat's program as it designs policies on a national level that will include both larger,
grid -
connected photovoltaic projects and
smaller, decentralized applications for solar, Taneja said.
Small - scale,
grid -
connected, solar and wind projects usually benefit from quicker procedures.
Our
grid connected and off
grid wind turbine systems, which consist of our 2.4 kW and 10 kW devices and related equipment, are utilized for electrical power generation for applications and markets such as residential, micro-
grid based rural electrification, agricultural,
small business, rural electric utility systems, as well as other private, corporate infrastructure and government applications.
Rockport is apparently excited because Southwest Windpower is trying to crack the market for
grid -
connected small wind generators, which it estimates could be as large as 13 million homes.
Doña Maria can power a limited number of
small devices, which means she does not have to travel to the nearest
grid -
connected town to recharge her mobile phone.
At the time of writing (2009/02/28) there are rebates for installing photovoltaic power on private homes and schools, but no rebates for installing
small wind turbines, except in isolated areas not
connected to the electricity supply
grid.