Sentences with word «supergrid»

«We need to better understand the value in the proposed European Supergrid in managing wind variability versus other options, and taking account of the need to deal with prolonged periods of low wind across Europe.

Solar thermal generators could provide electricity and freshwater This EU supergrid proposal is reminiscent of Desertec, a solar scheme to provide up to one sixth of the EU's energy needs which was unveiled late last year by Jordan's Prince Hassan bin Talal.

The IET submitted evidence to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee Inquiry into a European Supergrid in March 2011.

Building even larger supergrids to take advantage of even wider geographical regions, or even the whole planet, could make the need for balancing capacity largely redundant, that's right.

By contrast, in the «stretch» scenarios, it is assumed that interconnection creates a European market for the UK's excess power, and that it becomes economic to build much more renewable capacity in the UK - with up to a 35GW supergrid interconnection.

We could have a massive supergrid.

«The idea of the interconnected E.U. supergrid is not without challenges,» said Nick Jenkins, a professor of renewable energy at Cardiff University.

None of these challenges can be solved in isolation but rather require solutions like clean energy supergrids and microgrids that address energy poverty and reduce climate change pollution at the same time.

I'd like to say «no thanks» to the intercontinental electrical supergrids discussed in the «Green grid» feature (14 March, p...

Kudos for taking a leading role on CSP, but why not also consider taking a lead role on creating a local / regional supergrid?

The Desertec Foundation and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote an Asian supergrid necessary for the expansion of renewable energy in Asia.

Europe, too, is beginning to think seriously of investing in a continental supergrid.

Sometimes called the Saudi Arabia of solar energy, the Sahara could soon be home to dozens of huge solar farms under a new EU supergrid initiative to supply the continent's electricity needs with renewable energy.

The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report says that connecting the UK's electricity system with neighbouring countries via a new European Supergrid would allow the National Grid to balance supply and demand more effectively, as intermittent sources of electricity become more important in our energy mix.

Engineers are warning that commitment, determination and a long - term approach by the Government will be crucial if a European Supergrid is to be successful.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) makes the warning as the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee today publishes it report A European Supergrid.

Ends Notes to editors: A European Supergrid is an electricity network that could connect generators and consumers from as far apart as Norway down to North Africa.

If those issues are resolved and the North Sea grid does get developed, the idea would be for it in turn to form part of the much - debated European supergrid, supposed to be able to seamlessly transport power from the wind - rich north and sun - soaked south to the center, from where most of the demand originates.

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It also has several schemes for transcontinental «supergrids,» including for a grid connection linking Mongolia, China, Russia, South Korea and Japan.

Secondly, a supergrid involves transmission losses, which means that more wind turbines and solar panels will need to be installed to compensate for this loss.

Even with a supergrid, low power days remain a possibility over areas as large as Europe.

It proposes what it calls a Supergrid.

Perhaps more interesting, however, is the idea of the «supergrid,» where HVDC lines are used to interconnect entire continents with electricity so that electricity created in one place (such as solar power in the U.S. desert southwest or the Sahara Desert or wind power from offshore wind farms in the windy North Sea) is available wherever it's needed, no matter how far away that electricity is used.

The report concludes that the global supply chain engaged in electrical interconnection is already making the necessary investment for the creation of the first legs of a pan-European electricity transmission network, or Supergrid.

One of the most exciting projects to enhance European energy security and reduce the effects of climate change is the Supergrid.

Conversely, if Southern Europe is very sunny, and photovoltaic panels and concentrating solar power (CSP) have generated more power than is needed, it could be sent throughout the Supergrid to where it is needed.

The beauty of the supergrid concept is that it is not «Blue Sky Thinking» or new technology that might not work, but utilises developments that are well - proven, particularly High Voltage DC (HVDC) wires, instead of AC - which has large transmission losses and therefore is not suitable for moving power long distances.