Sentences with phrase «time of high demand»

At times of high demand for storage the value should go up and the opposite should be true when demand is low.

However, your point is a good one in that during times of high demand for electricity, consumers should have incentives to conserve electricity.

Although the body can produce it, immune system weaknesses and nerve problems can occur during times of high demand.

Its approach is to cut the current flowing to a building's lights at times of high demand — but to turn it on again so quickly that no one will notice.

In times of high demand Uber initiates surge pricing - you are charged the normal fare times a surge multiplier.

Sydney is a busy city at most times of the year, however there are definitely times of high demand and there for these times - premium prices are to be paid for accommodation - with this usually being over the summer months and peaking over the very popular New Year Eve celebrations for which Sydney is very famous.

Energy efficiency can also help utilities manage times of high demand, which makes it easier to provide reliable service to customers.

Unlike onshore wind, which blows most strongly at night, and solar energy, which peaks in the middle of the day, offshore wind picks up in the late morning and continues through the evening hours, matching times of highest demand.

-- A promise to start selling bi-directional charging to fleet customers soon, allowing them to use their cars for energy storage and sell back to the grid in times of high demand.

Charging will be able to be done when power is plentiful and, in a well operated grid, car and home batteries will be able to feed power back into the grid at times of high demand, high power prices and low generation.

By 2013, 2 million smart meters will track energy use in Texans» homes, and even enable CenterPoint to turn off air conditioning units during times of high demand — although CenterPoint admits it will need customer consent for this.

Historically, gas plants were reserved for peaking power — additional production for times of highest demand.

It is also worth noting that austerity has constricted both the supply and liquidity of bonds, making them scarce in a time of high demand.

For them, cancer diagnosis comes at a time of high demands for peak performance at work and home, and correspondingly less flexibility in time and schedule.

Therapists should be aware that winter months will be a time of high demand for their services, say the study authors, as people may be more vulnerable to emotional distress than at other times of the year.

Lyft is a great choice in times of high demand or when there is a driver nearby and you need a low cost ride fast.

By adding a huge amount of battery capacity, there's significant potential for a smart grid to use vehicles as a decentralized storage asset, storing power when it's cheap and abundant and buying it back at times of high demand.

I live in Boston, where the transit system — though a pale shadow of New York's — does a decent job getting people around the disparate, and in some cases, far - flung suburbs (of more concern, considering how small the city itself is; the «city» line of the subway is so packed at times of high demand that it's generally faster and more appealing to walk).

It is one of the few hydro - power stations in Australia to include pumped hydro in which water is pumped from the lower Jounama Pondage to the upper Talbingo Reservoir when electricity is plentiful and cheap, so that it can flow back down through the turbines to generate more electricity at times of higher demand.

The fleet is expected to provide up to 700 kilowatts of energy to the grid, which can be used to balance the overall load by absorbing excess power, then putting it back into the grid during times of high demand.

On the upside, however, Agassi maintains that 2 million connected EVs could provide the standby backup power Denmark needs (especially if it installs more wind) by storing excess generation of wind and possibly feeding it back to the grid in times of high demand.

At this time of high demand, gas - and coal - fired plants used to be able to achieve high returns but with solar power production also peaking around noon, conventional power plants lost this important advantage.