Sentences with phrase «transmission grid»

A utility - scale project is that which is capable of producing 20 or more megawatts of electricity for distribution to customers through the electricity transmission grid system.

Is anyone listening about greatly increasing our electric transmission grid system at the Democratic Convention?

A major disruption of the electric transmission grid, or the equipment it contains, as part of a cyber attack could have disastrous consequences.

Nevertheless, it does happen, and when it does, these flares can cause costly damage to electric circuits, electricity transmission grids and other systems vulnerable to such storms.

[22] Schaber, Katrin, et al. «Parametric study of variable renewable energy integration in europe: advantages and costs of transmission grid extensions.»

National Grid and PNNL will collaborate on transmission grid modernization and energy storage research.

Customers like transmission grid operators often contract several forecast services at the same time.

«If you build out the high voltage transmission grid,» Morris said, «you would have a huge economy of scale at moving electricity.»

The move to modernize the United States» power transmission grid so that renewable energy can more easily deliver on its potential is one which gained some steam in the past week: The National Science Foundation announced

RICHLAND, Wash. — National Grid, a leading US transmission company, and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into an agreement to work together on research in the areas of transmission grid modernization and energy storage technologies.

The study further noted that «Electricity obtained from hydrogen fuel cells appears to be four times as expensive as electricity drawn from the electrical transmission grid.

Other wind farms that were forced to shut down are now back online, according to the American Wind Energy Association, though one site remains down due to the loss of the local transmission grid near Corpus Christi.

«As discussed below, the value of the Cape Wind facility as compared to alternative Section 83 - eligible resources is further enhanced when these benefits are considered in combination with the facility's favorable location on the regional transmission grid and advanced stage of development.»

«(i) consider whether the facilities covered by an application are included in an Interconnection - wide transmission grid plan for a high - priority national transmission project developed pursuant to subsection (c); and

But PJM also announced plans to test its 13 - state transmission grid for «fuel security vulnerabilities,» such as fuel supply shortages during extreme weather or cyberattacks.

Hydrogen Utility chief executive Attilio Pigneri was reported as saying that the project would provide balancing services to the national transmission grid and fast frequency response support to new solar plants under development on the Eyre Peninsula.

We have an aging, congested, and strained transmission grid in this country (in the PJM ISO which handles transmission for PA, NJ, and MD, the total congestion charges rose from $ 50m / yr to $ 2b / yr from 1999 - 2005... costs borne by the consumers.)

To build a sustainable future, we will need engineers, construction workers and scientists to create turbines, affix solar panels and construct transmission grids.

Since 1995, the Rosebud Sioux and other COUP tribes have committed to the utility - scale development of tribal wind resources on their reservations (estimated in the hundreds of gigawatts of potential), and the integration of large - scale distributed tribal wind generation with diminishing reliance on hydropower from federal transmission grids.

David Yaffe serves as the managing partner of Van Ness Feldman's electric practice, focusing on the interstate transmission grid as well as wholesale electric power transactions.

An even better solution would be to have MVM divest all its interests in generation and distribution / supply and become a pure transmission grid company.

Among his other accomplishments there were fielding the proposal that led Google to invest in a proposed underwater transmission grid off the Atlantic coast, running from Virginia to New Jersey.

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT): This legislation creates a new class of power generators, exempt wholesale generators, that are exempt from the provisions of the Public Holding Company Act of 1935 and grants the authority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order and condition access by eligible parties to the interconnected transmission grid.

By comparison, only 4 percent of electricity in the 13 - state PJM transmission grid region (which includes Ohio and Pennsylvania) comes from renewables.

Probably the 5TW of wind farms will only cost $ 5TR and the redundant transmission grid will only cost $ 20TR — so that's only $ 25TR.

-- Plans for the development and improvement of high - priority national transmission projects into a national high - capacity transmission grid shall take into consideration --

As Pickens tilts at billion - dollar windmill farms, he advocates the federal government enact multi-year renewable energy tax credits, require private companies to purchase alternative fuel vehicles and help build a renewable energy transmission grid.

Today's Oz has a piece from Paul Kerin, responding to my proposal for a nationalized transmission grid.

The Ontario Government's energy investment priority should be in new gas, nuclear and / or hydroelectric capacity, upgrading existing generating facilities, and in refurbishing transmission grids.

In addition, because of the configuration of the California transmission grid, the loss of SONGS can potentially reduce imports of power into the key Los Angeles and San Diego load centers.

«An important part of the DESERTEC concept is the creation of a large - scale HVDC transmission grid, spanning the whole of EUMENA, and designed to work in conjunction with existing HVAC grids.

Flexibility in the Nordic region can be tapped from dispatchable hydropower, buildout of domestic and cross-border transmission grids, demand response in industry and buildings, and district heating systems — where flexible co-generation plants and utility - scale heat pumps have significant potential.

Interconnectivity of the power transmission grids of Ghana to all our neighbours means that excess power can be evacuated to Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia Sierra Leone and even power starved Nigeria.

Other recommendations in the report include clarification of responsibilities among government agencies, including enhanced capacity for the Energy Regulatory Commission with a distinct technical expertise on transmission grids, plus a cost - benefit analysis to assess grid development in renewable - rich areas.

Across the country there were no blackouts or power shortages, the four transmission grid operators jointly said.

The Commission has estimated that transmission grid system peak demand will be between 2,477 - 2,500 megawatts, which is about 8.5 percent growth over what was projected for 2015.

Senate Bill 1565 (Bowen, Chapter 692, Statutes of 2004) requires that the Commission adopt a strategic plan for the state's electric transmission grid.

In analysing the success of the mandate so far, Olinsky - Paul says that, among other things, California benefited from «co-ordination between state policymakers and regulators, and the single - state California Independent System Operator (CAISO, which operates the local transmission grid)» in establishing such an ambitious programme.

NRDC, Vote Solar, a former Colorado Commissioner and others make the case for a regional transmission grid.

About 20 percent of investments in the high - cost scenario would go into upgrading the high - voltage transmission grid, including installation of sensors to alert operators to potential failures of transformers on the system, and purchases of equipment to protect the grid and make it more efficient, EPRI said.