Sentences with phrase «transmitted over the grids»

If there were to be a large wind drop across Europe — leading to a resulting drop in wind energy production — the water stored in the reservoirs could be unleashed to power the hydroelectric turbines and provide a large source of current that could be transmitted over the grids to sustain the continent's needs for up to 4 weeks.

Not exact matches

In terms of infrastructure, such big solar fits as comfortably as a coal - fired power plant in the traditional electricity business model, which involves large plants transmitting electricity over a grid of conducting lines through transformers and into individual homes and businesses.

This WRI / WBCSD report explains how to quantify reductions in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects that either generate or reduce the consumption of electricity transmitted over power grids.