Sentences with phrase «with electric power grids»

Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb Earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grids, radio communication, GPS systems, satellite operations, oil and gas drilling and air travel.

Not exact matches

He also deployed a team of power restoration specialists to help with electric grids that are still down.

It is different from the practice — and in some cases the requirements — for the Long Island Power Authority, which has a 12 - year, $ 3.87 billion contract with PSEG of Newark to operate the Long Island electric grid.

In December 2009, the LIPA Board of Trustees approved power purchase agreements with BP Solar International Inc. and enXco Development Corporation, thereby creating the State's largest source of solar power on Long Island by introducing approximately 50MW of clean renewable energy generated on Long Island onto LIPA's electric grid.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

But while they are great for electric sports cars, the batteries aren't cheap and aren't flexible enough to cope with wildly different loads for power grid storage.

No comprehensive plan exists to retrofit the transmission grid with protective devices, although the Electric Power Research Institute, the industry's primary research and development organization, is developing a range of technical responses.

It also floods the space around our planet with radiation that can incapacitate satellites and sicken astronauts, and can trigger electric currents on Earth capable of knocking out power grids.

The scenarios focused on 10 to 20 years in the future, when battery and fuel cell vehicles are expected to be in much wider use, and when solar power and electrolyzers are cost competitive with the electric grid.

He adds that Missouri S&T provides «a unique contribution to the information assurance field with our focus on developing ways to protect the nation's electric power grid, oil, gas and water distribution systems; and transportation systems from terrorist attacks.»

Electric currents that flow into and out of the ionosphere, which AMPERE monitors, have various effects on it as well as the atmosphere in general that can cause problems with tracking LEO space debris, the use of GPS systems, and even terrestrial power plants — as was the case when a geomagnetic storm took down Quebec's power grid in 1989, Anderson says, adding, «The operators didn't know what was happening.»

The newly unveiled Volt's lithium ion battery pack, which will power the four - seat compact for about 40 miles per charge, will also be able to be replenished with cheap off - peak power by plugging it into the nationwide electric grid overnight.

«With the systematic adaptation of our weather forecasts as a basis for wind and photovoltaic power forecasts for the electric grid, the German weather service has taken on a new and supplementary role,» explains Hagedorn.

On December 12 Scientific American sat down with the new Secretary in an overheated conference room tucked in the back of a start - up grid - scale battery maker Urban Electric Power.

We look forward to engaging with FERC, DOE, and grid operators in an examination of what resilience of the electric power system means and requires, and to demonstrating the contribution of our industries to ensuring reliable power for all.»

Your electric bill goes up, or the grid goes down... traditional power generation has served us well over the years, but with an aging system and increased demand, relying on it for all our energy needs has drawbacks.

All practical commercial power reactors must be capable of quickly adapting to the changing demand on the electric grid, more important today with increased grid contributions from unsteady (e.g., non-constant) solar and wind sources, and SMR - 160 ideally suits that need.

A battery built with the abundant and cheap material could be used to power big data centers, as well as provide a cheaper energy - storage option for microgrids and the traditional electric grid.

So I was excited to try out the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - in, which would not only debut a new hybrid system, but also could work as an electric vehicle with power from the grid.

The Model X's all - electric powertrain, with an EPA estimated 238 - mile all electric driving range, leverages the increasingly cleaner U.S. power grid as a fuel source to significantly increase the environmental benefits of the electric powertrain in 2018, and across future years.

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to steer his electric car company's battery technology into homes and businesses as part of an elaborate plan to reshape the power grid with millions of small power plants made of solar panels on roofs and batteries in garages.

Hopefully in time, the electric grid will begin to look like the internet of today... with various sources and users of power interconnected using open standards and intelligent protocols.

Instead of perpetuating the status quo concepts with enhancing of smart grid enhancements of the electric power infrastructure, we started looking at distributed generation that enabled utilization of discharged heat in cogeneration concepts.

Wind systems are thus usually operated in conjunction with electricity supplied from the grid — the grid supplied electricity serves as a backup to ensure constant electric power when there is no wind.

With coal - derived electricity, the calculation would include the life cycle from mine to power plant to electric grid.

Utility - scale solar energy projects (defined for the Solar PEIS as facilities with a generation capacity of 20 MW or greater) generate electricity that is distributed to consumers through the electric power transmission grid.

With upfront funding from NativeEnergy reducing turbine costs to an acceptable level, these turbines help farmers reduce their long - term electricity costs and help stabilize the electric grid with distributed, small - scale power generatWith upfront funding from NativeEnergy reducing turbine costs to an acceptable level, these turbines help farmers reduce their long - term electricity costs and help stabilize the electric grid with distributed, small - scale power generatwith distributed, small - scale power generation.

For batteries with sufficient power and energy density for electric vehicles and electricity storage on the grid or in buildings, this «learning rate» translates into a price drop of around three and a half times since 2009.

He sparred briefly with Sam Mason of Beltrami Electric over the reliability of the electrical grid in Germany, which now includes a larger mix of renewable power.

It should be noted that while all solar systems in the US can qualify for federal incentive programs like the Investment Tax Credit, you're more likely to get more incentive opportunities, like net - metering — allowing you to sell power back to the utility — with a grid - connected system than with an off - grid electric system, since most incentives are offered through utilities.

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Iron Horse, E.ON's first grid connected lithium battery system project, consisting of a 10 MW energy storage facility with an adjacent 2 MW solar array southeast of Tucson, Ariz., is online and helping Tucson Electric Power (TEP) maintain reliable electric service for more than 400,000 customers by providing frequency regulation and voltage control Electric Power (TEP) maintain reliable electric service for more than 400,000 customers by providing frequency regulation and voltage control electric service for more than 400,000 customers by providing frequency regulation and voltage control support.

Powering the grid with 100 percent green energy may sound like a nice idea, but it would actually be extremely difficult to do, a electric grid expert told Greentech Media in an interview Wednesday.

Public Service Electric & Gas» net metering program gives you 1 for 1 with the retail power price for unused solar generation exported to the grid.

Electric vehicles powered by a grid supplied with renewable energy, are a critically important low - carbon solution for cars and light duty trucks, as may be hydrogen - powered vehicles.

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So it turns out, if you diversify renewables by type so they're not all affected by weather the same way, you diversify them by location, so they don't all see the same weather at the same time, and you integrate them with the resources on the grid, both power plants and ways to save or shift electric use, then you can have a largely, or wholly renewable electric supply system at very reasonable cost, with greater reliability and resilience than we have right now.

He championed replacing older power grids with a national electric grid that could easily ferry electricity from solar and wind farms across the country.

My columns have covered LEDs, solar power, wind power, demand - response, green chemistry, smart grid innovation, water technologies, geothermal, biofuels (with a big focus on algae), electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage, nuclear, wave and tidal power, biogas, waste reduction, energy storage, advanced materials... you name it.

By putting a larger battery in a gas - electric hybrid to increase its storage of electricity and adding a plug - in capacity so the battery can be recharged from the power grid, drivers can do their commuting, grocery shopping, and other short - distance travel almost entirely with electricity, saving gasoline for the occasional long trip.

What will happen as a result is quite predictable: Greatly increased rates for electric power, decreased availability of the electric power so vital to our way of life, decreased reliability of the electric grid, a lower standard of living, decreased competitiveness of US products in world markets since most countries do not have such regulations, and Communist - style central control of the electric generating industry by a Washington - based bureaucracy with no understanding of the industry.

CCSA is working to bring optimally priced, advanced, solar - power technology to electric customers through the utility grid, and looks forward to working with electric customers, utilities and policy - makers to advance this high - value market.»

With that in mind, the main Texas grid operator ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) reported that it had achieved an instantaneous output of 10,296 MW for wind power at 8:48 on the night of March 26.

To accelerate the market penetration of RE, various additional measures have been assumed, such as a speedier introduction of electric vehicles combined with the implementation of effective communications systems and technologies, smart meters and faster expansion of super grids to allow a higher share of variable RE power generation (PV and wind) to be employed.

This started with a expedited study of the electric grid whose conclusion that something needed to be done to protect coal and nuclear power plants from going offline was utterly unsupported in the body of the document.

The DOE's graphic and facts about the grid and how it works are especially helpful now that new regulations may soon demand that electric power be generated with fewer fossil fuels and be used more efficiently in an effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change.

Prof. Emadi's research encompasses the development of advanced electric drive vehicles, power electronics and motor drives, vehicle - to - grid interface of plug - in vehicles with Smart Grid, hybrid battery / super-capacitor energy storage systems, and adaptive vehicle control and power management systems.

Brutal cold weather across portions of the country is altering the power mix for some electric grids, with oil leading over gas in ISO New England and coal doing the same in PJM.

While the California officials have been working overtime to approve solar power plants in time to meet a statewide renewable energy goal, its utility companies are faced with a slightly different task: How do we incorporate all of that renewable energy it our electric grid?

Others would not support the bill because of one — albeit major — provision: how to compensate people and businesses with solar and other renewable or clean energy systems for the excess power they produce and put into the electric grid during certain times of the day.