It is a hybrid because it uses software algorithms to combine two separate requirements: one is to ensure that the grid is capable of operating continuously, while the second is the ability to deal discretely with any system changes on the grid.
Escalating tensions over a proposal to impose rolling outages on wind-power farms in Oregon and Washington State to prevent the electric grid from overheating has convinced the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which is responsible for operating the power grid in the Pacific Northwest, to pull the plug on the plan.
FORBES: Grid Operators Drop Plan for Rolling Wind-Farm Outages
While grid operators have developed elaborate operating protocols to manage ramping events, they are almost always either expensive or environmentally problematic.
In renewable energy news, the German town of Feldheim has set a new standard for energy independence by generating 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources and operating its own power grid.
Given this context, I am saddened to report that those responsible for operating the electric power grid in New England are pursuing a radical proposal to push power prices up, prevent businesses from growing and kill clean-energy in the process.
FORBES: Danger: Grid Operator Threatens Economic Growth, Clean Energy
Outfits operating in the smart-grid space like Accenture, IBM and General Electric would be reckless not to read the writing on the wall revealed by the report.
Such a grid is being tested at the army's model forward operating base (FOB) in Fort Irwin, California, along with prototypes of a mobile, hybrid power station that combines solar panels and wind turbines with a conventional generator.
The pressurized water reactor plant is currently supplying 60 megawatts to the Iranian power grid, but will produce a whopping 1, 000 megawatts when operating at full capacity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
But Ray Gogel, president and chief operating officer of the CURRENT Group, who previously ran smart grid projects for Xcel, worries there's too much focus on the "edge" of the grid, where consumers connect.
It works to smooth power demand on the grid and effectively lowers electricity costs to the customer, says Schmitz, who was formerly Chief Operating Officer of UltraLife (ULBI), a worldwide designer and manufacrturer of power and communictions systems.
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