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Synopsis There was a time in my corporate power generation, design engineering career, where the executives of our company, shifted our engineering departments focus from funded design engineering projects, to, a heavy dosage of industrial engineering economics to meet feasibility studies for the upper executive staff, and using the MEANS more...
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We must be careful so that these "Minimal Rules" do not prevent small generators can not meet, especially in the aspect of cost and demand consulting with the other requirements. The regulatory complexity, obligations and regulations inhibit any effective participation of Mini and Micro Generation, if not stipulated rules simpler more...
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Distributed Generation will bring flexibility, reliability and security in the electric industry. While bringing many benefits, there are still enormous barriers to their implementation. Distributed Generation should meet the needs of individual consumers and communities and offer some support and intelligence to the "Large Network", and work independently, balancing supply more...
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There appears now to be almost universal concurrence on a future where distributed generation (DG) assets including solar PV, solar thermal, fuel cells and other forms of on-site power generation produce clean, reliable & economic energy for thousands of commercial, industrial and residential end-users. However, while this future "Microgrid" evolves, more...
The history of power conversion can be traced back some 4000-years ago with small-site installations involving water wheels doing some form of mechanical work. Crude forms of windmills appeared during a later period. While the combustion of biomass to raise steam first appeared in ancient Egypt, the first practical uses more...
Articles, books, environmentalists and industry pundits have been describing Renewable Distributed Generation 'grid cost parity' for a long time. And for a long time, grid cost parity has remained a distant threat. But the threat is getting closer. Energy Central readers in both regulated and deregulated markets should be preparing more...
A news story broke in early September that a wind farm in Upstate New York had to suspend operations due to a shortage of transmission capacity going into New York City. An announcement followed in regard to plans to build additional transmission capacity. Despite claims that the North American grid more...
One of the drivers that has enabled the U.S. economy to grow is the quality of our power generation and delivery system. Today, our electricity grid is powered primarily by large, centralized generation facilities with only a small amount provided by distributed energy resources. The modern grid must accommodate not more...
Transitioning into the Next Phase of Clean, Secure, Reliable Energy Delivery for our Digital Society
Corporate and global environments have changed vastly over the last couple of decades. The mission critical industry requires new energy solutions to protect and secure critical infrastructures. While the design intent is more resiliency, to achieve this we as an industry need to think outside the box. We must not more...
Posted By: Brian Braginton-Smith
- Executive Director, Sustainable Resources Group
On: November 5, 2007
On: November 5, 2007
In today's energy marketplace professionals and planners are lamenting the looming potential of wholesale energy supply shortages. Issues concerning the growing energy supply demands include every sector from the long term availability of non-renewable fossil fuel resources to issues relating to transmission and distribution constraints and limitations. In many areas more...
