In the near future, DOE’s Grid Deployment Office expects to release a separate RFP focused on public-private partnerships to build transmission infrastructure that connects isolated microgrids to the grid in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.
By distributing the times at which electrical loads turn on — even by a few seconds — power grids can be much more robust against these issues, with no discernible impact to the end user.
By distributing the times at which electrical loads turn on — even by a few seconds — power grids can be much more robust against these issues, with no discernible impact to the end user.
With 120,000 tons of firm capacity, 350 million-plus ton-hours per year of annual load, and a 2020 peak load of 78,600 ton, TECO’s power demand had grown enough to push the plant over the existing CHP’s capacity.