Blog Posts on Utility
On Friday 14 Aug, an extremely hot and dry day in California and the west, California’s independent system operator (CAISO) had to resort to limited rolling blackouts that affected approximately 400,000 customers in California on Friday and the following Saturday 15 Aug.
(Published: 25. August 2020 by Jan)
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What are Dispatch & Redispatch? Definition The term ‘dispatch’ refers to resource planning at a power plant by the plant’s operator. ’Redispatch’ refers to a short-term change in how a power plant is utilized. This request comes at the behest of a transmission system operator to prevent bottlenecks in the grid. Dispatch Dispatch exists to achieve the most More…
(Published: 13. February 2019 by Nils Quak)
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What does utility frequency mean? Definition It is well-know that household alternating current (AC) in Germany and Europe has a frequency of 50 Hertz (Hz), while other parts of the world run on 60 Hz. What is less known is that this utility frequency (also known as mains frequency or grid frequency) also provides information about the ratio of electricity generation More…
(Published: 13. February 2019 by Nils Quak)
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In Germany, a lot has been written about two energy megatrends of our time, liberalisation of energy markets and decentralisation of the energy landscape. What we think has been neglected is a third megatrend: digitalisation.
(Published: 29. September 2016 by Hendrik)
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