Electric utilities count on climate data to anticipate peak power requirements and distribute power where it is needed.
Peak Power Solutions sells or leases solar power systems for both residential and commercial properties throughout Southern California.
Duke helped fund the project in part to see how they can manage avoidance of peak power demand.
The long recharge time will thus not be an issue, and the electricity will be cheap, off-peak power.
Peak power comes on later, at 7, 400 rpm vs. 7, 000 rpm, unexpectedly high revolutions for a rather beefy engine.
Include KERS and the car could be out of the running altogether, despite having a peak power 10% more than normal.
The cells could then reduce peak power demands air conditioning would be making on the electricity grid, leveraging their own economic value.
Siemens electric motors developed for Volvo have a peak power output of 108 kilowatts with a maximum torque of 220 Newton meters.
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With a large build out of solar and wind the peak power load can be reduced because of the onsite usage of the power.
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According to Nakia Jean Lozoya, a marketing assistant at Tustin-based Peak Power Solutions, middle-class homeowners are leading the charge towards 100 percent renewable energy in Orange County.
Demand response programs were pioneered in the industrial sector and, as evidenced by the effort in Sheboygan Falls, have been enormously successful at reducing peak power demand.
If the blades spin fast enough to deliver on average 40% of their peak power, that 45 gigawatts would be the equivalent of 18 gigawatts of steady power.
No other film artist operated as skillfully as he did under cover of darkness, and this seventy-nine-minute film noir from 1948 shows off his night vision at peak power.
Because peak power arrives at different rpm for the gas engine and the electric traction motor, peak system horsepower nets out to be an even 200 hp at 5, 600 rpm, which is the rated redline.
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But progress stalled in 1967, which represented the peak in power plant efficiency.
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You'll get a maximum 85kW (114hp) of power during peak stages, while its continuous power output is closer to 60kW (82hp).
In both scenarios, the amount of electricity supplied through the power grid is lower during peak periods, which improves reliability, reduces rates by avoiding the use of high-priced power plants during peak hours and delays capital intensive infrastructure investments needed to maintain the grid.
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The glut exacerbates the inefficiency by forcing the utilities to rely on dirtier and less efficient sources of power to meet peak demand rather than simply redirecting surplus power from low demand to high-demand markets.
Unions were at the peak of their power, strikes wracked most western economies, and inflationary forces prowled the land.
That's a big number, because 8% to 12% of peak demand for power capacity comes during the busiest 1% of hours.
It was in the mid 1980s, at the peak of his power, that Marinho was sometimes dubbed the Citizen Kane of Brazil.
Africa reached the peak of its power around the year 2050 BC when the middle Kingdom of Egypt was at its most powerful.
Unit sales and volume on every mobile platform are going to continue to grow during 2013, but in terms of market share and dominance, Android is at the peak of its power.
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How was it that big, rich companies, admired and emulated by everyone, could one year be at the peak of their power and, just a few years later, be struggling in the middle of the pack or just plain gone?
These would draw energy from the grid overnight, then be used to reduce peak daytime demand for power.
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In turn, this shift is supposed to flatten peak demand for electric power.
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It is worth remembering that today's rosy estimates of fiscal surpluses cover a decade when America's baby-boomers are still at the peak of their earning power.
Fret not, though, as the company assured us it'll be using tiny class-D digital amping that won't affect its current size, aiming to provide 80-100 peak RMS watts of power.
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Solar One, which went online in June, is the first solar thermal power plant built in 16 years and produces 64 megawatts of electricity during the peak midday hours, enough to power 14, 000 Nevada homes.
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