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Global climate change and the future of electricity production
Published in John Bird, Science and Mathematics for Engineering, 2019
Finally, a transformer converts the electrical energy from the generator to a high voltage. The national grid uses high voltages to transmit electricity efficiently through the power lines (9) to the homes and businesses that need it (10). Here, other transformers reduce the voltage back down to a usable level.
Concepts of a Hydropower Project
Published in Suchintya Kumar Sur, A Practical Guide to Construction of Hydropower Facilities, 2019
Power is generated through either run-off-river or storage type in this category of hydro project, and is connected to the national grid of the country. The national grid is the high voltage electric power transmission network in the mainland which transmits power safely to the users through the main power station and sub stations. The installed capacity of this type of project is greater than 100 MW and feeds into a large electricity grid.
Research challenges
Published in Catalina Spataru, Whole Energy System Dynamics, 2017
Power-to-gas may just be the solution for long and short-term containment problems posed by fluctuating energy. Its benefits are: cutting down the exploitation of fossil fuel resources;contributing to less import dependency;raising energy security;improving the exploitation of renewables;making sure that the base requirements for wind power are met;enhancing the incorporation of renewable energy into the National Grid.
Circulations beyond nodes: (in)securities along the pipeline
Published in Mobilities, 2018
To understand the way that natural gas travels across the UK, it is first necessary to come to terms with the infrastructural moorings that support these movements. Natural gas’s onshore journeys take place within two interconnected infrastructures. The National Transmission System (NTS) is owned and operated by National Grid. It receives gas from offshore drilling platforms, container ships, biomethane plants and storage facilities, and transports it in large volumes, at high pressure, delivering it to different regions of the country. Local distribution networks, in contrast, are a set of six pipeline systems that are operated by different companies. They are regional in scale, and take gas off the NTS, delivering it to individual consumers at much lower pressures.