Peaking power plant, the Glossary

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1. 49 relations: Air conditioning, Ancillary services (electric power), Base load, Battery storage power station, Biofuel, Biogas, Coal, Cogeneration, Combined cycle power plant, Compressed-air energy storage, Diesel fuel, Diesel generator, Dispatchable generation, District heating, Electrical grid, Electricity, Gas engine, Gas turbine, Geothermal power, Grid energy storage, Heat recovery steam generator, Hybrid vehicle drivetrain, Hydroelectricity, Jet fuel, Lessines, List of energy storage power plants, Load-following power plant, Natural gas, New York Power Authority, Nuclear power, Operating reserve, Peak demand, Petroleum, Power station, Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, Reciprocating engine, Smart grid, Solar thermal energy, Tesla Megapack, Tesla, Inc., Thermal efficiency, Thermal energy storage, Turbine inlet air cooling, Variable renewable energy, Vehicle-to-grid, Ventura County, California, Waste heat, Waste-to-energy, WECC Intertie Paths.

Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Ancillary services (electric power)

Ancillary services are the services necessary to support the transmission of electric power from generators to consumers given the obligations of control areas and transmission utilities within those control areas to maintain reliable operations of the interconnected transmission system.

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Base load

The base load (also baseload) is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week. Peaking power plant and base load are power station technology.

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Battery storage power station

A battery storage power station, or battery energy storage system (BESS), is a type of energy storage power station that uses a group of batteries to store electrical energy.

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Biofuel

Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil.

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Biogas

Biogas is a gaseous renewable energy source produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, wastewater, and food waste.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Cogeneration

Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Peaking power plant and Cogeneration are power station technology.

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Combined cycle power plant

A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. Peaking power plant and combined cycle power plant are power station technology.

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Compressed-air energy storage

Compressed-air energy storage (CAES) is a way to store energy for later use using compressed air.

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.

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Diesel generator

A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy.

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Dispatchable generation

Dispatchable generation refers to sources of electricity that can be programmed on demand at the request of power grid operators, according to market needs.

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District heating

District heating (also known as heat networks) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating.

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Electrical grid

An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers.

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Electricity

Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge.

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Gas engine

A gas engine is an internal combustion engine that runs on a fuel gas (a gaseous fuel), such as coal gas, producer gas, biogas, landfill gas, natural gas or hydrogen.

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Gas turbine

A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine.

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Geothermal power

Geothermal power is electrical power generated from geothermal energy. Peaking power plant and geothermal power are power station technology.

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Grid energy storage

Grid energy storage (also called large-scale energy storage) is a collection of methods used for energy storage on a large scale within an electrical power grid.

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Heat recovery steam generator

A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an energy recovery heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream, such as a combustion turbine or other waste gas stream.

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Hybrid vehicle drivetrain

Hybrid vehicle drivetrains transmit power to the driving wheels for hybrid vehicles.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Jet fuel

Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines.

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Lessines

Lessines (Lessen,; Lissene, Lissene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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List of energy storage power plants

This is a list of energy storage power plants worldwide, other than pumped hydro storage.

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Load-following power plant

A load-following power plant, regarded as producing mid-merit or mid-priced electricity, is a power plant that adjusts its power output as demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day. Peaking power plant and load-following power plant are power station technology.

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Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

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The New York Power Authority (NYPA), is the largest state public power utility in the United States providing some of the lowest-cost electricity in the nation, operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Peaking power plant and nuclear power are power station technology.

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Operating reserve

In electricity networks, the operating reserve is the generating capacity available to the system operator within a short interval of time to meet demand in case a generator goes down or there is another disruption to the supply.

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Peak demand

Peak demand on an electrical grid is the highest electrical power demand that has occurred over a specified time period (Gönen 2008). Peaking power plant and Peak demand are power station technology.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.

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Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.

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Smart grid

The smart grid is an enhancement of the 20th century electrical grid, using two-way communications and distributed so-called intelligent devices.

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Solar thermal energy

Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in industry, and in the residential and commercial sectors.

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Tesla Megapack

The Tesla Megapack is a large-scale rechargeable lithium-ion battery stationary energy storage product, intended for use at battery storage power stations, manufactured by Tesla Energy, the energy subsidiary of Tesla, Inc. Launched in 2019, a Megapack can store up to 3.9 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity.

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Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company.

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Thermal efficiency

In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such as an internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc.

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Thermal energy storage

Thermal energy storage (TES) is the storage of thermal energy for later reuse.

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Turbine inlet air cooling

Turbine inlet air cooling is a group of technologies and techniques consisting of cooling down the intake air of the gas turbine. Peaking power plant and turbine inlet air cooling are power station technology.

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Variable renewable energy

Variable renewable energy (VRE) or intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) are renewable energy sources that are not dispatchable due to their fluctuating nature, such as wind power and solar power, as opposed to controllable renewable energy sources, such as dammed hydroelectricity or bioenergy, or relatively constant sources, such as geothermal power.

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Vehicle-to-grid

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) describes a system in which plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sell demand response services to the grid.

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Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.

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Waste heat

Waste heat is heat that is produced by a machine, or other process that uses energy, as a byproduct of doing work.

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Waste-to-energy

Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source.

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WECC Intertie Paths

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) coordinates a number of high voltage power links in western North America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant

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