Power Engineer
Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2006
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Volume 20, Issue 2
April 2006
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- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, page: 2 –2
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060210
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Intelligent networks, ignorant people. - Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, page: 3 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060211
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- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 4 –5
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060212
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- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, page: 6 –6
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060213
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European wide policy takes shape; Sun shines on global solar production. (2 pages) - Author(s): S. Gordon
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 10 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060214
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While business booms for the US wind industry, European cohorts struggle to source turbine parts. - Author(s): R. Pool
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 12 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060201
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This paper examines whether switching from fossil fuels to biofuels is the best solution to the burgeoning global transport carbon emissions problem. While advocates are able to address many of the concerns expressed by critics, biofuels remain a short-term option in the UK and its status beyond 2010 remains uncertain. Based on a recent Dutch study which concludes that the use of biomass for power generation is more cost-effective than biofuels in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there are those who believe that UK biomass is a limited resource and should be best used in power generation. - Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 18 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060202
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This paper presents the opinions of several key industry players on what they think the UK Energy Policy should contain. Opinions ranged from harnessing nuclear power and renewable generation and the need for more certainty and coordination from the government to ensure policies are deliverable within today's market. - Author(s): A. Buchanan
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060203
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This paper discusses how Britain's privatized energy market is working to ensure that there is enough gas and electricity to meet the demand. Since privatization, there has been around #30 billion invested in Britain's gas and electricity networks. This investment in unregulated infrastructure particularly demonstrates the response the market makes to deliver security of supply. Significant investment has also been made to build new plant when it is needed with the Renewables Obligation also leading to considerable investment in new renewable generation. There are also moves to address the upgrade and repair of networks that are more than 40 years old. - Author(s): C. Ashmore
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 24 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060204
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This paper looks at the current state of the electrical energy sector in the People's Republic of China in the face of a massive rate of economic growth. More than 120 GW of generating capacity is under construction including the 18.2 GW Three Gorges hydroelectric project, which is due for eventual expansion to 22.4 GW. However, even with this rate of growth within the electrical energy sector, new generating capacity is unlikely to meet demand in most areas for at least another 12 months. Despite efforts to reform the electricity sector, strengthening the country's power grid networks remains a key objective. Fortunately, the pace of technological development in the power transmission sector is also gathering momentum. Awaiting approval is a project to construct the world's first ultra high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission system. This is part of the effort to upgrade and reinforce the existing nine west-to-east links which import bulk power. - Author(s): L. McGrow
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 28 –30
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060205
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This paper discusses the technical modifications that were made to UK windfarms in order to comply with the provisions of the GB Grid Code. These modifications include better voltage control either by adding fast-switched capacitances and reactances to existing turbines or by using turbines that incorporate their own power electronic converters. Another technical modification is better response to over- and under-frequency via the use of site SCADA control systems. These technological advances coupled with the modernization of grid management techniques should securely provide a share of the UK's future power needs. - Author(s): J. Douglas and M. Orme
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 31 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060206
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This paper discusses the challenges faced by network operators in connecting wind farms to local distribution networks and ultimately transporting the power into people's homes. The paper also describes Ofgem's Registered Power Zone (RPZ) incentive which provides financial aid to distributors who would develop and implement innovative projects connecting distributed generation to networks where this may not otherwise have been economically feasible. - Author(s): J.P. Conti
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060207
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This paper discusses how advances in information and communications technology (ICT) could help future power grids become smarter entities. With these advances, the unidirectional, centrally controlled nature of existing transmission and distribution infrastructure can be upgraded into an interactive, electronically enhanced grid that can spot potential problems in real time, communicate them to a computer-based system and automatically prevent or correct any faults or disturbances. Apart from these so-called "self-healing" capabilities of intelligent networks, other advantages include a more efficient use of electricity, higher reliability of supply, two-way communications between suppliers and customers, dynamic pricing based on real-time market data and improved security. - Author(s): D. Wilson ; J. Bialek ; Z. Lubosny
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060208
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This paper describes the recent technological advances in managing the oscillatory stability of power systems to avoid potentially serious grid disturbances. While the tools for dynamic modeling of power systems have long been available and remain an essential part of tackling power system instabilities, it is not advisable to depend on model-based approaches exclusively. Emerging technologies that can be used to observe dynamics within networks have proven to be increasingly valuable for increasing power transfers and defending against blackouts. - Author(s): A. Martin and R. Coutts
- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060209
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The need for energy balancing is growing worldwide as consumption grows, regardless of the future generation mix. Meanwhile, balancing provision is shrinking as environmental pressures squeeze older coal stations out of the market and new stations are being designed to suit the developer rather than fulfilling any cohesive strategy. As a result, alternative sources of flexibility are required urgently. This need is addressed by a new concept called demand side flexibility (DSF) in which consumers contribute to energy balancing. DSF includes consumption and also embedded generators, which are thought of as negative demand and often ignored by transmission system operators (TSO). While the progress in DSF has been limited, it is just only a matter of time before DSF emerges as a major provider of efficient, low cost energy balancing. - Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 46 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060215
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- Source: Power Engineer, Volume 20, Issue 2, page: 48 –48
- DOI: 10.1049/pe:20060216
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Analysis: Component crunch
The sweetest solution [biofuel vehicles]
Decision time [Energy Policy]
Ready to deliver? [security of supply]
Transmit the light fantastic [HVDC power transmission]
Beat the system [GB Grid Code]
Time to connect [generation connection]
Let the grid do the thinking [intelligent networks]
Banishing blackouts [power system oscillations stability]
Balancing act [demand side flexibility]
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