Extreme heat like the temperatures that engulfed the Chicago area Friday can stress the grid by spiking demand for electricity. As air conditioning units kick into high gear to keep homes and businesses cool, the same severe temperatures can directly create problems at the power stations, experts warn.
Extreme heat like the temperatures that engulfed the Chicago area this week can stress the power grid by spiking demand for electricity. With our climate trending toward longer and warmer summers, researchers and utilities are searching for ways to prepare the grid for a hotter future.
With increased air conditioning loads making transformers and conductors work harder and get hotter, the environment around the equipment warms and it can't cool down as quickly. by signing up you agree to our terms of service The study states the utility's service territory already experiences extreme weather events that pose challenges to building, managing and operating the electrical distribution grid -- but those events only will increase in frequency and intensity over time.
"This heat wave that we're experiencing here, not to be glib, it's kind of a normal day in parts of Arizona," said Tom Wall, the director for Argonne's Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science."Clearly, we can design the grid for these conditions. It just hasn't been designed that way in parts of the country where we haven't expected this type of heat historically.
While the coordination between supply and demand has worked in the past, storage is going to become more important as demand for electricity increases through electric vehicles and as more renewables like wind and solar come online.
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