◊ This is the first in the ‘Electricity Generation’ series of articles ◊
The Electricity Generation series of articles are intended to provide insight to those who are not familiar with how electricity generation works or the high level considerations that enable it to function as an integrated grid resource.
The basic supporting science is covered in additional detail in my article ‘Some Physics’.
The series is divided by topic:
- An introduction to electricity generation for the grid
- A global view of energy
- Ontario’s energy mix
- Fundamentals of supply and demand
- Supply
- Capacity and energy
- Real power
- Reactive power
- Apparent power
- Power factor
- Rated capacity and capacity factor
- Available generating capacity
- Reserve capacity
- Supply mix
- Demand
- Stability
- Reliability
- Security
- Supply planning, scheduling, dispatch and constraints
- Generation by function
- Base, intermediate and peak
- Fluctuating energy production
- Variable
- Intermittent
- Advanced concepts of grid supply
- Islanding
- Anti-islanding
- Black start
- Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
- Reactive power compensation
- Harmonics
- Generator transient response
- Generators and short circuit fault contribution
- Short-circuit ratio
- Additional consideration for inverter-based resources
- Grid forming and grid following
- The technology of electricity generation
- Some history
- The semiconductor era
- Rotating machines
- Synchronous and Asynchronous (non-synchronous)
- Turbines
- Thermodynamic cycles – Rankine and Brayton
- Hydro turbines
- Wind turbines
- Internal combustion engine prime movers
- Steam turbines
- Synchronous generators
- Induction generators
- Direct current generators
- Inverter based resources
- Combined technology generators: inverter-based and doubly-fed resources
- Generation by primary energy source
- Renewable
- Non-renewable
- Biomass
- Energy storage
- Fossil fuel
- Coal
- Natural gas
- Simple cycle
- Combined cycle
- Nuclear
- Geothermal
- Hydro
- Pumped water storage
- Solar
- Wind
- Connecting generation to the grid
- Existing generators
- New generator connection
- Generator connection requirements
- Generation connection point
- Large scale generation
- Embedded generation
Enjoy
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