Sentence examples for upgrades the grid from inspiring English sources

Although it has come a long way since it started, German utilities vastly underestimated the popularity of rooftop solar when the initiative was new, so they didn't prepare for the expensive upgrades the grid needed to support it.

President Bush says he has wanted to upgrade the grid for a long time.

The sums required to upgrade the grid are huge, as much as €1 trillion in Europe by 2020.

Half the line workers who repair, maintain and upgrade the grid at Duquesne Light, its electric utility, will be eligible to retire by the end of the decade.

Upgrading the grid, to beyond Germany as well as within it, would reduce waste and the risk of instability.But the vision is contested.

"WPD say the grid is full for the foreseeable future in much of rural Wales and south-west England and have asked us £5.7m to upgrade the grid and connect a tiny community-owned 18kW scheme.

In particular, advances seem likely in two areas: upgrading the grid to expand capacity, and bypassing it with micropower plants that generate power close to consumers.Some worry that expanding the grid's capacity will mean laying more transmission lines.

Moreover, drilling all the oil in Alaska and installing windmills across the mid-west would still not have stopped the grid from going down last week.America's so-called energy "deregulation" has increased the flow of power through the grid but given little incentive for investors to upgrade the grid itself.

Instead of tapping taxpayers for yet more money to upgrade the grid, Mr Yamazaki thinks the government has scope to mobilise Japan's vast pool of private savings, now tied up in pension funds and low-yielding accounts, by putting the right incentives in place.In the meantime, Mr Sato is still fuming in Fukushima.

He added: "There is a need to upgrade the grid throughout the UK.

If the alliance does get stimulus money, Hay said the funds would accelerate the pace of upgrading the grid.