power station related question

[samina]

1.Private generation: industrial co-generation, capacity generation.
2.Interconnected System: Capacity savings, power sharing amongst units for economic allocation

Can anyone help me understanding the above topics?

regards
samina

 

[cowboybob]

1.Private generation: industrial co-generation, capacity generation.
2.Interconnected System: Capacity savings, power sharing amongst units for economic allocation

1. Private generation: Any electrical power generated apart from the power generated by publicly owned power companies (at least here in the USA).

Industrial co-generation: For example, power generated from the excess (or waste) heat of an industrial process that is then used to heat water to steam which is then used to power a electricity generating turbine.

Capacity generation: Total (or maximum) electrical power generation by generation type (private, in this case, if I'm following your question sequence correctly), generally subdivided by energy source.

2. Interconnected Systems: Capacity Savings. I'm not sure in what context this concept was discussed. Inter-connectivity amongst various power generating entities serves two purposes:

A. Back-up power availability during times of excess demand across (or between) usage areas and,

B. A reduction in the need for additional capacity within a single usage area. This results in a reduction in the costs of generation developmental costs within a particular usage area.

Lastly, "power sharing amongst units for economic allocation" sounds like governmental gobbledygook...

 

[samina]

Thanks a lot