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of demand to come. A big new phase but are close enough to Did you know? be included in planning. development will no longer Pulling these systems just apply to be connected to together and developing them the grid – it will be offered a 400,000 jointly with commercial partners comprehensive suite of energy PowerStream’s and communities was the services including conservation, current inspiration for PowerStream’s demand management, building customer base Micro Grid initiative which marks efficiency, energy efficiency, the next phase in the company’s energy benchmarking and also 50% aim of supporting smart grid energy production. There is no Expected development at the provincial reason, Brian Bentz stresses, demand level and raising awareness for why developers shouldn’t be increase in the the need to leverage innovative planning solutions that will give next 15 years ‘smart’ technologies in Ontario’s them greater control over their electricity sector. PowerStream energy requirements using the will be implementing the Micro technologies now coming on Grid in two phases, over a twostream. Solar, geothermal and year period. In phase one, the demonstration CHP are quite well tried technologies. Battery phase, working with GE and other technology storage on a project of civic scale and vehicle partners, the company will draw electricity to grid (V2G) systems, which make sense when from existing assets – a solar array, a wind a fleet of vans and trucks can be connected to turbine, a natural-gas generator, a lead acid the grid when parked and used as a storage battery and a lithium battery – in order bank, are emerging from the experimental
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