utility-scale
Power plant magnitude
Utility-scale describes energy installations large enough to feed power directly into the electrical grid, as opposed to smaller systems serving individual buildings.
A utility-scale solar farm might cover hundreds of acres; a utility-scale wind project might include dozens of turbines.
The threshold varies, but generally starts around one megawatt of generating capacity.
The company announced plans for a utility-scale battery storage facility.
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
- wind farmGrouped turbines generating electricity
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- gigawattBillion-watt unit
renewable · transmission · substation · interconnection · baseload · energy storage · inverter · transformer
Process of putting in
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
site · land lease · permitting · construction · commissioning · operations · maintenance · decommissioning
Providing capital for purchases
- capital expenditureSpending on fixed assets
- bankableLikely to succeed financially
- returnsProfits from investments
- developerOne who builds things
institutional investor · depreciation · revenue stream · long-term contract · due diligence · risk assessment · portfolio · asset class
solar farm
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
- wind farmGrouped turbines generating electricity
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
- megawattMillion-watt unit
gigawatt · renewable · transmission · substation · interconnection · baseload · energy storage · inverter · transformer · dispatch
installation
Process of putting in
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
facility · site · land lease · permitting · construction · commissioning · operations · maintenance · decommissioning · footprint
financing
Providing capital for purchases
- capital expenditureSpending on fixed assets
- bankableLikely to succeed financially
- returnsProfits from investments
developer · institutional investor · depreciation · revenue stream · long-term contract · due diligence · risk assessment · portfolio · asset class · yield
utility-scaleresidential
Relating to housing
rooftop · small-scale · household · home · distributed
utility-scaledistributed
Divided and given out
decentralized · on-site · off-grid · rooftop solar · home battery
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