Energy Resources

Diverse energy technologies that provide direct customer benefits and/or serve essential operational needs of conventional, transforming and future power systems.

Grid Forming Inverter (GFMI)

An Inverter that actively controls its Frequency and Voltage output to independently support Power System operation and restart.  can instantaneously balance Loads without the need

Hydroelectric Generation

Generation Plant that is powered by the managed flow of water from a large reservoir through a turbine.  Subject to the natural waterflows that replenish

Inverter

An electrical device which uses semiconductors to transfer Power between a source and an system.

Inverter-based Resources (IBR)

A diverse range of Energy Resources that, unlike many conventional resources, do not have moving components that rotate synchronised with the Frequency of the Power

Load

A term that is sometimes used synonymously with Demand, but is subject to its context of use, as follows:

Microgrid

A group of interconnected Customer Loads, Generation Plant and diverse Distributed Energy Resources (DER) that are located within clearly defined electrical boundaries, supported by a

Passive CER/DER

Consumer Energy Resources (CER/DER) that operate only under the direction of their own internal control algorithms and cannot be remotely orchestrated by a third party

Power Capacitor

An electrical device that consists of one or more pairs of plates separated by an insulating material (dielectric) that is able to store and discharge