Gas Generators Placed Around Utrecht as Emergency Measure Against Grid Congestion
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Gas generators will soon be installed in Utrecht to keep the power grid in balance. Why is grid operator Stedin opting for this, now that the Netherlands...
A foundation has been laid and a connection to the power grid established, but otherwise it remains an empty plot of land next to the Strijkviertel district in Utrecht. The installation of gas generators will begin here soon. These devices generate electricity by burning natural gas and can supply this electricity locally to the power grid. This project is intended to keep the overloaded power grid here operational, even on the coldest winter da…
"We have to get off natural gas," they said. "We are going back to natural gas," they are doing. At least, that is what they are doing in Utrecht, because Utrecht is the electricity hell of the Netherlands. Because the power grid there is always full to overloaded, they are now building gas generators as a last resort to generate some electricity for the people again, so that they can at least take an escalator for once. And in the meantime, the…
Gas generators placed around Utrecht as emergency measure against grid congestion
Power company Stedin is placing gas generators in at least four locations around Utrecht as an emergency measure against grid congestion. The devices generate electricity by burning natural gas and can supply this electricity to the local power grid. They’re needed to keep the lights on this winter, Aline Arends, operational director at Stedin, told NOS.
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