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Ancillary services are specialty services and functions provided by actors within the electric grid that facilitate and support the continuous flow of electricity, so that the demand for electrical energy is met in real time. The term ancillary services is used to refer to a variety of operations beyond generation and transmission that are ...
Ancillary revenue. Ancillary revenue is revenue that is derived from goods or services other than a company's primary product offering. Examples include concessions at sporting events, baggage handling or seat selection revenue received by airlines, restaurant revenue received by hotel owners, and car-wash services sold by gas stations.
Virtual power plants can provide ancillary services that help maintain grid stability such as frequency regulation and providing operating reserve. These services are primarily used to maintain the instantaneous balance of electrical supply and demand.
Daily load diagram; Blue shows real load usage and green shows ideal load. Demand response is a change in the power consumption of an electric utility customer to better match the demand for power with the supply. [ 1] Until the 21st century decrease in the cost of pumped storage and batteries, electric energy could not be easily stored, so ...
Voltage control and reactive power management are two facets of an ancillary service that enables reliability of the transmission networks and facilitates the electricity market on these networks. Both aspects of this activity are intertwined (voltage change in an alternating current (AC) network is effected through production or absorption of ...
Auxiliary power. Auxiliary power is electric power that is provided by an alternate source and that serves as backup for the primary power source at the station main bus or prescribed sub-bus. An offline unit provides electrical isolation between the primary power source and the critical technical load whereas an online unit does not. A Class A ...
Back in the 1960s, the first domestic ancillary market for feature films was created. NBC was the first to practice the market on September 23, 1961, by programming "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies." After such success, ABC became the second network ever to program a series of prime time features in 1962.
I added sections about additional types of ancillary services and added information about the potential role that renewables and electric vehicles may play in providing ancillary services. I also elaborated on the definition and summary. The section on reactive power is not very accurate and could definitely be improved.