ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the unique aspects of power production and delivery related to efficiency. As interest in electric energy efficiency increases, practitioners and others interested in energy efficiency are questioning whether the scope of end-use energy efficiency should be broadened to electric uses in power delivery systems and in power plants. Efficiency advocates are questioning whether investments made within power delivery systems and power plants to reduce electricity demand may be as advantageous as those made in end-use efforts with consumers. Power delivery system improvements could include use of efficient transformers and better voltage and reactive power control, among. Power plant space-conditioning systems may implement packaged roof-top or ground-mounted units, or a central plant. Among the lessons learned in this work were the following: Utilizing the information gained from these tests, a preferred configuration for a power plant-specific adjustable speed drives has evolved.
