Black Start definition

Black Start means the ability of a Unit to start without an external source of electricity or the process of doing so.

Black Start has the meaning given to that term in the Grid Code;

Black Start means the procedure to recover from a total or partial shutdown of the UK Transmission System which has caused an extensive loss of supplies. This entails isolated power stations being started individually and gradually being reconnected to other power stations and substations in order to form an interconnected system again.

Examples of Black Start in a sentence

• Ancillary Services include Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Service; Reactive Supply and Voltage Support Services (or “Voltage Support Service”); Regulation and Frequency Response Service (or “Regulation Service”); Energy Imbalance Service; Operating Reserve Service; and Black Start Capability.

• Black Start Capability providers shall receive a payment for Black Start Capability as set forth in Rate Schedule 15.5.

• Station Power does not include any Energy: (i) used to power synchronous condensers; (ii) used for pumping at a pumped storage facility or for charging a Limited Energy Storage Resource; or (iii) provided during a Black Start restoration by Generators that provide Black Start Capability Service.

• Black Start Service is the capability of generating units to start without an outside electrical supply or the demonstrated ability of a generating unit with a high operating factor (subject to Transmission Provider concurrence) to automatically remain operating at reduced levels when disconnected from the grid.

• Any Generator that is awarded Restoration Services payments and fails a Black Start Capability Test shall forfeit all payments for such services since its last successful test.

More Definitions of Black Start

Black Start. “Contract Year”; “CPC Compensation Shortfall”; “Curtailment”; “Curtailment Compensation”; “Curtailment Compensation Anniversary”; “Curtailment Compensation Excess”; “Curtailment Compensation Shortfall”; “Defined Curtailment Compensation”; “Defined Partial Curtailment Compensation”; “Emergency De-energisation Instruction”; “Imbalance Charge”; “Partial Curtailment”; “Partial Curtailment Compensation”; “Partial Curtailment Compensation Excess”; “Partial Curtailment Compensation Shortfall”; “Preliminary Annual QCPC Report”; “Qualifying CPC Event”; “Qualifying Curtailment”; “Qualifying Partial Curtailment”; and “Revised Annual QCPC Information”; and, if such definitions are so disapplied, any reference to any of the foregoing definitions in any other definition shall be disregarded.

Black Start means the process of restoring an electric power station to operation without relying on the external transmission network.

Black Start means the ability of a Unit to start without an external source of electricity or the process of doing so is defined in Appendix A to the CAISO Tariff.

Black Start means the process followed to restore power after a total or a partial shutdown;

Black Start means the procedure necessary for a recovery from a Total Shutdown or Partial Shutdown;

Black Start means the procedure necessary for a recovery from a

Black Start means the procedure necessary to recover from a partial or a total blackout;