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 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.

• When the CAISO first gives written notice to the Owner that it has obtained adequate Black Start service through an auction or a separate agreement with Owner or other Generators and Black Start service under this Agreement is no longer required, the CAISO shall not be entitled to call upon this Unit to provide Black Start service.

• Once the CAISO has given this notice, the Owner may remove Black Start service from this Agreement by filing unilaterally a change in rate schedule with FERC.

• Owner shall maintain the Black Start capability of the Unit and the Facility and provide Black Starts in accordance with the CAISO Ancillary Services Requirements Protocol and the CAISO Dispatch Protocol, which shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

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 an ancillary service required to enable a generating unitisolated from a grid to be livened and connected to the grid;

Black Start means the provision of generating equipment that, following a total system collapse (black out), is able to -