Consumption by power plants can be significantly reduced by switching from water cooling to air cooling or at least hybrid air - water cooling.
Not exact matches
The GWE anaerobic technology
plant employed at the
plant produces sufficient green energy (methane) from its closed anaerobic reactor to
power a designated steam boiler and cut the brewery's overall energy
consumption by about 15 per cent.
«The increase in domestic coal
consumption is driven
by huge demand from existing and upcoming coal - fired
power plants,» the report said.
To construct the estimates, the researchers used data on locomotive diesel
consumption, pipeline pumping station electricity
consumption, locomotive and
power plant emission factors and the AP2 integrated assessment model, which maps county level emissions to costs for counties affected
by the emissions.
The two primary sources of mercury exposure are dental amalgams (mercury - based fillings) and seafood
consumption, followed
by thimerosal - containing vaccines and mercury pollution from coal - burning
power plants.
Coal stockpiles are up as a result of declines in coal
consumption by electric
power plants.
Experts aside, the general public has no trust in nuclear
power plants as evidenced
by the current boundless
consumption of iodine pills.
Let's assume
consumption doubles until year X, but we get 80 % of our electricity from renewables
by then, fossil fuel
power plants running only 20 % of the time.
Mercury released
by coal - fired
power plants is the principal reason why 44 of the 50 states in the United States have issued mercury intake advisories limiting the
consumption of fish from freshwater streams and lakes.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind
Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
power plant equivalents calculated
by assuming that an average
plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person
consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind
Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source
by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal
Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
Consumption of
power from PV and CSP
plants increased
by 30 percent globally in 2013 to reach 124.8 terawatt - hours.
By varying the rate at which the metal is produced, the plant will be able to adjust the power consumption of the 290 - megawatt smelter up and down by about 25 percen
By varying the rate at which the metal is produced, the
plant will be able to adjust the
power consumption of the 290 - megawatt smelter up and down
by about 25 percen
by about 25 percent.
By reflecting more sunlight, cool roofs reduce heat flow into the building, which lowers energy
consumption and
power -
plant emissions if the building is air - conditioned.
Electric
power plants shifted some
consumption from natural gas to coal, increasing coal
consumption to generate electricity
by 4.2 %.
By 2005, despite a 7 percent growth in electricity production, data centers»
power consumption grew to 1.4 percent of the total, the equivalent of seven medium - sized (750 MW)
power plants.
In the 2009 report Juice from Concentrate, the World Resources Institute reports that the reduction in water
consumption adds 2 - 10 percent to levelized costs and reduces the
power plant's efficiency
by up to 5 percent.
Alongside its other energy efficiency offerings, the company's demand response formula (DemandSMART) entails working with businesses and institutions (a supermarket chain, for example, or a university or manufacturing
plant) to establish how they could cut
power consumption if called upon to do so (up to, say, 50 fewer hours per year)-- for example
by switching off the
power supply to a cold store (which can maintain safe temperatures for hours without being boosted), or
by cutting a percentage of lighting, or delaying a
power - hungry process until later.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S. Wind
Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
power plant equivalents calculated
by assuming that an average
plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential
consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Feb
consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy
Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Feb
Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy
Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Feb
Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
Due to China's air pollution crisis, mainly caused
by massive coal burning, 10 of China's 34 provinces have pledged to peak and decline their coal
consumption by 2017 and have banned the construction of new coal - fired
power plants.