Not exact matches
Most buildings use AC power, but your solar panel system
produces electricity in direct current (
DC) power.
Washington,
DC's $ 470 million waste - to - energy facility
produces a net 10MW of
electricity from the processes at its Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, providing clean, renewable energy to power about one - third of Blue Plains» energy requirements.
As you likely know, solar cells
produce direct current (
DC)
electricity, which is then converted to alternating current (AC)
electricity by an inverter.
Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind capacity
produces enough
electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington,
DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
Dear Tim the batteries that most people operate with
produce Direct Current (
DC) and you will find that: «
Electricity flows in two ways, either in alternating current (AC) or in direct current (
DC).
27, no. 1300 (1 August 2008); 1 megawatt (MW) of installed wind capacity
produces enough
electricity to supply 300 homes from AWEA, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington,
DC: 14 August 2006); average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, with population from Census Bureau, op.