Sentences with phrase «daiichi generating station»

They inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in - service relays.
Both Canadian and U.S. regulations would impact new builds of coal - fired electricity generating stations.
BC Hydro says the contract has been awarded to Aecon - Flatiron - Dragados - EBC Partnership to build the dam's generating station and spillways, with work beginning this spring.
Two separate contracts, worth a total of $ 56 million, have gone to a Nanaimo - based company for construction of the Site C substation and to a Quebec - based firm that will supply the bridge and gantry cranes for the generating station and spillways powerhouse.
Ontario already has a surplus of power, and has signed 20 - year contracts for electricity from two new natural - gas fired generating stations being built in Sarnia and Napanee.
The project is currently evaluating designs, materials and supply chains and working toward vendor and energy industry standards to bring fusion energy from the lab to local generating stations.
Other real estate assets are being revitalized, including the former Lakeview generating station property in southeastern Mississauga, which is expected to see a balanced mix of commercial, residential and recreational development over the next decade; and the Seaton Lands in Pickering, where one of the largest new urban communities in Canada will be developed over the next 20 years.
Indeed, notwithstanding Ontario's emphasis on green initiatives — fuel - efficient car production, wind power, the closing of coal - fired generating stations — climate change is the great battle of the present and future, one that neither Ontario nor any other jurisdiction is doing enough to fight.
Mr. Mock started his career as an electrical engineer with Ontario Hydro, where he ultimately became responsible for nuclear safety and licensing at key nuclear generating stations.
It has been just over one year since construction began on the Site C hydroelectric dam and generating station in northeast British Columbia.
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP owns and operates a portfolio of renewable power generating facilities including 193 hydroelectric generating stations 11 wind facilities and two natural gas - fired plants in USA Canada and Brazil.
Australian electricity and natural gas giant AGL Energy announced plans last week to shut down the two - gigawatt Liddell coal - fired generating station in New South...
During part of that period, the state was suing the Huntley and Dunkirk generating stations over their heavy pollution.
NRG employs a total of 231 union workers at its Tonawanda, Dunkirk and Oswego generating stations, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union.
No matter how powerful the generating station is on its own, these power grids become a supercharged network of transmission and distribution lines to help get things done.
NRG owns five other power plants in New York besides Dunkirk, including the 1,628 - megawatt Oswego generating station, which seldom runs.
That includes developing 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind, he said in his State of the State address this month, by far the nation's highest target, equaling the capacity of the Niagara Falls generating station.
Most nuclear reactors, including those at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi generating station, are essentially high - tech kettles that efficiently boil water to produce electricity.
The first «turnkey» plant, Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in New Jersey was sold for less than $ 100 million in 1964 — a price well below what it would ultimately cost to build the reactor.
LONDON — Power - generating stations worldwide release 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year as they burn coal, oil or natural gas; home and commercial heating plants release another 11 billion tons.
Consequently, any power company planning a big generating station that takes six or eight years to build does so without a clear prediction of what demand will be by the time the plant is finished.
Most of you will no doubt be familiar with the first three apps in that list: Pandora offers streaming Internet radio with custom - generated stations based on artists and songs that you like.
In February, the G20 called for a coordinated stimulus program to be implemented by the world's major economies — or at least the ones that can afford it — that would see countries borrow to spend on infrastructure like subway lines and power - generating stations, assets that will provide a short - term economic boost while laying the foundation for longer - term growth.
The Gili Islands have their own electric generating stations and should provide power 24 hours a day.
All three Gilis islands do now have their own PLN electric generating stations and in theory should have power 24 hours a day.
Explore the connected trail network to the hydroelectric generating station, the salmon bearing creeks, lush emerald forests, and popular summer fishing spots along the river.
Above at 104, Kevin McKinney mentions the Turkey Point power generating station.
I think that in a sustainable energy economy of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants, coal and nuclear having been phased out) will play a much smaller role.
Prior to the 1990 US acid rain program implementation, American generating stations emitted 24 million tons of SO2 and current emissions are about 10.5 million tons.
We used this thing called «Google» (hoping CNN and the Governor's staff learn to give it a try) and soon discovered that Alabama's Farley Plant, a twin - reactor nuclear generating station, had recently been relicensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to withdraw from, and discharge water to, the Chattahoochee River, not too far downstream from the Alabama State line.
Here in Arizona, the EPA is proposing to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a coal plant that is one of the largest sources of NOx emissions in the U.S. as well as from the Apache, Coronado, Sundt, and Cholla generating stations.
Our proposed 700 - megawatt natural gas - fired generating station will include a two - megawatt solar installation to offset the facilities» power needs and improve the project's environmental profile.
Earlier in January, California regulators approved Pacific Gas & Electric's application to retire the Diablo Canyon plant by 2025, following a protracted battle over the generating station that pitted local economic interests against environmentalists and other opponents of nuclear power.
Heat rate: A measure of generating station thermal efficiency commonly stated as Btu per kilowatthour.
10Heat rate is defined as a measure of generating station thermal efficiency, commonly stated in British thermal units (Btu) per kilowatthour (kWh).
The agency has hinted it will not require carbon capture, but that it may force many of the oldest generating stations to close down.
Mr. Bill Palmer has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, is a Professional Engineer, and worked for Bruce Nuclear, a Canadian nuclear power generating station, as a shift supervisor and trainer.
Tracking this rapid growth is a challenge, however, because PV solar is more often used at a consumer's location — e.g., rooftop solar panels — and less often in large, centralized generating stations like other technologies.
Mr. Makansi and others say a result is that consumers, already paying more for electricity because the price of coal and especially natural gas is up, will pay even more for new generating stations.
DTE Energy had 22 coal - fired generating stations in 2005, with 7,998 MW of capacity.
The poster child for this is the State of South Australia, which has now suffered from five state electricity blackouts in the last six months as a result of closing down dependable fossil fuel generating stations in favor of unreliable «renewable» sources.
SF6 - insulated equipment is predominantly used in the transmission system that manages the high voltages carried between generating stations and customer load centers.
In 2017, solar or wind power wins most competitive bids for electric supply: India just announced the closure of dozens of coal mines and the cancellation of plans for new coal - fired generating stations because the low cost of solar power was undercutting fossil fuel.
Since the 1950's, the U.S. electric power industry has used SF6 in circuit breakers, gas - insulated substations and other switchgear used in the transmission system to manage the high voltages carried between generating stations and customer load centers.
In this work, I employ time series linear regression with time fixed effects to empirically estimate the effect of each likely explanatory variable on the average day - ahead locational marginal price (LMP) earned by 19 nuclear generating stations located in PJM from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2016.
Rising demand for continuous and reliable electricity along with upgradation of existing generating stations will stimulate the business landscape.
Some sort of combined tidal defence, artificial reef and renewable energy generating station.
Wind and solar, on the other hand, offer a decentralized model, in which smaller generating stations, spread across a large area, work together to provide power.
It is true that there will almost certainly not be a new coal - fired electric generating station built in the U.S. for at least the next several years, but the hiatus won't be caused by any specific rule.
Hundreds of thousands of real human beings have been killed outright by coal barons or slowly by coal - fired electrical generating stations (death machines is a more accurate term).
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