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The Electro Hero Kit asks children to build stuff to help out their favorite Marvel characters, while imparting some basic lessons about electricity in the process.

Not exact matches

In what the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission called «the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred,» the attacker - who may have been an insider - fired about 100 rounds of.30 - caliber rifle ammunition into the radiators of 17 electricity transformers over the course of 19 minutes.

What about those individuals living in the developing world without electricity — the 1.5 billion people who can't turn on a light switch much less charge a device?

While wind and solar power have grown in recent years, renewable sources accounted for just 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and about 13 % of electricity generation in 2015.

Ben Franklin knew what he was talking about when it came to organization (in addition to, you know, discovering electricity).

Through slow, grassroots methods such as community meetings and bill inserts, Ontario's utilities have largely succeeded in informing the province's residents about what smart meters are, and how to shift electricity demand to lower their bills.

«Electricity has been restored in about 60 percent of the affected area.

Gradually, the state's 12,000 rivers have allowed Alaska to turn more to hydropower, which in 2016 accounted for about 30 percent of its total electricity production.

In the Slingshot's current form (soon to be updated in a beta stage), it can deliver around 800 litres of clean drinking water daily — enough for about 300 people — and uses as much electricity in an hour as a basic hair dryeIn the Slingshot's current form (soon to be updated in a beta stage), it can deliver around 800 litres of clean drinking water daily — enough for about 300 people — and uses as much electricity in an hour as a basic hair dryein a beta stage), it can deliver around 800 litres of clean drinking water daily — enough for about 300 people — and uses as much electricity in an hour as a basic hair dryein an hour as a basic hair dryer.

While Sunrun sells itself to customers as a hassle - free way to save on their electricity bills rather than just a do - gooder environmental option, Jurich's interest in solar stems from a deep concern about air quality that crystallized while she was working in smoggy China.

Instead of a world dominated by renewable sources of power like wind and solar — as people concerned about the dangers of climate change would hope — PE execs see gas, oil and even coal as a substantial component of electricity and fuel sources in 2039, according to recent interviews conducted by CNBC.com on the future of energy as part of CNBC's 25th anniversary.

What it is: The vehicle can generate electricity from hydrogen that's stored in its tank, as well as from hydrogen stored outside the vehicle, though Toyota didn't specify how it would go about doing this.

The trains alone consume about 1.2 billion kWh of electricity a year, which is roughly the total power consumption of every home in the country's largest city, Amsterdam.

Depending on the source, electricity can be renewable and emissions - free, in addition to which the company claims its process may be the most cost - effective out there, coming in at about $ 10 a barrel in operating costs and $ 10,000 per flowing barrel in capital costs.

The agreement is expected to save Ontario's electricity system about $ 70 million in costs over the seven years, but the two government's cited «commercial sensitivities» for refusing to say how much Ontario will pay for the electricity.

In 2014, renewable sources of energy already accounted for about 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and 13 % of electricity generation.

As Stephen Gandel and Katie Fehrenbacher report this week in Fortune, the average cost of wind energy dropped by about a third between 2008 and 2013; in some parts of the country, it's the cheapest electricity source available.

Last year, new photovoltaic panels installed in the U.S. had the capacity to generate up to 4.2 gigawatts of electricity, about as much as four nuclear reactors.

As recently as 2008, about half the electricity in the U.S. came from burning coal and one - fifth from burning natural gas.

In an interview with Barbara Walters, she talked about not having running water or electricity growing up.

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Roughly since [1906], Ontario has been embroiled in politics with the electricity sector — ...

One of the big concerns about comparing Puerto Rico to other blackout events — as Rhodium did in the first chart — is that not every country tracks power data as well as others, and some countries are still electrifying (there are still 1.1 billion people around the world who don't have electricity), explained Peter Marsters, a research analyst at Rhodium.

Buried deep in federal regulations to restrict emissions in the coal - fired electricity sector, officials explain that the costs of those new rules is about $ 16 billion in today's terms.

The average US household uses 10,000 to 12 000 kWh in electricity each year, about the same as would be required to generate four Bitcoins worth a little under $ 1,000.

It's quite a daunting challenge, given that the average hurricane's wind energy equals about half of the world's electricity production in a year.

The contribution to national GHG emissions from electricity generation in Canada is about a third of what it is in the US.

«Given that it's only about $ 1.50 a day in electricity, and I essentially break even, it's similar to getting a vote in the fork, and also purchasing Bitcoin on an exchange.»

On Tuesday, in a tense hearing about the the island's slow recovery, he told lawmakers that the Isla del Sol now wants solar energy to provide as much as a quarter of its electricity, transmitted across microgrids and backed up by batteries.

Nomura Securities estimates that electricity supply could fall about 5 % to 10 % short of demand because of power outages in the tsunami - affected areas during the 12 months ending March 31, 2012.

Given the high cost of producing one Bitcoin in the UK, which apparently is about 8,400 dollars, the majority of the funds raised will cover the cost of electricity, as the company plans to 1280 Bitcoins.

Alberta, which relies on coal to generate about half its power, would see electricity rates rise more slowly in coming decades if use of renewable energy increased, according to a study published today.

It is only in recent times that you here about so many of these things because we have electricity.

Modern humanity has become expert in its knowledge of the scientific, exterior forces in the world — electricity, gravity or nuclear force — but we know little about the existential forces of the inner world — love, hate, hope, fear, doubt and faith.

So at least this guy knows there are things like automobiles and electricity and gay rights, but aside from that he's still pushing a 1500 year old philosophy about unknown people and special beings in the clouds.

(per household) As nationalized peoples suffering from obesity epidemics and drug dependancies cry about these things to the very leaders who are carrying out these things, those who strive to be like Christ are happy that ENRON stole your money to built electric powerplants providing electricity to millions of decent people in foreign lands who can now provide for their families without government assistance or crooked activities.

Or we could give ourselves permission to engage in the violence of electricity production by saying (in the manner of Reinhold Niebuhr) that the kingdom that Christ's life makes visible is an «impossible possibility» which stands at the edge of history as its judge rather than being the truth about history.

Only a deep confusion about what is necessary in our response to the Good News could make electricity seem so urgent.

Watching the way she pulled together meals for us in the cabin (no electricity, water that takes an hour to boil) was fascinating - and it gave me all sorts of cooking / prep ideas for future «rustic / camping outings»... in part because she was so smart about how and what she prepped before she even got to the cabin.

They won't help hurricane victims who don't have electricity (and therefore no access to the Internet), but it might get some of you all thinking about how to be prepared should disaster strike in your area.

In addition, in 2011, we installed solar panels on our roof, and about 95 percent of [our] electricity is powered by solar.&raquIn addition, in 2011, we installed solar panels on our roof, and about 95 percent of [our] electricity is powered by solar.&raquin 2011, we installed solar panels on our roof, and about 95 percent of [our] electricity is powered by solar.»

Investment in energy - efficient practices including insulating wine tanks, installing an on - demand Gylycol system, replacing air compressors with on - demand VFD units, new more efficient pond aerators, and retrofitting high - efficient replacement lights in the winery resulting in electricity use decreasing by about 22 %.

While I was making this soup, I thought about my friends / family in Jamaica who went several days without electricity — and some without water.

Renewable energy: Commit to 100 percent renewable power The Climate Collaborative states that about one - third of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to produce electricity.

While they follow along in the instruction book, they'll also be learning about electricity and sound.

In outsourcing the facility to Lakeshore Medical Fitness Center LLC of Chicago, the board said it would save about $ 20,000 per month, though it will still need to pay for items such as supplies, repairs and electricity.

In electricity, we used about 1732 kWh more in 2007 than in 200In electricity, we used about 1732 kWh more in 2007 than in 200in 2007 than in 200in 2006.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

The need of fuel for power has risen in recent times as the country's electricity generation mix has tilted more to thermal power, which this year is expected to account for about 70 percent of the total power generation capacity of the country.

The African average growth rate predicted by the world bank and IMF is 3 per cent and for Ghana they predict 3.3 per cent, I'm more bullish, I believe that Ghana will grow closer to 4 per cent, maybe between 3.8 and 4 per cent, and we predict that in 2017, Ghana's economy is going to grow by about 6 per cent, and, so, this country is doing well, we have resolved the power crisis, we've been able to match demand to supply and so the electricity crisis that hit us is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

It was not about some breakthrough in the negotiations, but about a new initiative to deliver at least 300 gigawatts of electricity - generating capacity to Africa by 2030, all from clean or renewable energy.