Sentences with phrase «as conventional generation»

FERC Order 745, issued in 2011, attempted to put demand response on the same playing field as conventional generation resources.

As conventional generation (coal or natural gas) is reduced to make room for wind generation and is then increased as wind generation subsides, its heat rate rises.

Not exact matches

While Gen X may be equally capable at digital tasks as millennials, they also show a mastery of conventional leadership skills more on par with leaders of the baby boomer generation.

Conventional wisdom quantifies that buffer of time at roughly a generation, for the simple reason we often grow up to buy — or at least aspire to buy — those very same cars we lusted after as children.

Despite the modestly slowing rate of cost declines for utility - scale alternative energy generation, the gap between the costs of certain alternative energy technologies (e.g., utility - scale solar and onshore wind) and conventional generation technologies continues to widen as the cost profiles of such conventional generation remain flat (e.g., coal) and, in certain instances, increase (e.g., nuclear).

Perhaps the most irritating feature of conventional economics is its generation of an apparently endless stream of numbers, few of which represent anything easily recognisable as human.

It was common or conventional Christianity as recently as a generation ago, and it is still the common understanding among our fundamentalist and conservative Christian brothers and sisters.

The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.

However, the involvement of mainstream inspection specialists like LOMA ensures that new - generation x-ray systems are as robust and reliable as conventional metal detectors with and excellent ROI.

McKay did plenty of conventional reporting — he was a mainstay at the big horse races and familiar at major golf events, as well as all those Olympics, and he did earn 13 Emmys — but it was his eagerness to announce every offbeat recreation out there that so affected a certain generation, one slowly being weaned from traditional sports, freed up for the panoply of experience to come.

«Compared to conventional methods, such as fluorescent antibodies against certain surface proteins, we know how the cells will decide three cell generations earlier,» reports ICB scientist Dr. Felix Buggenthin, joint first author of the study together with Dr. Florian Büttner.

This means it covers the direct cost of low - carbon subsidies, energy efficiency and carbon taxes, as well as indirect costs due to strengthening grids, backing up intermittent renewables, compensating conventional generation for lost revenue through the capacity market and savings due to the merit - order effect, which pushes down wholesale electricity prices.

Young singles of today's generation consider online dating to be just as exceptable as conventional means of dating.

For at least a generation, as American public education has stagnated, the conventional wisdom about leadership has focused on an old idea: certify educators to fix the problem.

One thing Mazda never managed to solve however, was the problem with fuel consumption, and although the latest generation of Renesis rotary engines were far more efficient than its predecessors, it just couldn't deliver the same power, torque and high - mpg ratings as modern conventional turbocharged engines.

It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct fuel injection that replaced the less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago, there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.

As for the fuel consumption, the GX and GXL burn out 9.1 l / 100 km, which is a significant improvement from 10.2 l, while the Grande now fuels up 9.3 l / 100 km, as opposed to the previous generation «s 10/4 l. All versions are also hooked to a high - performance eight - speed automatic transmission, which replaces the conventional six - speed automatiAs for the fuel consumption, the GX and GXL burn out 9.1 l / 100 km, which is a significant improvement from 10.2 l, while the Grande now fuels up 9.3 l / 100 km, as opposed to the previous generation «s 10/4 l. All versions are also hooked to a high - performance eight - speed automatic transmission, which replaces the conventional six - speed automatias opposed to the previous generation «s 10/4 l. All versions are also hooked to a high - performance eight - speed automatic transmission, which replaces the conventional six - speed automatic.

The 2016 Camry Hybrid uses conventional halogen headlights, although LED headlights should be coming to a future generation, as other Toyota models are getting LEDs.

Nevertheless, the overall length has been also extended in order to make room for the full - sized conventional front - hinged rear doors as opposed to the rear - hinged half - door seen in the first generation.

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The utilities are demanding that, as the economics of renewable generation are increasingly coming into line with conventional power, subsidies should be reined in so the two can compete.

Renewables do not provide the ancillary services such as voltage and frequency stabilisation that comes with conventional generation.

This is particularly relevant for power systems where the peak load is expected to increase at the same time as conventional power plants to be replaced by intermittent renewable power generation.

Their study found that preproduction emissions «are not substantial contributors to the life cycle estimates» — making Marcellus Shale gas essentially the same as conventional natural gas, which emits about 50 percent fewer emissions than coal when used for power generation.

In countries such as Kenya, whose economies are growing faster than either conventional, centralized electricity generation or power grids, the potential of microgrids to electrify powerless communities is huge.

Matthias Taft, Board Member of BayWa AG with responsibility for the energy business adds: «We are entering a new phase of energy generation: for the first time, renewable energy plants are able to generate cleaner power at the same or even lower price as conventional power plants.

Plummeting power prices as a result of cheap wind and solar generation is causing a growing crisis among the owners of the costliest conventional power stations, which are first to be squeezed off the grid by cheaper renewable output.

While conventional hydropower will continue to grow as dams are completed in China, Brazil and a scattering of other countries, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Turkey, there exists enormous potential for non-conventional hydroelectricity generation from tidal and wave projects, as well as from small in - stream projects that will not require new dams.

Tomczyck (1997)(28) states the following... «The power generation and municipal solid waste management industries share an interest in the use of process engineered fuel (PEF) comprised mainly of paper and plastics as a supplement to conventional fuels.

But because it was one of the first technologies to produce power, and its expansion happened in waves throughout the 20th century, it is generally seen as an older source of conventional power generation, Ruby said.

To get around this alternative resources are given huge amounts of credit for clean air impacts, conventional technologies are punished, all concurrent with low availability and high projections for natural gas prices (or gas generation is ignored as an option).

It is hard to beat conventional generation such as a coal plant for a compact foot print for the amount of power that it produces.

The debate over APS's RFP is one example of how clean energy advocates are pressuring utilities to alter their procurement practices and open them up to more public scrutiny as renewable resources and storage become increasingly competitive with conventional generation.

I know the standards for harming wildlife are incredibly different for renewable generation as opposed to conventional generation.

Renewables did not increase their output, with wind generation during the storm period actually falling by 12 % as compared to the pre-storm period, thus contributing to the problems faced by the conventional sector.

We expect that as our nation moves towards the recognition that there should be a price placed on carbon, wind energy will become even more competitive with conventional generation sources.»

Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional energy generation,» «indirect impacts on upstream industries,» and from «the drain on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»

The competitiveness of conventional coal - fired electricity generation relative to other technologies diminishes as the stringency of an emissions cap increases.

As these variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies differ from conventional generation technologies, power systems will need to adapt in line with their ongoing build - out.

Heat that is normally wasted in conventional power generation is recovered as useful energy, which avoids the losses that would otherwise occur from separate generation of heat and power.

The company will stake its future on renewables in a major restructuring, spinning off its conventional power generation business, in part as a response to the growth in distributed generation.

Nuclear is the least flexible form of conventional generation, and this conflict has resulted in negative power prices in California as well as curtailment of wind and solar.

Fossil fuels — especially coal in electricity generation and gasoline for transportation — are the biggest source of conventional air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxides (NOx), and carbon monoxide (CO).

In recent years, as the large - scale deployment of renewable generation gathers pace and the contribution of conventional power generation (gas, coal and nuclear) to electricity supply dwindles, popular concern over grid stability and reliability has grown substantially.

Blue Microphones is showing off a pair of new premium headphones at CES in Las Vegas: A planar - magnetic model dubbed Ella, and a more conventional set of cans called Sadie, which Blue is positioning as a «next - generation» high - fidelity headphone.