Sentences with phrase «as conventional power»

Ross has led teams advising on all types of renewable energy technology including solar, wind (on and offshore), biomass, biofuels, anaerobic digestion, waste to energy, wave and tidal energy, geothermal and hydro as well as conventional power.

Renewables have thus reached almost the same capacity as conventional power plants.

But just as conventional power plants are now using unconventional methods for cooling, solar power plants have a wealth of options at their disposal.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

It focuses on conventional U.S. military power as an instrument enabling state cooperation, so drones» smaller footprint becomes a political drawback.

In light of the above analysis, Bitcoin's power usage per transaction isn't remotely sustainable as a wholesale replacement for the conventional financial system.

Bitcoin's power usage per transaction isn't remotely sustainable as a wholesale replacement for the conventional financial system

«You simply can not pull as much as 20 per cent of the purchasing power away from conventional mortgage borrowers and not create a downturn in consumer demand,» Muir says in the release.

My contention is that this places Ivan's sensibility much nearer to the authentic vision of the New Testament than are many of the more pious and conventional forms of Christian conviction today The gospel of the ancient church was always one of rebellion against those principalities and powers — death chief among them — that enslave and torment creation; nowhere does the New Testament rationalize evil or accord it necessity or treat it as part of the necessary fabric of God's world.

Much conventional religiousness, born of a mixture of piety and anxiety, conceives love as a special power which will bring every problem to resolution and every life to completion.

But if, on the other hand, we refuse to regard human socialization as anything more than a chance arrangement, a modus vivendi lacking all power of internal growth, then (excepting, at the most, a few elementary rules safeguarding the living - space of the individual) we find the whole structure of politico - economico - social relations reduced to an arbitrary system of conventional and temporary expedients.

To join the growing Healthy & Natural community, powered by the editors of FoodNavigator - usa, including emerging brands, investors, ingredient suppliers, as well as enlightened natural, specialty and conventional retailers, click here

Particularly in urban areas, a more culturally diverse population may act as drivers of challenges to old ways of doing things and lead to a more pro-active political culture that seeks to express its own ambitions and agendas and thus challenge — even resist — conventional top - down flows of power, both institutionally and discursively.

He said this would mirror existing powers enabling the police to get hold of conventional forms of communications, such as letters and other correspondence, in criminal investigations if legally sanctioned.

The state would instead subsidize the plants using proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market - based program that requires conventional power plants to purchase credits as a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, «in recognition of their zero carbon emitting attributes,» according to the bill memo.

Meanwhile, existing coal - fired power plants, many of which date to the 1970s or earlier, will continue to face pressure to close as other environmental regulations target conventional coal pollutants like nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter.

For example, light - emitting diodes, as they become more power efficient, are rapidly replacing conventional light bulbs.

Prototypes have the potential to power a multitude of devices with different energy needs, as well as recharging in a fraction of the time needed by conventional rechargeable batteries.

Detailed tests showed the new batteries hold five times as much energy as conventional quick - discharging devices called capacitors do, and they deliver that power 10 times as quickly as conventional lithium ion batteries can.

Conventional solid - state batteries, such as lithium - ion cells, are able to store lots of power.

When hydrocarbon - based fuels like methane are burned in normal air, nitrogen gets mixed in with the combustion product — flue gases from conventional gas power stations contain as little as 3 percent CO2 — which makes scrubbing carbon from power plant emissions difficult and expensive.

The conversion technology is well established (the Germans used it during World War II), and liquid coal can power conventional diesel cars and trucks as well as jet engines and ships.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study.

For one thing, a bundle of micro nukes would collectively produce just as much nuclear waste as a conventional plant generating the same amount of power.

As in a conventional fossil fuel or nuclear power plant, that steam spins turbines, which generate electricity.

Better yet, by leveraging the GPU computing power of the Cray XK7 Titan — the leadership - class machine managed by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at ORNL — these auto - generated networks can be produced quickly, in a matter of hours as opposed to the months needed using conventional methods.

In a conventional laser, an energy source such as another laser or a power supply excites atoms so that they lase.

The EPSRC Energy Programme will build on the large amount of research already being conducted through a number of consortia and research programs at various institutions working in areas such as biomass and bioenergy, marine energy, and extending the lifetime of conventional power plants through the Supergen programme.

As a result, PurGen should yield substantially more income than a conventional 750 - megawatt coal power plant could.

The batteries tend to be light compared with conventional lithium - ion cells, which should encourage their use in applications such as powering unmanned aircraft and underwater robots.

Known as lithium - sulfur batteries, the devices can hold twice the energy per kilogram as conventional lithium - ion batteries to drive everything from power tools to Teslas.

That could allow the group to convert chemical starting materials into more complex fuels, such as methane or methanol, that can be used to power vehicles with conventional engines.

University of Sydney researchers have found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing zinc - air batteries from overtaking conventional lithium - ion batteries as the power source of choice in electronic devices.

Ann Wills reports a finding that nuclear power generates a third as much CO2 per unit of electricity as conventional...

A team led by Prof. Laszlo Veisz has developed a novel high - power laser capable of emitting bursts of infrared light — each consisting of only a few oscillation cycles — which contain 100 times as many photons per pulse as in conventional systems.

More exotic designs remain on the horizon, such as reactors powered by thorium fuel, but the AP1000 and other more conventional designs are important for one simple reason: they are being built.

Hydrogen - powered fuel cells are regarded as a clean alternative to conventional combustion engines, as, aside from electric energy, the only substance produced during operation is water.

Artists impression of the power of background galaxies to measure the size of gas clouds as compared to the conventional method of using quasars.

«And the newly improved Sensor Fish will allow us to more accurately measure the forces that fish feel as they pass by turbines and other structures in both conventional dams and other hydro power facilities.

While some groups have tended to use predominantly the Olympic lifts to the exclusion of other exercises, most programs also make use of a range of supplemental exercises, including weightlifting derivatives (e.g. the hang snatch, hang clean, power snatch, and power clean) and conventional free - weight resistance training exercises, such as front squats, back squats, lunges, the overhead press, back extensions and abdominal exercises (Storey & Smith, 2012).

The powers that be would like to see health care homogenized, so there are as few options as possible, leaving conventional medicine as the only path for us to take.

During her pre-med studies at UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Hawkins discovered the healing power of Naturopathic Medicine as a patient herself and immediately shifted her focus from conventional western medicine to Naturopathic Medicine.

The system Chuck used for inducing strength included heavy strict power movements (exercises such as the Barbell Bench Press, Squat and Conventional Dead lift) combined with the «cheating principle, «supports» and «quarter - movements.»

Coming off a Westside program; I needed a change from the conventional power lifting routine and this worked well for me as a 55 year old.

When more conventional educators stick to subject matter such as language arts or math as their primary concerns, the ambiguity of words such as freedom, learning, and power can be side - stepped.

C - max hybrid Late 2012 We Won't get the gasoline - powered European C - Max with four conventional doors, but it will serve as host to two hybrid powertrains.

Unlike more conventional hybrid systems, Nissan's e-Power system only uses the gas engine as a generator and will not power the car directly.

The roadster is powered by a natural - gas turbine that spun a conventional flywheel, acting as a power reserve for an electrical motor that powered the wheels.