Sentences with phrase «as electrical generation»

I see some relevance to the climate system, where the physical principles are not nearly as clearly understood as the electrical generation, distribution and consumption system.
The study explained that because of this, switching fuels to a different type of fossil fuel «can not be a long - term option as electrical generation from unabated natural gas still emits around four tenths that of coal.»

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When Premier Rachel Notley announced Alberta's new climate change strategy over the weekend, analysts and pundits rushed to gauge the impact on the oilsands and on the electrical generation business, still dependent as it is on coal.
What's more, steam generated as a byproduct of the electrical generation will serve heating and cooling needs of the entire Plaza.
; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.
The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.
Superconducting cables minimize energy loss, and power - to - gas systems store excess electrical generation as hydrogen or methane.
Later generations could be triggered by other stimuli, such as light, electrical charges, or a magnetic field.
To date, all the BPVs demonstrated have located charging (light harvesting and electron generation) and power delivery (transfer to the electrical circuit) in a single compartment; the electrons generate current as soon as they have been secreted.
Response: SMR - 160 can be sited at the center of an industrial cluster to provide safe, dependable, carbon - free electrical energy or industrial steam to power a variety of industries such as desalination and hydrogen generation.
«Blind Sight: The Next Generation of Sensory Substitution Technology» features devices that use musical tones, vibration, puffs of air and electrical stimulation of the tongue — among other methods — to assist blind people as they navigate their environment.
As with every generation, the new 911 Carrera S continues to raise the bar in both performance and efficiency completed with engine and transmission thermal management, electrical system recuperation and the world's first seven - speed manual transmission.
~ 13 times less than land use changes (3.4 gigatons) ~ 11.5 times less than light - duty vehicles (3.0 gigatons) ~ 5.3 times less than concrete production (1.4 gigatons) ~ 2 dozen 1000 MW coal - fired power plants (2 % of the world's coal - fired electrical generation) Or, roughly the same CO2 emissions as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland or South Africa.
As a (now retired) electrical engineer (NYS Professional licensed) knowledgeable about power generation who has watched the challenge of meeting our energy needs over decades I can state with some expertise that the US is in a serious bind as to meeting our nation's energy needAs a (now retired) electrical engineer (NYS Professional licensed) knowledgeable about power generation who has watched the challenge of meeting our energy needs over decades I can state with some expertise that the US is in a serious bind as to meeting our nation's energy needas to meeting our nation's energy needs.
Where does Mr. Barnes stand on the role of laws that require more carbon efficiency, such as better CAFE and appliance efficiency standards as well as building and electrical codes that would create a generation of much more carbon efficient buildings?
In the early 1970s, Energy Probe saw nuclear power as a relatively clean and economic alternative to coal, then a highly polluting form of electrical generation.
As shown in a white paper submitted to RGGI by the Environmental Energy Alliance of New York the affected electrical generation units have made most if not all of the cost effective reductions possible from their operations.
And not coincidentally, as renewables» share of electrical generation has grown, that of fossil fuels has declined.
As also shown in the white paper submitted to RGGI by the Environmental Energy Alliance of New York the affected electrical generation units have made most if not all of the cost effective reductions possible from their operations.
This could also be interpreted as favouring newer coal - burning technologies rather than forbidding the use of coal entirely for electrical generation.
General Electric, one of the world's largest suppliers of electrical power plant equipment, is all fired up about large markets for new coal - fired generation in India and China as America's shut down.
And, as a result of human ingenuity and the free market (which got us where we are today), new technologies will come along that will eventually replace fossil fuels for many of the lower added - value end uses, such as electrical power generation or transportation.
Using it for electrical power generation, including complete flue gas cleanup, makes economic sense, as long as new nuclear planet construction is blocked by environmentalists and red tape.
In his role as a «policy analyst,» Wojick's clients have included AES Corporation, one of the largest electrical generation companies, with much of that in the form of coal.
Elsewhere in the world, China — often still thought of by many as relying almost entirely upon dirty coal plants for electrical generation — actually added more clean energy generation capacity in the first 10 months of 2013 than fossil fuel:
Actual net electrical generation from renewable energy sources in the United States now totals about 13 % according to the most recent data (i.e., as of March 2014) provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Our grid connected and off grid wind turbine systems, which consist of our 2.4 kW and 10 kW devices and related equipment, are utilized for electrical power generation for applications and markets such as residential, micro-grid based rural electrification, agricultural, small business, rural electric utility systems, as well as other private, corporate infrastructure and government applications.
Industrial - scale wind turbines (WTi), a common sight in many European countries, are now actively promoted by federal and state governments in the U.S. as a way to reduce coal - powered electrical generation and global warming.
We wanted to isolate the climate effects alone of shifting a fixed amount of electrical power generation (1 TWe as base case).
Methane is also the principal constituent of natural gas and, therefore, when captured, this waste product can be put to a productive use as fuel for the generation of electrical energy as an alternative fuel to natural gas, fuel oil, or coal.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Corey served as a Director of Electrical Engineering at SunEdison (formerly Firstwind) supporting utility and commercial wind and solar renewable generation projects from development through operation.
The only employment they are allowed would be as day laborers on third world construction projects building coal and natural gas electrical generation plants and electrical distribution grids.
The measure directs how a unit's overall efficiency shall be determined on the basis of outputs of electrical generation and useful thermal energy output, which is defined in the bill as (i) including direct heat and other valid thermal end - use energy requirements for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed and (ii) excluding thermal energy used for the purpose of drying or refining biomass fuel.
Coal production in the USA, after declining during the 1950s when natural gas replaced coal as the preferred fuel for space heating, has grown steadily ever since with coal continuing as the primary fuel source for electrical power generation.
But I only get a third as much heat per unit of CO2 produced because of losses in electrical generation and transmission, so I produce three times as much CO2 to keep warm.
As for the next generation of music technology, gear like the Sonos wireless music system may not have the Energy Star seal, but it does have built in power management, updatable firmware to combat obsolescence, and is ROHS compliant (the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment).
Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, soon the Ford Focus EV, etc), and while they are still a bit rough around the edges, many car makers are working on the second and third generations of EVs and PHEVs which will no doubt be better and cheaper, and as the electrical grid gets progressively cleaner, they'll do better environmentally.
Industrial - scale wind turbines (WT), a common sight in many European countries, are now actively promoted by federal and state governments in the U.S. as a way to reduce coal - powered electrical generation and global warming.
As you note, it can also get quite costly to handle transactions because of how this first generation technology was built (computationally heavy challenges require immense electrical power).
He served as one of two lead trial attorneys for the largest group of plaintiffs in the 2007 San Diego Wildfires, which included the City and County of San Diego, and recently was one of the trial lawyers who successfully conducted a jury trial resulting from the 2011 Las Conchas fire in New Mexico, where he represented individuals and the Native American Pueblos of Cochiti and Jemez against an electrical distribution and a transmission / generation cooperative.
Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, and power generation Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, and power generation electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, and power generation equipment.
My most recent experience as a power plant technician has taught me how to handle efficient installation, maintenance and repair of mechanical, electrical, electronic, and pneumatic equipment, used in the commercial generation of electrical power.
My career goal is to work as an electrical engineer, instrumentation and controls engineer, or a reliability engineer in a company which provides fossil generation to a community.
Broad experience spanning twenty years solving electrical design and systems engineering challenges in industrial, heavy industrial, launch complex and office facilities in the Aerospace, Power Generation and Consulting Engineering industries with a proven track record of completing tasks on budget, on time both as a leader or member of design teams and as a stand - alone engineer.
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