Sentences with phrase «better capacity factors»

Broadly speaking, she wrote, the solutions are reduced capital costs and an increase in performance efficiency in the form of better capacity factors.

Not exact matches

For much of the 1990s, the fact that the economy had a good deal of excess capacity has also operated to make these factors more powerful in controlling inflation.

To be a good historian according to our present standards, one must have the capacity to see the interplay of human and physical factors that caused important events to take place, and if the history is to be widely read the historian must have a clear and vivid literary style.

Hitchens, who won the vote among the 2,700 capacity audience by a factor of 2:1, characterised religion as «a cruel experiment whereby we are created sick and ordered to be well» creating a «celestial dictatorship» which was «greedy for praise from dawn to dusk.»

Three factors determine which of Southern Pride's 10 available smoker models best suites a restaurant's use: budget, capacity requirement and the amount of space available in the kitchen.

«Quality has evolved as we've better understood ingredient functionality — how that factors with manufacturing capacity,» he said.

The first 24 - 48 hours involve learning to latch & suck well at the breast - a time to practice when baby doesn't require a lot of volume, and in fact isn't ready to digest large volumes based on stomach capacity and other factors.

The first 24 - 48 hours involve learning to latch & suck well at the breast - a time to practice when baby doesn't require a lot of volume, & in fact isn't ready to digest large volumes based on stomach capacity & other factors.

Well simply put stroller capacity is one of the most vital factors every buyer keeps in mind.

You will want to look for key factors when making your decision which bag to select, including the actual capacity of the bag, affordability, compatibility with breast pumps (and / or nipples), how well it will hold up in the fridge or freezer and any special features it offers to make your life easier.

Therefore, as you go through this review looking for the best bag, keep in mind a few factors such as capacity, price, ease of carrying, and more.

While it could indeed be «a potentially epoch - making moment it could be for Gaddafi to stand trial at the International Criminal Court,» Bali and Abu Rish argue that: «The prospect of retirement in a prison cell in the Hague may factor into al - Qaddafi's incentives to make good on his threats to fight to the last of his capacities, visiting untold atrocities on Libyan civilians in the process.

... I will say, the test scores [are] never, ever the single most important thing,» she said, adding that officials consider factors such as student enrollment, capacity and other locations where students can receive better resources.

In early testing, a three - dimensional (3D) fiber - like supercapacitor made with the uninterrupted fibers of carbon nanotubes and graphene matched or bettered — by a factor of four — the reported record - high capacities for this type of device.

Factors other than practice believed to influence athletic performance include genetic attributes, such as fast - twitch muscles and maximum blood oxygenation level; cognitive and psychological traits and behaviors — including confidence, performance anxiety, intelligence and working memory capacity — play roles as well, though researchers don't yet know the significance of each.

The capacity for genetic adaption is, however, not enough to guarantee success, Geerts adds: «Climate change may have an impact on other factors as well.

Mice were intravenously injected with 100 ug each of lethal factor and protective antigen and then 48 hr later we examined the numbers of ILC3s in different tissues as well as the capacity of these ILCs to produce IL - 22 or GM - CSF ex vivo.

Thus, hNPCctx have the capacity to secrete endogenous growth factors of known importance for the maintenance and survival of retinal neurons, as well as the ability to constitutively express transgenes encoding selected neurotrophins.

Exceeding the metabolic capacity of our liver by a factor of a hundred, our good bacteria detoxify some compounds, and activate others, boosting their bioavailability.

The intent of the cardiorespiratory fitness factor (CFF) used within this running calorie burn calculator is to account for fitness level of the runner since, according to the Margaria et al. study, «athletes can perform better not so much because of their greater skill as for their greater capacity for oxygen consumption.»

Another important factor is the investment that the most successful CMOs are making in building the capacity of their central offices, especially the focus on recruiting and developing talent, as well as building instructional support systems that are grounded in the use of performance data.

These individuals may have the intellectual capacity to do well in school, but due to a variety of factors, fail to pass exams or do well in coursework.

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Market capacity of tablets of iPad form factor is between 5 and 7 mln units in 2010, and it might be very well filled to the brim by iPads at Christmas time, so any other tablet manufacturer planning to release its half - baked, buggy tablet at that late date might better shove its plans for US market.

From what we can see in the pictures here, this larger form factor tablet does have a slot for a sim card as well as the familiar front facing camera and bezels for swiping, but no indication on what capacity this model will be or if it would be a 3G or 4G model, assuming it ever comes to production.

Length of stay (LOS) is increasingly recognized as a critical factor in shelter management, with implications for animal health, well - being, sheltering costs, and ultimately a shelter's capacity to save lives.

«Some of these key factors include the unwavering commitment of the Abu Dhabi government to a well - thought - out plan, a strong and vibrant economy as well as the substantial strides made in the development of the tourism infrastructure including expansion of airport capacity, exhibition and meetings space, the completion of iconic hotel developments and an overall increase in hotel / hotel apartment room capacity which went from 12,800 rooms at the beginning of the year to 17,500 at the year - end.

Then let us not forget that although entropy (heat loss) escapes the earth system, some is trapped in increasing random motions which influences both, short interval and chaotic weather, and longer term climate and as well as other biological factors, like evolution and carrying capacity.

In our current gadget - centric culture, one limiting factor for mobile devices is the capacity of the batteries that power them, and while we haven't seen any massive improvements in battery technology (yet) which would allow us to go for days between charges, mobile solar chargers and battery backup systems seem to be the only solutions (well, other than to actually stop using them so much).

That's the most important factor determining how readily they will recognize the best available scientific evidence relevant to all manner of decisions they make in their capacity as consumers, parents, citizens — you name it.

I was struck reading that paper by this note from the introduction» Note that if we relax our assumption that each state's capacity match its annual demand, and instead allow states with especially good solar or wind resources to have enough capacity to supply larger regions, then the average levelized cost of electricity will be lower than we estimate because of the higher average capacity factors in states with the best WWS resources»

From these studies, a complex range of factors, including behavioural economics (Grothmann and Patt, 2005), national aspirations and socio - political goals (Haddad, 2005), governance, civil and political rights and literacy, economic well - being and stability, demographic structure, global interconnectivity, institutional stability and well - being, and natural resource dependence (Adger and Vincent, 2005), are all emerging as powerful determinants of vulnerability and the capacity to adapt to climate change.

The chart at the top of the section shows security - related curtailment for solar kicking in right around its capacity factor (18 percent) and economic curtailment kicking in well before that.

The report is also intended to improve the understanding of the potential benefits and challenges for developing countries to design FITs as well as the factors influencing their success, more in depth from the policy and legal foci, whilst also analysing the funding and capacity implications.

... Some of what's happening here is that IEA builds models of what electricity from solar and wind should cost, based on equations that put together the up - front capital cost, the capacity factor of the installations, the availability of good sites, how long those installations should last, and the interest rate the builders pay.

We will take a look at the factors are taken into account when assessing what size solar array or battery capacity is best for an application.

A heavy ceramic cup, doesn't work as good as thermos but works slightly better than less heavy cup [more a bit more heat capacity and more insulation] But if you don't screw on the lid, a thermos works about a good as ceramic cup - preventing evaporation of the hot coffee is large factor.

Wind power just keeps getting better and better, cheaper and cheaper, with higher annual capacity factors each year.

The capacity factor (the percent of maximum generation potential actually generated) of the best sites for wind turbines is about 40 %, and the average capacity of all the wind turbines used to generate utility power in the United States was 25 % in 2007.

On the mainland, the capacity factors range from 18.4 percent for Tennessee to 43.7 percent for Nebraska — the latter state is in the U.S. interior where the best wind speeds are located as can be seen by the map.

This produces turbines with higher capacity factors because they can better capture available wind.

There is good reason to believe that China already has more coal capacity than it needs — capacity factors for coal plants in the country (the amount of time they spend running) dipped below 50 percent in 2015 and continued falling in 2016 — so all things being equal, these trends should continue.

(I know this because I have an on - grid system as well so they give the unconstrained capacity factor)

The potential for breakthroughs in solar PV technology, such as next - generation thin film materials, reduced capital intensity of manufacturing capacity as well as continued improvements in the scale and capacity factor of wind technology means the levelized cost of energy could continue to fall.

These unprecedented rates are a consequence of both the relatively low - capacity factors of wind and solar as well as increased demand due to the assumed widespread electrification of the economy.

The capacity factor above was calculated from AEMO data (July 2009 to December 2012 inclusive) and is among the best I have calculated for Australian wind farms.

Imagine an economic vision where we incorporate a whole systems perspective, adequate physical and biological contexts (i.e. planetary carrying capacity considerations), accurate feedback systems (wherein pollution costs are factored into the price of goods and services) thus better representing the actual (or true) costs of our activities.

According to a report over at Business Green, the early data is exceedingly good — with the project reporting an average operating capacity factor of 65 % between October and January.

Wind requires a lot additional transmission as well as backup plant to deal with poor capacity factor.

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.