Sentences with phrase «big power stations»

The government's attempts to buy out up to 2000MW of coal fired generation are being frustrated because the big power stations they targeted were offered so much in compensation that they don't want to shut down.

The CEC says all that solar power that has been installed in the state — more than 500MW — is actually helping to push back major investment in big power stations, and is saving people money.

Smaller, cleaner power systems are less costly and cleaner alternatives to the bigger power stations that have made up the power grid,» he said.

Leading U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin signed a contract on Wednesday to design the biggest power station fueled by differences in ocean temperatures, a 10 - megawatt plant that would provide electricity for a new Asian resort.

«Britain's biggest power station is suing the Government for losing a lucrative contract after a Mail on Sunday investigation revealed that it burns wood from precious US forests as a «green» alternative to coal.

Comparing energy sources Set up costs Renewable need bigger power stations for the same output compared to non-renewable... costs more Hydroelectric & nuclear have huge engineering costs for safety.

Not exact matches

With their fantastic one - way system, big shops like B&Q and the redundant power station close to Vicarage Road, it's hard for a down to earth place like Burnley to match the architectural majesty of the jewel of the M25.

I'm all for more infrastructure spending on road and rail (though very sceptical indeed about HS2), nuclear power stations, and airports - though the big decision on the latter has been postponed until after 2015.

Climate Camp, who held a week - long demonstration outside the power station in 2008 hailed the decision as a big victory for the environment.

Cllr Read said: «RBS is the UK's biggest sponsor of climate change and finances a whole range of environmentally devastating projects from oil extraction from the Canadian tar sands to the Kingsnorth power station.

The biggest single source is sulphate aerosols from power stations.

And while last year saw the biggest ever annual surge in global greenhouse gas emissions (see «Huge rise in emissions as world economy de-greens»), even Germany is planning to shut down its nuclear power stations.

But yes, I would be happy to live next to a nuclear power station, if only they weren't such big ugly things.

Among Lockheed's biggest challenges will be satisfying the demands for computing power, remote access, and data management spawned by the growing number of scientific instruments at the South Pole, as well as improving logistical support for field stations located deep into the continent.

In July General Motors said it will build the world's biggest rooftop solar power station in Spain, carpeting two million square feet (185,800 square meters) of the roof at its Zaragoza automobile plant with 85,000 flexible solar panels.

Consequently, any power company planning a big generating station that takes six or eight years to build does so without a clear prediction of what demand will be by the time the plant is finished.

But power stations are the big daddies.

The country is building the two biggest dry - cooled, coal - fired, power stations in the world.

Brexit - bound UK won big concessions for power stations that burn wood, while new research claims the technology will undermine carbon cuts for half a century

Last Thursday was a big day — it was referendum day here in the UK and to steady my nerves and stay productive I headed over to The Nap Station powered by Eve Sleep... View Post

Ireland's biggest radio station is getting its own dating site, powered by White Label Dating.

Artist Kasra Farahani developed the power station setting seen above, though the prominent featuring of Big Daddy enemies leaves an ominous impression behind.

The big Caddy bristled with the technology of the day: automatic climate controls (rarely worked), power seats and windows (for a while), cruise control (unreliable), and an AM / FM radio that could find stations by itself (sometimes).

The Sportback's rear hatch is power operated and a gateway to a station wagon - like 21.8 cubic feet with the rear seat up and a big - screen - television - swallowing 35 cubic feet after folding down the 40/20/40 split back seat.

Its audience is still undeniably big enough to secure such a deal, but tonally it'd be jumping the shark in the extreme to have Thanos stomping around an otherwise ultra-realistic eastern bloc power station or Miramar's gritty prison.

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London's biggest free contemporary arts festival returns for another night of installations, performances and artworks at various locations on a trail running from the Southbank Centre all the way down to Battersea Power Station.

It is affordable enough for people to get places as big as the Power Station.

All the gallery artists will be exhibiting works including a brand new Battersea Power station original print by Jayson Lilley, new works from Lucy Carty inspired by her recent trip to Iceland and LoveJordan's biggest ever paper sculpture, containing 100,000 pieces.

Note: This data includes the following plants owned by AEP and subsidiaries Appalachian Power, Cardinal Operating Company, Central Operating Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power Company, Ohio Power, Southwestern Electric, and Public Service Company of Oklahoma: Clinch River, Glen Lyn, Amos Plant, Kanawha, Mountaineer Plant (Appalachian Power Co); Cardinal, (Cardinal Operating Co.); Philip Sporn, (Central Operating Co); Conesville, (Columbus Southern Co); Tanners Creek, Rockport Plant, (Indiana Michigan Power Co); Big Sandy Plant (Kentucky Power Co.); Gavin Power Plant, Kammer Plant, Mitchell Plant, Muskingum, (Ohio Power Co); Northeastern Station, Riverside Power Plant, (Public Service Company of Oklahoma), Flint Creek, Pirkey and Welsh, (Southwestern Electric Power Co).

Koeberg supplies about half the power of the Western Cape, while the other half comes from the big coal power stations.

The three plants are Tanners Creek Generating Station Unit 4 in Indiana, the Muskingum River Power Plant Unit 5 in Ohio, and the Big Sandy Power Plant Unit 2 in Kentucky.

To get an idea of how all of this looks in the bigger scheme of things, we can compare that entire state - wide 150 MW of solar energy to one single coal - fired power station.

The biggest public finance provider in the world has previously attracted criticism for backing the construction of high - carbon infrastructure, mostly in the form of coal - fired power stations.

It is these same power stations that are among the biggest greenhouse gas polluters in Australia.

Yet Queensland, with only one big solar power station and no large wind farms at all, had far more price spikes than South Australia, as shown in the graph from RenewEconomy reproduced on the right.

There has been a big rise in Japanese renewable power led by rooftop solar, but the next major power station in Japan may be based on coal — perhaps Australian coal.

NCIG, which includes Peabody Energy, won a 2005 tender to build a third terminal at the world's biggest export harbor for power - station coal, beating a bid by Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd., owner of the existing two terminals.

Russell Myers and Martin Beckford — Daily Mail.com — April 27, 2013 Fridges and freezers in millions of British homes will automatically be switched off without the owner's consent under a «Big Brother» regime to reduce the strain on power stations.

The coal - fired units at the Big Bend Power Station on Tampa Bay (Tampa Electric), C.D. McIntosh Jr..

and probably a bigger increase next year as more of the 1600 or so NEW coal powered stations come on line..

The 254 MW Shiwa Power Station, once it comes on line, will be the biggest in the world.

You know full well that the World Bank, IMF and other big lenders have refused funding to help these third world countries build coal fired power stations, under the guise of the anti-CO2 scam.

We are told that a Big One is overdue, but this only concerns nuclear power stations, not PV panels or windmills.

You have negligible economies of scale, just a bigger, linearly costed version of my own systemic problem, a problem I dump on my neighbours and our brown coal fired power stations.

Brexit - bound UK won big concessions for power stations that burn wood, while new research claims the technology will undermine carbon cuts for half a century

Some field stations still start up a diesel generator when they need enough power for a big piece of scientific equipment, but operate with wind machines, and sometimes small solar panels, the rest of the time.

«New analysis of the latest annual National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data, and mapping of trends in the preceding five years, shows big hikes in air pollution from the nation's coal mines, coal fired power - stations and coal terminals.»

Another 137.5 MW second stage is also proposed, but even at 137.5 MW Bungala will be bigger than the largest solar power station currently in Australia, the 102 MW Nyngan station, pictured above.

As Giles Parkinson reported on Renew Economy, 2017/12/20, «A 700MW unit at the Eraring coal fired power station in New South Wales tripped on Monday afternoon, taking to four the number of big coal units that have failed without warning in less than a week.