Sentences with phrase «blackout risk»

These include: «Blackout risk rises» (the

Amber Rudd, energy and climate change secretary, wrote to the Times to rebuff claims of blackout risk.

These include: «Blackout risk rises» (the Telegraph), «Pricey winter blackouts loom» (Daily Mirror), «Winter blackout fear» (Mail on Sunday), «Britain facing winter BLACKOUTS» (Express) and, «Britain may have to «go Dutch» to avoid blackouts» (the Times).

The basic problem is that Germany isn't close to generating nearly enough energy from wind and solar to power electric cars, and the country has been forced to slow its green energy plans due to blackout risk.

Finally, letting distributed generators compete and interconnect fairly could nearly eliminate blackout risks by organizing the grid into local «microgrids» that normally interconnect but can stand alone at need («islanding»).

Not exact matches

Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS sued Aereo for copyright infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the programming in the same way cable and satellite systems must or risk high - profile blackouts of channels that anger their subscribers.

Closures of a significant number of coal - fired power plants (for which compliance is too costly) will undermine reliability of the electrical grid and increase the risk of brownouts and blackouts.

«The job comes with many risks, including the ability to repay, cost of maintenance, plumbing repairs needed, electric blackouts, appliances that break, local and state regulations, fire codes, and taxes and insurance required,» says Arik Kislin, real estate developer and CEO of New York City - based Linx Industries.

«Fixing prices in this way risks blackouts, jeopardises jobs and puts investment in clean, green technology in doubt.»

Anyone who has worked in the defence engineering industry will know that financial risks start - out as innocuous looking technical risks on the Defence Contractor's premises, where selected ones are deliberately concealed by the Contractor during the design and development phase, then skilfully transferred to MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol where they morph into «show stopping» risks and come to the fore immediately after the main investment decision has been taken (as they have done so spectacularly on the Type 45 destroyers with total power blackouts), ultimately ending up as an additional cost burden on the Front Line Commands, who have recently been given responsibility for the defence equipment budget — resulting in sleepless nights for many other people too!

The researchers then found that these same genes carry an additional risk for a phenomenon called spreading depolarization, a slowly - progressing, temporary electrical blackout of a region in the brain.

High - risk drinking was determined by the self - reporting of quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, combined with a perceived lack of control over drinking, as well as blackouts and other injuries related to drinking.

Occasionally big blackouts in the Northeast cause havoc, but if we decided not to have electricity because of that risk, that would be a bad decision, and I don't think it's any worse in the case of the Internet.

For instance, blackout curtains (at Hilton and many other chains) are typically made with vinyl, which may pose health risks.

But in the aftermath of Sony's barnstorming showcase last month, the likes of Detroit: Become Human, Horizon Zero Dawn and Sony Santa Monica's God of War would all benefit from a media blackout, lest they run the risk of showcasing too much, too soon.

The report, «Cybersecurity in Renewable Energy Infrastructure», says a successful cyber-attack can damage a project's physical assets through forced maloperation of components, impact finances by disrupting generation, and create energy security risks in the event of a large - scale grid blackout.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

An AEMO spokesman last night said the state's fleet of emergency diesel generators, installed at two locations in Adelaide by the former Labor government to lower the risk of blackouts, had not been called upon but remained available if required.

In a new report the group says delivering critical infrastructure must be prioritised, otherwise the country risks polluted drinking water, extensive flood damage and power blackouts.

A new study released this week highlights what experts have been saying for years: the U.S. faces significant risk of power brownouts and blackouts as early as next summer that may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten lives.

He feared that «all it would take» would be for one incident involving a hospital relying on an inaccurately sold battery storage facility to provide UPS in the event of a blackout or power failure — an event that would «put lives at risk» — for the battery storage sector to be set back years.

The increased energy demand means a greater risk of summer blackouts, causing both human discomfort and economic damage.

Evan Halper's December 2 article in the Los Angeles Times, «Power Struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready» perpetuates the false narrative that renewable energy increases the risk of blackouts, when in fact the problem is centralized fossil fuel nonrenewable generation.

«Britain could be at risk of blackouts by next winter, the boss of one of the Big Six energy companies has warned, as old power plants are closed and have not yet been replaced.

Consequently it is increasing construction of coal fired power to provide baseload power to back solar / wind and avoid serious risk of blackouts.

It is worth noting that Peter Terium, the 50 - year old Dutchman who has been CEO of the German energy giant since July 2012, was among one of ten CEO's of European energy companies who on 11 October gave a joint press conference in Brussels in which they warned that the EU's energy and climate policy is having a disastrous effect on the power production sector, even leading to the risk of major blackouts.

... Endangering American Lives... ISO - NE has analyzed the potential for blackouts in New England and has requested a waiver from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to keep a natural gas plant online due to fuel security risks.

A spokesman for National Grid insisted that the measures taken on Wednesday did «not mean we were at risk of blackouts», only that «we needed the safety cushion of power in reserve to be higher».

As such, avoidant people are more at risk of substance abuse.2 Indeed, when Don faces a lot of personal stress in Season 4, he begins to battle alcohol addiction, which involves multiple blackout periods and even missing commitments with his kids.

«The job comes with many risks, including the ability to repay, cost of maintenance, plumbing repairs needed, electric blackouts, appliances that break, local and state regulations, fire codes, and taxes and insurance required,» says Arik Kislin, real estate developer and CEO of New York City - based Linx Industries.