Sentences with phrase «cent of the power used»

The US Environmental Protection Agency says that 5 per cent of the power used by American companies is consumed by computers, and that without regulation this figure could reach 10 per cent by the year 2000 («Birth of the eco-computer», New Scientist, 30 October 1993).

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The Barnett government is hoping to raise $ 3 billion by selling 51 per cent of Western Power to Australian investors, and will also use the privatisation deal to remove about $ 8 billion of debt off the state's books.

Results achieved over hundreds of plants globally have achieved removal of organic waste from discharge water of between 70 - 99 per cent, with many of the plants installed by Global Water Engineering also capturing the organic waste converted to methane and using it to power boilers and electricity generators.

- 95 per cent of touring caravans on UK roads are actually made in Britain - In many caravan parks, great attention is paid to protecting the environment, with e.g. use of solar power to heat communal shower blocks, wildlife areas, recycling points etc. - Water and power usage during the holiday is often less than in a hotel.

The US president used his state of the union address yesterday to announce plans to cut the use of petrol by 20 per cent in the next decade and diversify the US» energy sources by investing in clean coal, solar and wind power.

The proposals, which come with # 255,000 of new funding, will insist on police and local agencies using all the tools and powers available to them to tackle the seven per cent of persistent troublemakers who cause the most problems.

One of the counts reads: «That you, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, being the governor (also known as chief servant) of Niger State from 2007 to 2015; Umar Mohammed Nasko, being the former Commissioner for Environment / Chief of Staff to Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, sometime between April 7, 2015 and December 7, 2015 in Minna within the jurisdiction of this honourable court while being entrusted with dominion over money belonging to Niger State Government dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N1, 090, 000,000, which formed part of the proceeds of the sale of 16 per cent shares of Niger State in the North South Power Company Limited and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 312 of the Penal Code.»

The party said the charge of GH cents 50,000 fee for presidential nominees and GH cents 10,000 for parliamentary nominees was a capricious and arbitrary use of power by the electoral body.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

Using waste heat from a coal plant to power the heat pump can mean 80 per cent of the energy put into the slush can be retrieved.

If the PC is left idle in the standby mode, it switches down to Suspend mode, with all high - voltage circuitry disconnected and the monitor using only 15 per cent of its normal power.

In July last year, in an attempt to reduce demand for elec - tricity, a group of power companies offered the prize to the first company to build a prototype fridge that would use at least 25 per cent less electricity than current standards demand while using no ozone - depleting CFCs.

At Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Viktor Petrenko has developed a novel aircraft de-icing heater that rids surfaces of ice faster while using just 1 per cent of the power consumed by existing systems.

There have been posited limits on what fraction of electricity can reliably come from variable renewables — that is photovoltaics and wind power, which vary according to the weather and the Earth's rotation and so on — and those limits used to be said to be a few per cent, five per cent, ten per cent, 15, 20, 25, 30 etc..

Instead of killing her, it allows her to use 100 per cent of her brain power, rather than the 10 per cent we mortals supposedly employ.

The battery pack is a 120kWh lithium manganese nickel unit — a chemistry that company founder Mate Rimac tells evo provides the best balance between delivering huge power (1.4 megawatts of it) and suitable longevity — and can be recharged to 80 per cent capacity in as little as 30 minutes, using the car's 250kW charger.

Combustion trickery — using a shorter compression stroke relative to the power stroke, has increased efficiency by a claimed 17 per cent to 32.5 mpg combined, with 197g / km of CO2.

Powered by a choice of two 2.0 diesel engines or the most powerful 1.8 t petrol, the Scout's four - wheel drive system makes use of Haldex - 5 electronically - controlled multi-plate clutch technology, to increase traction by 25 per cent compared with the standard front driven Octavia.

Much as with the Convertible, it's the 552bhp 4.4 - litre twin - turbo V8 that takes centre stage, pulling off the impressive trick, for a blown motor, of seamlessly melding masses of low and mid range urge (500 lb ft of torque from just 1500rpm) with an equally fierce rush to the 7200rpm red line while managing to use 30 per cent less petrol than the V10 that powered the previous generation M6.

Since the Porsche 911 with its engine mounted at the rear and appropriate weight distribution offers very good qualities for the use of engine power even on bad roads and surfaces with low grip, a locking factor of 28 per cent is sufficient under load, while the locking factor in overun is 40 per cent.

The 116i, featuring an entirely new 1.6 litre four - cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, boasts the same power output of the previous entry model, the 118i, despite using 24 per cent less fuel (5.7 litres / 100 km) than the comparable outgoing model.

Dive into a corner with too much speed and you can feel the front end begin to push wide, and despite Audi claiming 100 per cent of the power can be sent to either axle, it's almost impossible to neutralize the car using the brakes or by lifting off the throttle mid-corner.

To achieve this remarkable feat Ferrari uses the E-Diff of the 599GTB and the latest F - 1 TRAC, a sophisticated traction control system that controls all the resources of the car namely the engine, gearbox, brakes and the fabulous electronically controlled rear differential that can redistribute up to 100 per cent of the power to whichever wheel with the most traction to optimally utilise the grip of just the two rear tyres.

Other features include Ultra Power Saving Mode for days of battery when running as low as 10 per cent, Download Booster that uses Wi - Fi and data networks simultaneously to increase speeds, and Remote PC for using a computer on the tablet — which could be great for gaming.

The buying power of frequent flier miles jumped to 1.6 cents in 2005, spurred by the 12.7 percent increase in average fares IdeaWorks used to define a typical reward ticket.

... Yesterday, after the full report was released, the sceptical climate change blog Climate Audit reported that the 77 per cent figure had been derived from a joint study by Sven Teske, a climate change expert employed by Greenpeace, which opposes the use of nuclear power to cut carbon emissions.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Using this more far - sighted social rate of return, shows that the cost to society of wind power is only about 1 cents / kWh more than conventional power costs.

* In the original June 2005 draft of this paper the reader would have seen an estimate that the cost of powering a hybrid with average (8.5 cents / kwh) residential electricity from the grid would be about one - quarter the cost of powering the same vehicle in its normal operating mode using $ 2 / gallon gasoline.

If I extrapolate the cost of solar power using a similar formula you are using solar power will cost essentially 0 cents per kWh and oil will cost 1million dollars per kWh.

Looking at the 6 US cents a kilowatt - hour concentrated solar thermal power can now apparently cost under good conditions, solar thermal heat may be competitive and if the cost of renewable electricity falls low enough at times that can be used.

Also, since the average residential electricity cost is 8.5 cents / kwh (and in many areas, off - peak nighttime cost is 2 - 4 cents / kwh) this means that, after taking account of the differential efficiencies of electric and gasoline power, much of a plug - in hybrid's travel would be on electricity that is the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline (or, off - peak, 25 - 50 cents / gallon) as contrasted with the same vehicle's use of today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of CrossIron Mills» common aPower's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of CrossIron Mills» common apower used by 35 per cent of CrossIron Mills» common areas.

Using off - peak power would then equate to being able to buy 25 - to - 50 cent / gallon gasoline... the possibility of powering one's family vehicle with fuel that can cost as little as one - tenth of today's gasoline (in the U.S. market) should solve rapidly the question whether there would be public interest in and acceptability of plug - in hybrids.

The partnership between the Canadian Red Cross and Bullfrog Power means that Bullfrog's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power the Ottawa head office Power means that Bullfrog's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power the Ottawa head office power the Ottawa head office uses.

90 per cent of Australian land was stolen from the people and used to meet an international carbon treaty when it should have been taken from the coal - fired power stations.

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This market would allow Ontario businesses and residents to access surplus clean power at the wholesale market price of less than two cents per kilowatt - hour (KWh), which could displace the use of fossil fuels by using things like dual fuel (gas and electric) water heaters, and by producing emission - free hydrogen fuel.

Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generators will put 100 per cent green electricity onto the electricity grid to match the amount of electricity used in the eight aforementioned Co-operators offices.

According to the company, the units, which come with a 10 - year warranty and are about the size of an AC unit, can produce water at a price ranging between 3.5 cents to 8 cents per gallon, depending on the power source used and the heat and humidity conditions at the location, with an estimated energy consumption of about 0.51 kWh per gallon.

The dream of using the sun's abundant energy 24/7 took a major step closer to reality recently when utility company Tucson Electric signed a power purchase agreement last week for solar plus storage at a price of less than 4.5 cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh) over 20 years.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy lospower to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losPower Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

The five hundred power plants that use coal to light, heat, cool, and compute fifty - two per cent of just about everything in the United States were suddenly swiveling their attention to Powder River coal.

This study uses electric and gas program cost values from a new ACEEE survey, Energy Efficiency Holds Steady at 2.5 Cents per Kilowatt - Hour, Even as Costs of New Power Generation Rise.

They found the cost of wind power to be 15.1 cents per kilowatt hour if natural gas is used to back - up the wind energy or 19.2 cents per kilowatt hour if coal is used as the back - up fuel.

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It is particularly interesting that 35.8 pre cent... of respondents who experienced a problem related to wills and powers of attorney said they used some form of non-legal assistance.

According to an 860 - person poll commissioned for that conference, 68 per cent of Canadians support the use of the notwithstanding clause to limit the Charter's application — and thus to limit the power of the people at the conference.

By also making the effort to change lights to LEDs, install a smart thermostat, use more energy efficient appliances, unplug your old beater beer fridge and eliminate phantom power, you could dramatically reduce your electricity demand by 20 to 50 per cent, which would reduce the size of the solar system you require, saving even more money.