Sentences with phrase «challenges facing the plant»

«Nothing has changed in the short, medium or long - term outlook that would alleviate the significant financial challenges facing the plant,» Entergy spokeswoman Tammy Holden said today.

Not exact matches

Today, it faces multiple new challenges: how to appeal to second - generation Asians, branch into mainstream markets and translate some of its traditionally high - sodium, deep - fried foods for the health - conscious consumer all while operating its third and newest manufacturing plant completed in 2009.

One of the greatest challenges facing the coffee industry is how to improve the quality of coffee as we adapt the coffee plant to climate - affected environments.

«Given the financial challenges our merchant power plants face from sustained wholesale power price declines and other unfavorable market conditions, we have been assessing each asset,» said Leo Denault, Entergy's chairman and chief executive officer.

The city of Oswego faces many of the same economic challenges facing cities all over upstate New York, including plant closings and the flight of you, educated adults from the area.

The Deputy Minister of Power, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, said the real challenge facing the power sector currently was the inadequate supply of Gas and diesel to run some of the power plants.

As a result of the discussions, a consensus emerged that Ghana has faced power challenges for the past several years due to the fact that thermal power plants did not have enough fuel resources to fire power generation plants.

The U.S. government finds that many U.S. nuclear plants would fail to face multiple challenges at the same time as happened at Fukushima Daiichi

One of the challenges the researchers faced in compiling these numbers is that countries define «small» hydropower plants differently.

While global warming represents a hurdle for the plants, Doak himself faces a more existential challenge.

Seeds from the same plant germinate at different times to hedge against environmental challenges that plants have faced through history.

«Plants, animals, and people all depend on forests and may all face additional challenges as temperatures increase and precipitation patterns shift,» said John Shuey, a co-author of the study and Director of Conservation Science for the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Even the seemingly pristine Galápagos Islands, one of the most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems on the planet, face increasing threats as a result of climate change, water pollution, invasive plants and animals and other challenges related to human activities.

As Japanese officials consider whether and when to reactivate most of the country's 54 nuclear plants, a year after the Fukushima reactor disaster, they continue to face challenges to public confidence in the nuclear industry and its regulator.

Its attempt to build a waste treatment plant that would trap the wastes in glass logs has faced numerous technical challenges, long delays, and rising costs.

On September 19, 2017, the Plant Science Research Network (PSRN) will convene an in - person meeting using scenarios as a tool to understand the challenges that plant science trainees face tPlant Science Research Network (PSRN) will convene an in - person meeting using scenarios as a tool to understand the challenges that plant science trainees face tplant science trainees face today.

Thus, research aimed at fully understanding the mechanisms by which plants either defend against, or succumb to infection / infestation is of paramount importance to facing the global challenges of feeding a burgeoning population amidst a changing climate.

'' Managing systemic diseases like HLB is a difficult challenge that has faced plant pathologists for many years,» said Johnson «It is a privilege to work with an excellent team of researchers from many different disciplines with the goal of developing new tools that are both effective and safe.»

After working nearly 20 years in a poultry processing plant, Tonia Gibson was up to the challenge of returning to college to pursue an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, even though it meant a move to Pullman with two teenage sons to support.But Gibson, who earned that degree in 2004, is now facing a more daunting challenge.

Since plant - based diets are in the minority, you may face a few challenges when it comes to real world activities (i.e. when you can't cook for yourself).

March 24, 2011 • The shadowy, grainy images bring home in a visceral way the challenges that workers at the Fukushima Dai - ichi plant face, including the very basic obstacle of working in the dark.

The Mosa Trajectrum golf course runs through a resort, creating a spectacular and challenging landscape consisting of varied plants and trees, desert cacti, open rock - faces and a multitude of water features.

Initiated at this site and propagated throughout the city, this Land Art project establishes a permanent relationship among people, plants, and place and is designed to address water conservation, the most critical challenge facing California today.

We'll describe many challenges facing those seeking to sustain the environment in the face of development pressures, but my sense is that we'll end on an optimistic note given the energy and determination of the people we've met, including Ryan De Jongh, who not only leads kayak tours but has spent years, on his own time, planting and propagating mangrove seedlings along shores denuded in the past.

The rules on new power plants, which will face legal challenges, are the easy part.

Nationwide the coal industry is facing mounting challenges — rising coal costs, falling clean energy prices, a motivated grassroots coalition of organizers working to move the nation off coal, and the growing national demand to tackle climate - disrupting carbon pollution from coal plants.

In the past two years, six states have shut down nuclear plants, and «dozens» of other plants across the U.S. are facing challenging economic conditions, placing them at risk of imminent retirement.

«Given the financial challenges our merchant power plants face from sustained wholesale power price declines and other unfavorable market conditions, we have been assessing each asset,» said Denault.

Can it repeat that performance in the face of new challenges: retiring coal, oil, and nuclear plants; gas deliverability problems; the rise of renewables; and the need for decarbonization?

In Potential Nuclear Plant Closings in Illinois, a report to the legislature, four state agencies recommend a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) as one of five market - based solutions to the challenges facing Exelon.

Electric power system operators face a challenge as they seek to integrate rising quantities of intermittent generation from wind plants into the system mix.

Since the 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan has had to contend with various challenges in its energy sector: shutdown of all nuclear power plants has meant that Japan has faced increased fuel imports coupled with higher electricity prices.

From planting fruit and nut trees in Kilkenny to reviving local currencies in Southampton - these groups are set on building local resilience in the face of urgent challenges.

«Most independent studies show that low natural gas prices are overwhelmingly responsible for the market challenges facing coal and nuclear plants,» added Tom Kiernan, chief executive of the American Wind Energy Association.

The rules on new power plants will soon face a 60 - day public comment period, likely to be followed by intensive industry and environmental lobbying and possible court challenges.

Many candidates applying for a plant mechanic position face the challenging task of writing a cover letter to supplement their resume.

I'm quite challenged with any gardening at the moment as I'm in the Arizona desert in an attached single - family home (aka duplex) with three exposures: an east - facing courtyard to which the water has been turned off so plan on container gardening, a south side of the house with some very boring desert plants and a west - facing patio (southwest corner of house) with no covering that gets overheard sun all day.