Sentences with phrase «demand peaks»

The advanced nuclear designs produce constant heat — but demand peaks at certain times of the day and seasonally.

I am a top executive at a premier global corporation that requires and demands peak performance every day from its leadership.

As temperatures rise, energy demands peak, with a corresponding increase in air pollutants.

By the time demand peaked, wind farm output was just 5 % — i.e. next to useless.

Most large professional services firms (e.g. the Big 4) have, for many years, had a variable cost base using associate consultants to manage demand peaks.

In other words, even after oil demand peaks, the Oil Age is likely to have a decades - long tail.

When demand peaks in the afternoon each day, utilities bring the highest - priced sources online, usually natural gas «peaker plants.»

People make their workdays more enjoyable by streaming music, with listening demand peaking during commuting hours and also at lunchtime.

At a time when industry analysts laughed at the suggestion, Carbon Tracker was already modelling the impact of Chinese thermal coal demand peaking on the seaborne markets.

When the oil - demand peak came, Shell believed, petroleum prices might begin a slow slide, dipping too low to cover the costs of oil - sands production.

Mini has been sold in the United States since March 2002, with demand peaking at 54,077 in 2008.

Thus, OSW generation could help offset the exceptionally high demand peaks experienced around 6:00 p.m. during summer months, which require grid operators to dispatch costly (and often inefficient) generation assets.

OIL — «In the 450 scenario oil demand peaks around 2020.

In New England and Mid Atlantic gas demand peaks on cold winter nights because of heating demand and also because a lot of electricity generation is from gas peaker plants.

In the SDS, oil demand peaks soon after coal, with demand decline coming from transport: electric vehicles make up over 40 % of new passenger car sales by 2030.

Coal demand peaks before 2020.

By 2031, the ERCOT system could see ramping shortages when demand peaks over 18 GW in the evening and other resources are inadequate, but such issues were not present when researchers modeled for a scenario with high energy storage and electric vehicle adoption.

He likes to say that there are three types of coxswain: the motivator, always rah - rah; the drill sergeant, ever demanding peak performance; and the airline pilot, cool and collected.

CEO Rex Tillerson said this month that U.S. gasoline demand peaked in 2007.

To be fair, the climbers in their care aren't exactly novices: Texas pathologist Beck Weathers (Josh Brolin), mailman Doug Hansen, Japanese businesswoman Yasuko Namba (Naoko Mori), and journalist Jon Krakauer (Michael Kelly) had each crossed some of the world's most demanding peaks off their to - do lists.

In Engine Drive, the wheels are directly driven by the gasoline engine, with an on - demand peak power boost available from the electric propulsion motor.

For example, oil demand peaks just before 2020 at 88 mb / d, only 4 mb / d above current levels, and declines to 81 mb / d in 2035.

Solar * now * may be putting peaker plants and others burning expensive fuels (gas is very pricey in Western Europe) out of business, because it is eliminating the old midday demand peak, and peak prices.

Meanwhile, contingency roles for sidelined coal - fired power plants could include meeting energy demands created by multi-day or multi-week demand peaks.

These could be maintained in reserve to meet longer - term spikes in demand, such at seasonal demand peaks during heatwaves.

Generator Availability at Peak: Total amount of Ontario electricity generation available to produce energy at the predicted demand peak hour.

Leaving aside the impact of the oil and gas methane rule itself, a steadily escalating $ 100 / ton CO2 regulatory penalty post — 2020 will make building any new gas power plants — except as demand peak cover for renewables — a fool's game.

The top 5 contiguous demand hours are determined by the frequency of demand peak occurrences over the last 12 months.»

The clear direction of travel for coal consumption is underscored by the IEA's 2016 World Energy Outlook that brought forward the peak for thermal coal demand in China by 17 years in its New Policies Scenario - recognising demand peaked in 2013 as opposed to 2030.

Coal demand peaks very soon, around 2020.

Could the surge in electric vehicle sales lead to oil demand peaking much sooner than expected?

Export bans to avert local price spikes driven by world market demand peaks are probably what he is really concerned with.

A charger owner might allow the utility to use it during the midday supply peak when renewables are in excess but not during the early evening demand peak.

When the oil - demand peak came, Shell believed, petroleum prices might begin a slow slide, dipping too low to cover the costs of oil - sands production.

By participating in the Industrial Conservation Initiative, companies with an average peak electricity demand greater than one megawatt (MW) can control their Global Adjustment costs by reducing their energy use during the five highest demand peaks in a year.

How did the Queensland Government get away with this rort — owning power stations which limit supply and bid high when demand peaks?

So, for example, in addition to short term frequency adjustments, variable wind can be backed up using power from the flexible fast start up gas turbines, or plants kept on spinning reserves, that normally deal with demand peaks or sudden plant shut downs.

And on oil, it concludes: «In the 450 scenario, oil demand peaks around 2020.

The energy trajectory that is consistent with the agreed climate goals (the World Energy Outlook's 450 Scenario) has global oil demand peaking in 2018.

«In the frigid opening days of 2009, Britain's electricity demand peaked at 59 gigawatts (GW).