Sentences with phrase «direct current lines»

Theoretically, he says, we could produce all the electricity we need, with 90 % less carbon emissions, with a combination of scrubbed natural gas burning generators and wind energy from high - wind regime areas transported through high voltage direct current lines.

Offshore wind turbines will line the Atlantic coast; vast solar arrays will cover swaths of the southwestern desert; transmission towers will cradle high - voltage direct current lines and take electricity from the windy Great Plains to the populated coasts.

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By having a direct line of communication with potential (and current) customers, you become more agile in how you position your services and products to your market.

New features in the third edition include updated and reorganized information on gas delivery and beer dispense on direct - and long - draw systems, important safety tips in easy to read sidebars throughout the manual, and updated line cleaning recommendations that reflect current best practices.

Advances in technology and the use of a direct current make such power lines feasible, utility experts say.

The new line would have a direct current, meaning the flow of power can be controlled at any time.

The simple fact that the maximum value of volume current density was increased with increasing magnetic field line chaos, called «chaoticity,» suggests a direct proportionality between the intensity of the current sheet and chaoticity.

There is another interesting parallel, too, which is again if you sort of think of this in your mind geologically or geographically, I should say — so you've got these big farms in the Southwest; if you got these high - voltage, direct - current, sort of trunk line feeding other parts of the country with the power, what do you do with it there?

MacDonald wondered whether the U.S. grid might be able to overcome intermittency problems if it added high - voltage, direct - current (HVDC) transmission lines — which suffer less energy loss than do traditional alternating - current transmission lines — to connect regional grids, so that power could be moved to where it was needed.

Although direct - current lines are highly efficient, the equipment that converts alternating current into direct current and back again is not, so the advantage accrues on long spans — such as those from the windy high plains and the sunny Southwest.

The growth of renewable energy far from urban and industrial centers is driving a build - out of long - distance direct - current lines

Technology for power transmission advanced in the 1970s, allowing direct current to return as a viable option — and for lines more than 300 to 500 miles long, DC outcompetes AC.

The switch would consist of a plasma - filled tube that turns current on and off in systems that convert the direct current coming from long - distance power lines to the alternating current that lights homes and businesses; such systems are used to reverse the process as well.

In that same stockholders meeting, Nintendo revealed that they actually do have more titles to announce for before 2013 so if the current line of holiday releases doesn \» t intrigue the modern consumers, maybe their upcoming unannounced titles, that we \'ll likely see in a Nintendo Direct, will.

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The full - color head - up display will project your essential driving information, such as the collision warning, navigation, and current speed, on your windshield in your direct line of sight so you can keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel.

This program is for students who are self - directed, self - motivated, and self - disciplined, prefer to take classes part - time, desire to maintain their current residence and employment and embrace learning in an on - line environment.

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Technology exists for direct - current high - voltage buried transmission lines.

Assuming wind power was the primary driver of the expansion and increased from 27 GW in 2012 to 51 GW by 2020, at minimum, 4,400 km of existing lines would need to be optimized and 3,800 km of power lines (1,700 km of new alternating current and 2,100 km of new direct current) would need to be built.

The result: Though CSP requires the direct normal irradiance (DNI) found in abundance in the world's sunny high deserts, even importing generation from high - DNI deserts in Spain and Morocco, CSP with thermal energy storage could become an economically competitive option, due to its ability with storage to fill the gaps created by intermittent generation.Imports of thermal solar from Spain and Morocco would entail building HVDC (high Voltage Direct Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - disdirect normal irradiance (DNI) found in abundance in the world's sunny high deserts, even importing generation from high - DNI deserts in Spain and Morocco, CSP with thermal energy storage could become an economically competitive option, due to its ability with storage to fill the gaps created by intermittent generation.Imports of thermal solar from Spain and Morocco would entail building HVDC (high Voltage Direct Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - disDirect Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - diCurrent) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - disdirect current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - dicurrent is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - distance.

By 2050, Asia could be criss - crossed by a highly - efficient network of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power lines, natural gas pipelines and fiber optic cables.

In the next 20 years, high - voltage direct current power lines and ubiquitously - interconnected markets can enable «cloud energy.»

In having ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson as its founder, they have a direct line into the current British government to lobby for their neoliberal agenda.

Plains and Eastern Clean Line is a direct current link to the lowest - cost wind energy in the country.

Clean Line Energy is building a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line to connect 7,000 megawatts of wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas to the SoutheLine Energy is building a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line to connect 7,000 megawatts of wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas to the Southeline to connect 7,000 megawatts of wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas to the Southeast.

A new paper by NOAA and CIRES finds that with the deployment of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmisson lines, the US can seriously ramp up the use of solar and wind power to meet the nation's energy needs.

Later, China plans to roll out even higher capacity Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) power line infrastructure.

Given that China is investing heavily in «next - generation» electricity transmission systems such as Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) power lines, this speaks directly to China's industrial strengths.

A proposal by Australia's Origin Energy and PNG's Energy Developments envisages building a 1,800 MW hydro plant in PNG and exporting power down to Queensland over an 1,800 - kilometer High Voltage Direct Current power line.

This would be through high - capacity High - Voltage Direct Current power lines connecting the Woomera Prohibited Area to electricity consumption markets of Asia.

High voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology is not new; however, the Plains and Eastern Clean Line's use of HVDC technology is unique in that it is designated for wind energy resources.

A 2004 study by the Tokyo - based Asia Pacific Energy Research Center (APERC) suggested Russia's Far Eastern hydro resources could be harnessed to provide electricity to China and Japan over High Voltage Direct Current power lines, some of which could traverse North Korea.

This electricity and natural gas would then be shipped across the Timor Sea via bundled high voltage direct current power lines and natural gas pipelines.

High - Voltage Direct Current power lines are being increased deployed.

113 Already, major utilities and private investors are proposing to build highly efficient high - voltage direct - current (HVDC) lines to link wind - rich regions with consumption centers.

Like the proposed U.S. national grid, the Europe - wide grid would use high - voltage direct - current lines that transmit electricity far more efficiently than existing lines do.

Yellow squares are solar power plants, blue squares are wind power plants, red lines are high - voltage direct current transmission, and green lines are high - voltage alternating current transmission.

Tuckey also proposes extensive public investment in High Voltage Direct Current transmission lines, noting that «China will not have an ETS.

Manitoba partially resolved this problem by adopting the Russian system of reducing line loss by converting Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC), transmitting as DC then reconverting to AC at the point of need.

That is, there is still a fair chance that we can «hold the 2 °C line», if strong mitigation of greenhouse gases is combined with the following three actions: (i) a slow, rather than instant, elimination of aerosol cooling, (ii) a directed effort to first remove warming aerosols like black carbon, and (iii) a concerted and sustained programme, over this century, to draw - down excessive CO2 (geo - and bio-engineering) and simultaneously reduce non-CO2 forcings, such that the final equilibrium temperature rise will be lower than would otherwise be expected on the basis of current concentrations.

One possibility is to couple the gas pipeline with High - Voltage Direct Current power lines bringing PNG hydro power to Queensland, linking Australia's and PNG's electricity grids.

Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court appointed an advisory committee to draft a guide to evidence law, directing the committee «to assemble the current law in one easily usable document, along the lines of the Federal Rules of Evidence.»

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Electric shock occurs when an electric current travels through the body as a result of exposed wire or direct contact with a strong power line.

When the line started ringing off the hook the officer on duty, Colonel Shoup, directed his men to give all the children a current location for Santa Claus — it's heart warming to know that in the depths of the Cold War there was still time to humor some excited children on Christmas Eve.

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Bremen • GA 2003 — 2007 Relay Technician Tested and modified protection and control for transmission lines, including stepped zone, differential, blocking, direct transfer trip, and over current schemes.