Sentences with phrase «distance electrical power»

Long - distance electrical power transfer would allow primary energy producers to market their energy thousands of miles away.

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It's estimated wind can never supply more than the 19 % of electrical needs it does in the world leader, Denmark, until someone comes up with a way of storing the wind power that blows when we don't need it (for the times when it doesn't), or a way of transmitting electricity over huge distances with minimal line loss.

This current can be tapped and amplified by the radio or television receiver, allowing power and information to be communicated over large distances without direct electrical connection.

Alternatively, pushing a button can allow the Provo to drive solely on electrical power for short distances.

In the «efficiency» mode, for example, with a fully charged battery and a distance of less than 50 kilometers (31.07 miles) the vehicle is operated in principle on purely electrical power.

On predefined routes with access to a mains power socket at the destination, the Audi metroproject quattro can cover distances of up to 100 kilometres running purely on electrical power — and swiftly too: it is capable of reaching a speed of considerably more than 100 km / h.

Electrical powered cars seem to be a far better idea, though that technology still needs more work before we can employ it for long - distance travel.

The Smart Energy Network: Electricity's Third Great Revolution (2003) Electrical power is entering its greatest revolution in a century, one that compares to Thomas Edison's creation of the world's first electrical grids and George Westinghouse's origination of long - distance power traElectrical power is entering its greatest revolution in a century, one that compares to Thomas Edison's creation of the world's first electrical grids and George Westinghouse's origination of long - distance power traelectrical grids and George Westinghouse's origination of long - distance power transmission.

HVDC technology can move more power over longer distances with less electrical loss than alternating current (AC) transmission routes; by doing so, HVDC transmission preserves land resources and maximizes clean energy availability.

Apparently a food calorie often uses more fossil fuel than the equivalent electric energy needed to power you the same distance on a bike — partly because you need more energy to go one miles due to inefficiencies in your body getting motive force out of the calories than an electric system does, even if you take into account the generation and transportation losses of the electrical power.