Sentences with phrase «efficient power grids»

The success of electric vehicle networks depends on economical vehicles — and efficient power grids.

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Instead of today's AC power grid, we could have a bunch of networked DC microgrids that are super efficient.

Tesla founder Elon Musk says he can build a new and more efficient grid that would use solar power to generate electricity.

Each facility is energy efficient with low out - put LED lighting, complete temperature control and a linked power grid program.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

The most efficient over long distances is high - voltage DC (HVDC), which employs converter stations analogous to the transfer stations that mediate power flow among the nation's Eastern, Western, and Texas grids today.

Compared with other strategies — efficient appliances, upgraded power plants, new grid technology — it has cost them next to nothing.

This happens because a net - zero building may need to draw electricity from the grid to power its lights at night, for example, then returns that energy the next day, when its solar panels are most efficient.

Funding efficiency Nevertheless, another $ 100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (better known as the stimulus) was made available on March 2, to be awarded via ARPA — E to the best proposals for new grid - scale storage devices, better power converters and more efficient air conditioners, such as the ones being developed by the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that rely on sound waves rather than mechanical pistons to drive compressors.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

The material is a member of a family of copper - oxygen - based superconducting compounds - the cuprates - that are prime candidates for numerous potential high - impact applications, including extremely efficient electricity generation, storage, and transmission across the nation's power grid.

Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal technologies including carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and advanced battery technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.

High - temperature superconductors could lead to faster, more efficient electronic devices, grids that can transmit power without energy loss and ultra-fast levitating trains that ride frictionless magnets instead of rails.

We're trying to build a power grid that is modern, flexible and highly efficient.»

These include the ancient electrical grid and the disturbing phenomenon that more efficient power often gets wasted.

The eink technology is remotely updatable, energy efficient, battery - powered and independent from the electrical grid — and as such installable at even the most demanding of locations.

And in fact, I do think it would be a good idea for the billions of people all over the world who have never had access to electricity to have access to cheap, efficient, mass - produced off - grid solar power — power they can generate for themselves, without being beholden to big utilities.

The new rules would go a long way in helping consumers make energy efficient choices - they'd be the only choices available - and regulators feel only efficient TVs in homes would help relieve some of the strain on the power grid.

As we develop new sources of energy and electricity, we will also need to modernize our national utility grid so that it's accommodating to new sources of power, more efficient, and more reliable.

The funds are split among support for nonnuclear energy technologies along the entire energy chain, ranging from high - efficiency production in modern power plants, decentralized energy systems, smart grids, and storage modules to energy usage in energy - optimized buildings and towns as well as efficient industrial processes.

Energy efficient technologies can be found in all parts of the energy conversion chain: from exploration and production of primary energy resources, to power generation and oil refineries to electricity grids, to the final use in industry, buildings and transportation.

Ok, how about assuming the battery car is fueled upon coal power and poor efficient grid?

The options include making power plants more efficient, reducing the frequency at which coal - fired power plants supply power to the grid, and investing in more renewable, low - carbon sources of energy.

Ramp Control, Predictive Power Analytics, and Frequency Regulation (i.e. short - term grid power storage) make the Brilliant 1.6 - 100 more efficient, reliable, and grid friendly — as well as larger — than its predecesPower Analytics, and Frequency Regulation (i.e. short - term grid power storage) make the Brilliant 1.6 - 100 more efficient, reliable, and grid friendly — as well as larger — than its predecespower storage) make the Brilliant 1.6 - 100 more efficient, reliable, and grid friendly — as well as larger — than its predecessors.

«The DLP will push for the retention of our cheap, clean and efficient coal fired power stations and look to a more transitional model of using coal gasification and other clean coal technologies that would be far less costly to the taxpayer, while producing a secure and solid baseline for our grid.»

The electricity generated is transformed into the higher voltages (up to 400,000 volts) used for economic, efficient transmission via power line grids.

The new class of efficient hybrid vehiles with turbo power will surpass typical efficiencies of the grid.

Climate Solutions has a vision for the Northwest: that our region can be the first in the nation to have a 100 % clean electrical grid, meaning that all of our energy will be powered by highly efficient and clean sources of energy such as wind and solar.

The costs of moving to a low - carbon energy system (based on wind, solar and other low - carbon power; electric vehicles; heat pumps for buildings; smart grids and efficient appliances; and so on) are falling very rapidly, and would most likely be less than 1 % of income.

SOEC can also be applied as a clean and highly efficient solution for storing excess power produced by intermittent technologies when their output exceeds the needs of the electric grid.

Imagine an entire community so efficient they are selling electricity back to the power grid.

And you also knew, for example, that that an average gas driven car emitted 4.7 tons of carbon dioxide per year and an electric car would cut that in half even when powered from the current polluting grid, and much much less on a life cycle basis from a future global efficient renewable energy system displacing almost all fossil fuels.

The Living Building Challenge envisions a safe, reliable and decentralized power grid, powered entirely by renewable energy, supplied to incredibly efficient buildings and infrastructure without the negative externalities associated with combustion or fission.

Then again it might make more sense to set up a full hydrogen economy with excess power from PV and other renewables, large and small, feeding into large efficient high - temperature electrolysers, and hydrogen then being stored centrally and distributed via the gas grid.

Promoting green energy, however, requires dealing with a broad array of tough challenges, such as lowering costs that are higher than in many other countries, enhancing the power grid and developing more efficient storage batteries.

Among the biggest advantages of the electric drive train is diversification of the power source, you can then use the electric grid, a very efficient ICE that only runs at a specific RPM and load to run a generator for additional range, a hydrogen or methanol fuel cell, or a Mr. Fusion, it really doesn't matter.

These remarks about helping the grid to be more efficient come in stark contrast to the plethora of power industry bodies and media reports blaming renewables for the electricity price hikes in South Australia of late as well as others claiming that efforts to hit renewables targets are compromising the stability of the grid.

The iron vanadium redox flow battery offers large - scale energy storage for the power grid in a reliable, stable, safe and low - cost storage alternative for a cleaner, efficient energy future.

Video: A solution for large - scale energy storage for the power grid, the iron vanadium redox flow battery offers reliable, stable, safe and low - cost energy storage for a cleaner, efficient energy future.

India has unveiled a national wind - solar hybrid policy that provides a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind - solar PV systems for optimal and efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land, reducing the variability in renewable power generation and thus achieving better grid stability.

Obviously the power grid needs a lot of work — not only to «harden» it against violent weather and solar flares, but to make it «smarter», more efficient, and better able to effectively integrate power generation from diverse, distributed, and variable sources at all scales.

For example, the global average effect of any change in albedo from using solar power would be rather small in comparison to mitigation of climate change if that solar power is used (to displace fossil fuels) for a sufficient time period (example: if a 10 % efficient PV panel with zero albedo (reflectivity for solar (SW) radiation) covered ground with an albedo of 25 — 30 %, the ratio of total increased heating to electricity generation would be similar to that of many fuel - combusting or fission - powered power plants (setting aside inverter and grid efficiency, etc., but still it would be similar).

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).

Interestingly, for folk on wind and solar power, Staber also claim to have «the most energy efficient washer available and the best choice for consumers living «off - grid,»» as a result of only needing 110 — 150 watt - hours of electricity per wash load.

While there are a range of renewable sources that can provide on site power directly for industrial activities, in many cases it will be more convenient and possibly more efficient to take power from large renewables projects linked up via the grid - e.g. large offshore wind farms, wave farms, tidal farms, or desert solar projects.

clean energy innovation improving consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy demand response energy efficiency

But as the way we generate electricity is evolving in the face of a changing climate, so is the grid that moves this electricity from Point A to Point B. For one, the technology is getting smarter, enabling us to be more efficient and reduce demand for power.

The REV initiative will lead to regulatory changes that promote more efficient use of energy, deeper penetration of renewable energy resources such as wind and solar, wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources, such as micro grids, roof - top solar and other on - site power supplies, and storage.

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