Sentences with phrase «efficient solar power systems»

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As beautiful as it is efficient, the building in south Edmonton is powered by a solar PV array and is heated and cooled by a geothermal system.

To achieve 100 % solar power would actually result in wasted power and not as efficient a system, so the carefully thought out project was capped at 89 % solar power.

As efficient as solar - thermal power plants using parabolic troughs with molten salt storage systems like Andasol 1 or Solana are, they don't capture as much of the sun's heat as is possible.

The main topics covered at the KIT booth will be the Helmholtz «Energy Lab 2.0» research platform, the «SafetyFirst» project for efficient home storage systems, and experience gained from the operation of Germany's largest solar power storage park for research at KIT (hall 1B, booth B1.154 and special exhibit «Smart Renewable Energy»).

The present heat - storage ceramic is expected to be a new candidate for use in solar heat power generation systems, which are actively promoted nowadays by European countries, and also for efficient use of industrial heat waste.

«Solar - to - fuel system recycles CO2 to make ethanol and ethylene: Efficient, light - powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis.»

The highly efficient, electrically operated system could run on power from solar panels in rural areas for example.»

The «scariest thing» to the established U.S. utilities, said Milner, as Chanin nodded in agreement, is an efficient, low - cost system in which solar power can be easily stored in an electric battery, at home or otherwise.

For more on efficient water use in agriculture in dry regions, click back to my post on the pioneering work on drip irrigation by Daniel Hillel and read about how solar - powered pumping systems and drip irrigation are improving incomes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.

Even though solar power systems are most efficient when the panels are positioned directly perpendicular to the sun, most conventional rooftop solar arrays are installed at a fixed angle and orientation, which means that as the sun moves across the sky during the day, the panels are only square to the sun for part of the day.

We invited five companies that have graced our pages: kinetic power startup M2E Power, Hymini (wind, solar chargers), more efficient lithium ion battery company Boston Power, fuel cell company MTI, and solar charger makers Better Energy Systems (makers of Sopower startup M2E Power, Hymini (wind, solar chargers), more efficient lithium ion battery company Boston Power, fuel cell company MTI, and solar charger makers Better Energy Systems (makers of SoPower, Hymini (wind, solar chargers), more efficient lithium ion battery company Boston Power, fuel cell company MTI, and solar charger makers Better Energy Systems (makers of SoPower, fuel cell company MTI, and solar charger makers Better Energy Systems (makers of Solio).

They are also turning to «virtual power plants»: sprawling networks of independent batteries, solar panels, and energy - efficient buildings that are tied together and remotely controlled by software and data systems.

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.

The brewery uses the power of the sun through a solar electric system, and keeps energy use low through a combination of innovative design approaches built - in at its high - performance building and ongoing energy - efficient practices.

JCM projects use Japanese technological expertise to deploy various approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as the installation of energy - efficient transmission lines in Mongolia; the installation of energy - efficient systems in the national hospitals of Vietnam; the installation of energy - efficient refrigeration at commercial food processing centers in Indonesia; the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the Maldives and Palau; and power generation by waste heat recovery in the cement industry in Indonesia.

Solar power, energy - efficient features and high - tech home systems are part of what makes it Smart.

CEO Kevin Smith says his solar power tower and molten salt storage system is «less expensive, more efficient, and technically superior.»

«We've recently inaugurated a new solar array which is powering our Adult Care Center and Social Services complex, we're embarking on an energy - efficient retrofit of our Government Center's heating, ventilation and lighting systems, and we're working with all our municipalities to constantly find ways to save both money and the climate.

As this paper states, «Covering 0.16 % of the land on Earth with 10 % efficient solar conversion systems would provide 20 TW of power, nearly twice the world's consumption rate of fossil energy and the equivalent 20,000 1 - GWe nuclear fission plants».

The so called Renewable Energy technologies such as Wind and Solar even if further refined and made more efficient, sought after efficiency increases that are now running into the problems of ever diminishing returns for the investments needed to raise those levels of efficiency, are now just one of the limiting factors in the hope of the so called Renewable Energy systems ever replacing today's base load coal, gas, oil, nuclear powered generators.

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.

That's unfortunate, according to scientists at the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University in India, because using the sun's power to heat water is a far more efficient process and offers a much quicker return on investment: According to their analysis, published in the International Journal of Global Energy, as the payback time for a solar water heating system is about two years (with a lifespan of 20), this is a far more cost - effective use of solar energy in the developing world than using it to generate electricity.

Not only are Sunrgi's solar power systems more efficient compared to regular PV, but they also take much less surface area for the same power output.

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).

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By also making the effort to change lights to LEDs, install a smart thermostat, use more energy efficient appliances, unplug your old beater beer fridge and eliminate phantom power, you could dramatically reduce your electricity demand by 20 to 50 per cent, which would reduce the size of the solar system you require, saving even more money.

Thermal storage, solar power, energy - efficient lighting, better air - conditioning systems and computerized monitoring systems are just a few of the energy - and cost - saving measures being employed by an increasing number of mall owners and operators...

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That means supplementing energy savings with more thoughtful features like daylighting and natural ventilation through energy - efficient skylights, using solar - powered water heaters, and employing intelligent controls for skylights, other lighting and heating / cooling systems.