Sentences with phrase «electric energy formed»

I.e. solar cell, yes, you can use to produce electric energy form sunlight but you can not readily place outside exposed to the elements and conveniently connect to rest of the electric circuit of your system.

Not exact matches

Led by the Ministry of Energy and MaRS Discovery District, a working group was formed with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and representatives from the energy sector to adopt and implement the «Green Button data standard» — a common format for customers to securely access their data from their electric utilEnergy and MaRS Discovery District, a working group was formed with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and representatives from the energy sector to adopt and implement the «Green Button data standard» — a common format for customers to securely access their data from their electric utilenergy sector to adopt and implement the «Green Button data standard» — a common format for customers to securely access their data from their electric utilities.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --(April 6, 2016)-- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has formed a strategic alliance with TransCanyon, LLC (TransCanyon), a joint venture between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, to jointly pursue competitive transmission opportunities solicited by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO), the operator for the majority of California's transmission grid.

The discovery of electric bacteria shows that some very basic forms of life can process energy in a very simple form, electrical energy, harvested from the surface of minerals.

I believe that when we die, all the electric signals that our body had produced coagulates into the sky with all the other electrcial energy from all other life forms.

In 1989 he was paying attention when Pons and Fleischmann described how a set of palladium rods, connected to an electric current and immersed in lithium - enriched water, churned out more energy in the form of heat than it received in electricity.

Unlike any other living thing on Earth, electric bacteria use energy in its purest form — naked electricity in the shape of electrons harvested from rocks and metals.

The discovery of electric bacteria shows that some very basic forms of life can do away with sugary middlemen and handle the energy in its purest form — electrons, harvested from the surface of minerals.

Current methods require tremendous energy in the form of an electric field or mechanically - applied pressure.

During a thunderstorm, a buildup of electric potential difference — called voltage — between a cloud and the ground leads to a sudden, violent discharge of that electric energy in the form of lightning.

This process could form the basis of a practical solar - energy storage system, Nocera says, in which electric current from a solar cell passes through water to the catalyst, breaking the water into oxygen and hydrogen through electrolysis.

This model describes three types of forces: electromagnetic interactions, which cause all phenomena associated with electric and magnetic fields and the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation; strong interactions, which bind atomic nuclei; and the weak nuclear force, which governs beta decay — a form of natural radioactivity — and hydrogen fusion, the source of the sun's energy.

Together with improved versions of BMW's brake - energy regeneration, auto stop / start and active air control, the Vision EfficientDyanmics also adds a feature to its arsenal to help bolster energy efficiency in the form of what BMW describes as a thermo - electric generator integrated into the exhaust system.

The output of the engine and electric motor, the capacity of the high - voltage battery, intelligent energy management and the vehicle's overall weight are tailored to form a precisely composed package that defines the unique character of the plug - in hybrid sports car.

It also helps the driver to enjoy the performance attributes of the plug - in hybrid sports car to the full, while at the same time keeping energy consumption — in both gasoline and electric form — as low as possible.

Big news from Bavaria, by way of New York City: BMW recently revealed their i3 all - electric car in production form, and MotorWeek was on hand for the high - energy spectacle.

All the plug - in hybrid models being exhibited by BMW at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, for instance, employ the BMW eDrive technology initially developed for BMW i cars in the form of electric motors, power electronics, high - voltage batteries and intelligent energy management.

Warlocks will now harness the power of an electric storm, Hunters will carve a bow formed from gravitational void energy, and Titans will summon a flaming hammer that can sear their adversaries from a range or deliver a devastating melee impact.

This electric energy can thus not be compared on a 1:1 basis with the chemical energy in fossil fuels without taking into account the conversion efficiency of both forms of energy into a useful form (kinetic energy in this case).

Add distributed battery storage in the form of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles, a smarter grid with long - range DC transmission, and perhaps adiabatic compressed air energy storage in the future and you have a clean, robust electric grid.

They argue that Obama has pursued a policy that simply encourages all forms of energy production, expanding oil and natural gas drilling just as aggressively as he has promoted solar and wind power and electric cars.

Hydro - electric forms of energy predominate elsewhere.

If we start using electric cars in large numbers (and I hope we do soon), then solar towers and various other forms of large scale clean electricity generation may supply a substantial fraction of our transport energy, especially for short local runs less than 100 klms a day.

The Economist editorializes that this might mean wisely and cautiously considering forms of geoengineering that remove carbon from the atmosphere, but also innovation strategies that create society - wide electric grids that can take advantage of similarly powerful new solar and / or nuclear energy technologies:

Within the electric sector, fee avoidance options include energy efficiency, installing solar energy or some form of carbon - free distributed generation on your home or business, subscribing a community solar project, or signing up for a competitive supplier option that procures high levels of renewable energy credits (RECs) or procures clean energy directly through a long - term contract.

(Sec. 242) Requires the Secretary to establish a program to make monetary awards to encourage the owners and operators of new and existing electric energy generation facilities or thermal energy production facilities using fossil or nuclear fuel to use innovative means of recovering thermal energy that is a potentially useful byproduct of electric power generation or other processes to: (1) generate additional electric energy; or (2) make sales of thermal energy not used for electric generation, in the form of steam, hot water, chilled water, or desiccant regeneration, or for other commercially valid purposes.

«(ii) providing an energy credit to the customer - generator in the form of a kilowatt - hour credit for each kilowatt - hour of electricity produced by the customer - generator from an electric generation unit.».

(2) make sales of thermal energy not used for electric generation, in the form of steam, hot water, chilled water, or desiccant regeneration, or for other commercially valid purposes.

It has now been reported that the cost of renewable energy plus battery storage is now comparable to, or actually cheaper than, the cost of the previously most economical form of the «peaking» power needed to compensate for sudden changes in electric grid demand or generation — natural gas.

After purchasing a Leaf EV, a Burlington Electric customer who registers his or her Leaf in Burlington is eligible to take advantage of Burlington Electric's $ 1,200 EV rebate program (read about it here) by completing and submitting the rebate form found on the Burlington Electric EV website, along with a copy of the sales receipt, to Energy Services, Burlington Electric, 585 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401.

For decades, rising sales have contributed to increasing revenues and profits, but the combination of improved energy efficiency with the growing use of solar electric systems and other forms of «distributed energy» has reduced growth rates, which could lead to small declines in future sales.

After purchasing an EV, customers should complete and submit the rebate form found on the Burlington Electric EV website, along with a copy of the sales receipt, to Energy Services, Burlington Electric, 585 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401.

The green proposition of electric cars, especially the plug - in variety, is that by promoting the development of electricity generation and energy storage technology development (in the form of energy storage devices such as batteries), electric cars are not only reducing the need for gasoline, but also creates pull factors for the development of grid - connected renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy by creating new electricity demand and provide energy storage solutions to address the problems of the intermittent nature of solar and wind power.

Although we focus on a hypothesized CR - cloud connection, we note that it is difficult to separate changes in the CR flux from accompanying variations in solar irradiance and the solar wind, for which numerous causal links to climate have also been proposed, including: the influence of UV spectral irradiance on stratospheric heating and dynamic stratosphere - troposphere links (Haigh 1996); UV irradiance and radiative damage to phytoplankton influencing the release of volatile precursor compounds which form sulphate aerosols over ocean environments (Kniveton et al. 2003); an amplification of total solar irradiance (TSI) variations by the addition of energy in cloud - free regions enhancing tropospheric circulation features (Meehl et al. 2008; Roy & Haigh 2010); numerous solar - related influences (including solar wind inputs) to the properties of the global electric circuit (GEC) and associated microphysical cloud changes (Tinsley 2008).

The goal of an RPS is to stimulate market and technology development so that renewable energy can become more competitive with conventional forms of electric power.

Revisions and Updates to Staff Draft Forms and Instructions for Submitting Electric Transmission - related Data for the 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report

Energy Source Another Large Factor Part of the other issue with train travel that the report points out is similar to an ongoing issue with switching over to all - electric cars: They may be more efficient than other forms of transit, but unless the electricity that powers them is from non-carbon emitting sources then much of the environmental benefit is lost.

The project's amibition is to provide a family (it is not specified that the family must be Swedish in application forms, but it must be an average two - child family with one of the kids a teenager) with a two - story wooden house, a five - seater electric car, and lots of the latest energy - efficient emissions for six months.

They're crowing about all the green things they're doing, such as purchasing carbon offsets in the form of renewable energy certificates, donating $ 50k to the Las Vegas police force for purchasing electric vehicles (does that buy more than maybe two?)

One relevant aspect of the company's clean transportation efforts, knowing that electric vehicles aren't inherently «better» for the environment, but depend on clean energy to charge them, is that Chanje has also announced that it will be providing «renewable energy and charging capabilities as a turnkey service» to large fleet customers in the form of a microgrid depot solution that includes energy generation, energy storage, grid services, and charging availability.

13The amount of coal distributed by State of origin and State of destination is reported on Form EIA - 6, «Coal Distribution Report,» for consuming sectors other than electric utilities, and on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Form 423, «Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants,» for utility coal electric utilities, and on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Form 423, «Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants,» for utility coal Electric Plants,» for utility coal by rank.

On top of that also add the waste heat from electric power stations, and even the thermal pollution from nuke plants (Even though they do not emit co2) and airplanes and I reckon that is a lot of heat energy that used to be a form of carbon now warming up the atmosphere.

In many cases we tap that stored gravitational energy in the form of water wheels, hydro - electric turbines, and etcetera.

«Pumped storage is the largest - capacity form of grid energy storage available, and, as of March 2012, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) reports that PSH accounts for more than 99 % of bulk storage capacity worldwide, representing around 127,000 MW.

This «captured energy» metric further appears to assume that averaged Btu's in each kWh will continue to decline in some forecasted fashion, primarily due to a widespread shift towards renewable form of electric generation; perhaps attributable to a full implementation of the soon deceased «Clean Power Plan» and greater reliance on renewables for electricity (if that term can be accurately used with unreliable sources.)

Three high - profile USCAP members General Electric, Caterpillar (CAT), and Alcoa (AA) also sit on the board of the Center for Energy & Economic Development (CEED), an Alexandria (Va.) group formed in 1992 that opposes regulations on greenhouse - gas emissions.

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