Sentences with phrase «electric energy needs»

The cogeneration plant — which will be built in a dormant Sheridan Avenue facility attached to the large steam plant that still is used to heat and cool the Capitol complex — and microgrid will supply the 98 - acre Plaza's power, with ability to produce up to 90 percent of the complex's annual electric energy needs.

All of the electric energy needed is stored in a 17 kWH lithium ion battery pack.

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.

Not exact matches

To accomplish these ends, Musk said that Tesla — electric car manufacturer and creator of the giant solar rechargable home battery Powerwall — needed to acquire solar energy provider SolarCity.

We need companies to invest and people to look at small grid power systems, combinations of wind and diesel, thermal energy, hydro electric energy things that can be tailored for these individual villages depending on their location.

Chicago - based Intelligent Generation, one of the startups the Smart Grid cluster supported, has created a software program that connects to the hardware of the electric grid and allows a home or business to capture solar energy, store the energy in batteries and release it to the grid when needed.

Since 2008, a renaissance in electric vehicle manufacturing has occurred due to advances in batteries and energy management, concerns about increasing oil prices, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

This is both a matter of more efficient electric appliances and cars, and a matter of constructing buildings in such a way that far less energy is needed for heating and cooling.

Not saying that Özil is bad but he is just fading away at the end of the season and need to rest to recharge his energy and be the electric player he was in the first half of the season again.

If you want to help your baby relax while sleeping without costing too much on your monthly electric bill, this energy efficient humidifier is what you need.

An offshore wind farm at the center of a LIPA plan to address spiking electric demand on the South Fork will produce excess energy when it's needed least, and fall short of a sharply expanding summer peak load, a recent analysis found.

Through an arrangement with the Pepco electric power company, AAAS also has arranged to meet 50 % of its energy needs based on renewable sources such as wind energy, Zayas said.

Michael Morris, chief executive of American Electric Power (AEP), headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, said that the energy industry needs a signal from politicians in Washington, D.C.

Practicality aside, another exciting prospect is to use electric bacteria to probe fundamental questions about life, such as what is the bare minimum of energy needed to maintain life.

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For these reasons, supercapacitive materials hold great promise for a wide variety of energy storage needs, particularly in computer technology and hybrid or electric vehicles.

«We provided data on the amount of energy Los Altos Hills needs throughout the day, as well as financial data on the cost of building new energy infrastructures,» said study coauthor Matthew Pellow, a former GCEP postdoctoral scholar now with the Electric Power Research Institute.

Around 60 to 70 more would need to buy an electric vehicle for the utility to meet its goal under the renewable energy standard to reduce the use of fossil fuels, he said.

Because they're stable, only a few nanometers in size, and need just small electric currents to transport them, skyrmions hold potential as the basis for ultra-compact and energy - efficient information storage and processing devices in the future.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

For one, it does not completely eliminate the need for fossil fuels, because the associated electric generators use natural gas to supplement the energy from the stored compressed air.

The country also needs widely available energy to power alternative vehicles — such as clean diesel, electric charging stations.

«International experience shows that cleaning up the air doesn't need to rely on electric vehicles,» said Los Angeles - based An Feng, director of the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation.

The big advantage of the nanotube muscle is that it can also act as a capacitor, storing up electric energy it does not immediately need for later use, Baughman explains.

Prof Subodh Mhaisalkar, Executive Director of the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI @N), said: «The biggest challenge with electric cars in tropical megacities is the range that they can travel on a full - charge, because their batteries are needed to power both the engine and the air - conditioning.

Computer models play a significant role in environmental policy, but offer only a partial picture of the industrial system Whether it's electric automobiles, renewable energy, carbon tax or sustainable consumption: Sustainable development requires strategies that meet people's needs without harming the environment.

Like an electric car, a gauge on the dashboard tells the pilot how much energy is in the batteries and the plane is plugged in when it needs to recharge.

«Renewable energy needed to drive uptake of electric vehicles.»

I did ask why we can't just cut back our electric needs to that 80 % of current, and just alternative energy.

In October 2016, VCE transitioned to a company with the purpose of pursuing intelligent transformation of the electric and energy system to meet the needs of the 21st century, while still providing power forecasts for wind and solar across North America.

From cyber security, trace chemical detection, and turning sewage into fuel, to understanding real - world energy processes and forecasting future electric needs, PNNL was part of developing five advancements honored at a recent award event in Las Vegas.

Your electric bill goes up, or the grid goes down... traditional power generation has served us well over the years, but with an aging system and increased demand, relying on it for all our energy needs has drawbacks.

However, as the amount of solar energy generation connected to our electric grid continues to grow at a rapid rate, further improvements in predictive accuracy will be needed.

Just add Coffee Booster to your usual morning coffee and mix with an electric or hand blender for much - needed fat - burning energy first thing in the morning.

They charge more quickly and deliver energy in bursts, making them a better fit with devices that need instant peak power delivery, such as electric turbochargers, power steering and active roll - control systems.

Peugeot claims that the decelerative force provided by the electric motors lessens the needs for drivers to use the four - piston 380 mm front vented discs and 290 mm rear, as the car stores this energy within the battery while slowing down.

The electric motor sits between the engine and gearbox; it starts the engine, harvests otherwise waste energy to charge the 48 - volt battery and helps to power the vehicle when needed.

This includes introducing Electric Power Steering (EPS)-- familiar from the Corsa — across all variants, as it only draws exactly as much energy as it needs from the generator.

While the electric motor automatically recuperates maximum energy at the rear axle during deceleration, a high - volt generator connected to the combustion engine additionally charges the battery whenever needed.

When the energy level remaining in the lithium - ion drive battery pack is low or when the need arises for a sudden and / or additional degree of acceleration, the two electric motors are powered by the battery pack and the gasoline - powered generator.

The Outlander will switch to series hybrid (Twin Motor 4WD EV with Internal Combustion Generator) when the energy level remaining in the lithium - ion Drive battery pack is low or when the need arises for a sudden and / or additional degree of acceleration, In this mode the two electric motors are powered by the battery pack and the gasoline - powered generator.

Back off the throttle in this mode, and the electric motor is used as a generator to collect kinetic energy — so much so you rarely need more than a fleeting dab of the brakes to slow down.

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The Jeep Patriot EV uses an electric - drive motor, advanced lithium - ion battery system and a small gasoline engine with an integrated electric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system when needed.

Porsche unveiled the Mission E Sports Sedan at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show which is the brand's first fully - electric vehicle set to lock horns with the Tesla Model S. With fuel resources continuously depleting, alternative energy powered cars are the need of the hour.

Features such as Brake Energy Regeneration, Auto Start / Stop, Shift Point Display, Electric Power Steering and the need - based operation of ancillary components help to make efficient use of fuel with low emissions.

• When the energy remaining in the drive battery is low or when the need arises for a sudden acceleration, the two electric motors take their power from the battery AND from the generator.

The IMA system adds a 12kW electric motor to the Accord's gasoline engine to provide additional torque when needed and to increase overall energy efficiency by recapturing energy from deceleration and braking, which is then stored in the nickel - metal - hydride battery.

In comfort mode, the electric motor is used to boost performance when needed, with a recuperation function activated to recover kinetic energy on trailing throttle.

Additionally, over the very long term, electric utility companies will need to deal with the reality that demand is gradually decaying thanks to increasing energy efficiency and distributed generation (e.g. rooftop solar).