Sentences with phrase «electric plants without»

With the fish transportation conduit, fish populations might be able to get around hydro - electric plants without being killed by the turbine blades.

Not exact matches

Although the senior Jordan wasn't without a shadow in his past — he pleaded guilty in 1985 to having accepted a $ 7,000 kickback from a contractor while he was in charge of inventory control at a General Electric plant — as of Monday it appeared his death was the result of a random robbery.

The difficulty is capturing it at the power plant without sapping too much energy or pushing electric costs up too high.

The plant has been without electric service since Sunday.

Without a level playing field and a steady price on carbon, companies can not assess whether advanced technologies such as «clean coal» power plants or electric vehicles will ever make economic sense.

Although injection into deep rock formations has proceeded without difficulty at a pilot project at the Mountaineer coal - fired power plant in West Virginia — 3,000 metric tons have been stored so far, says Gary Spitznogle of American Electric Power, which owns the facility — public opposition halted a similar government - funded project in Ohio.

The new locomotive runs without any emissions inside the plant buildings and can operate for up to two hours at a time in purely electric mode.

Cadillac is also without a three - row crossover, but since the Orion plant builds small cars such as the 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, 2016 Buick Verano and, soon, the all - electric Chevrolet Bolt, chances are the new Caddy will be a small car as well.

E. g. if the sunlight is collected in outer space by large but practical thin plastic mirrors, it can be directed to any place on earth, preferably near existing hydro - electric plants, so that it would not be necessary to greatly increase the existing electric grid, all without any really new technology.

Even without clean energy, the electric car is more efficient overall because of the higher conversion efficiency of modern power plants compared to the internal combustion engine.

«Without new coal - fueled plants in our state, experts predict that electric bills will skyrocket and Kansans will be more dependent than ever on hostile, foreign energy sources,» the ad said.

It was notable to see David Lochbaum, a longtime critic of Indian Point and its operators who works at the Union of Concerned Scientists, describe in The Times article the strain on the region's electric power transmission system without the nuclear plants:

Even worse, Ameren, the local electric utility, operates 4 three coal - fired power plants in the St. Louis metro area, 3 of which run without modern pollution controls.

Scientist James Conca said Southern California electric ratepayers should not have to pick up the $ 830 million net cost of permanently closing the San Onofre nuclear power plant because it is still operable without any safety issues.

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up to 40 miles without kicking on their gasoline engines.

American Electric Power CEO Nick Akins, said in an interview Tuesday that as long as utilities like his are given enough time to transition to a cleaner fleet of power plants, Obama's plan can be carried out «without a major impact to customers or the economy.»

Even fossil fuel - burning power plants have become more efficient, and electric cars provide an alternative to gas - guzzlers, while better building design and more advanced electrical equipment mean we can enjoy modern facilities without rising emissions.

We could meet the demand from a million electric cars TODAY without building a single additional power plant.

When should we have done something: Without the influence of coal industry propaganda and lobbying: There would have been zero large fossil fueled electric power plants after 1970.

Obama started with the «necessarily more expense» and «they can build it but we will bankrupt them» memes without considering that each percentage increase in coal fired efficiency has a 2 % reduction in emissions.; A relatively inexpensive coal fired power plant providing electric and heating hot water can be 60 % efficient in the proper season while providing electricity to replace coal, charcoal, etc. for home use.

Without changes to America's power mix, electric vehicles would still, in practice, be heavy polluters, with half the power needed to charge their batteries coming from coal - fired electric plants.

There's no reason you can't have a fun and rewarding Christmas without lighting up your yard like a electric power plant.