Sentences with phrase «electricity generating sets»

Items recovered from the camps include 2 AK - 47 rifles, 11 Pump Action Guns, a locally made revolver pistol, 292 cartridges of live Ammunition, 199 rounds of AK - 47 rifle Ammunition, 4 electricity generating sets and a Camp Gas Cooker.

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Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

In addition, homeowners will have the option to store electricity generated from solar, solving the sticky problem of what to do after the sun sets.

Instead, the net metering rate will be set at wholesale prices — even though the utility doesn't have to pay for any of the solar panels» hardware or maintenance, and transmission costs are negligible, since the electricity is being generated close to where it is used.

The SolarCoin Foundation also seems rather optimistic about the adoption of solar power, having only set a forty year window for users to claim SLR for generating electricity.

These include the «renewables obligation», which is effectively a quota mechanism imposing costs on generators who fail to generate a set proportion of their electricity from renewables and more recently, courtesy of the energy bill, a most peculiar mechanism, otherwise known as «contracts for difference».

The US Department of Energy set a goal for the country to generate 20 per cent of its electricity from wind by 2030.

Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.

«There are other exotic settings — near the event horizons of certain black holes — where the coupling of spin and electricity can generate strong repulsive forces.

A second arm of the programme is a five - year scheme to introduce a «set of tools» to enable generating companies to supply electricity at the lowest economic and environmental cost.

Chemist Don Gervasio and colleague Sonja Tasic, both at Arizona State University in the US, set out to develop a fuel cell that would generate more electricity for its weight than the best batteries, and would also work at room temperature.

The book also describes how Edison set up a station to generate electricity in New York City.

In 2003 in North - America, a huge cascading failure in the electrical system caused fifty million people not to use electricity for two days: considering the causes and the effects of this event, it becomes clear that electricity can not be defined as a set of physical phenomena generating electric charge only.

Set in Asia, The Boy from Mars (2003) follows dimming points of light and reflections of the sun, before lingering on buffalo tied to a purpose - built structure containing an electricity - generating machine that provides the power required to make the film.

But there's a new generation of inductive bike lighting coming of age right now, which uses the naturally - generated eddy currents from the spinning wheel of the bike to produce enough electricity to drive bright (and energy - efficient) LED bulbs, and which promises to set cyclists free from the dreaded dead battery blues.

Switching from coal to gas to generate electricity eliminates a major harmful set of pollutants and improves health as well as reducing emissions.

Guest post: Roger Andrews Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, continues to set records for electicity generation and installed capacity in many parts of the world, and as shown in Figure 1 wind and solar growth in recent years has indeed been quite spectacular (the data used to construct this and following Figures are from the 2014 BP Statistical Review of World Energy): Figure 1: Electricity Generated from Solar and Wind, 1965 - 2013 But Figure 1 doesn't tell the whole story because solar and wind are only two of the four main sources of renewable energy.

In 2015, the state set goals of having 50 percent of electricity generated by carbon - free renewables by 2030.

The EPA would then set emissions standards — the rate of carbon emissions — for power plants by first tallying the share of electricity generated by coal and gas - fired plants in each state during a set of baseline years — in the NRDC example, 2008 - 10.

Each individual coal plant, for example, can choose to meet the applicable emission rate limit (set in pounds of CO2 per megawatt - hour of electricity generated) by reducing its own emission rate or by acquiring emission reduction credits.

Tobin claims that NGS will increase reliability and «secure the grid,» but does not recognize the potential of high capacity factor concentrated solar thermal projects, like Arizona's Solana concentrated solar plant, or the innovative potential of batteries, wind - solar combinations and other means to generate electricity after the sun sets.

«As long as the roof has been well maintained, we put solar on a rack on the roof, we plug it into the system and it generates electricity and it off sets the grid power.»

Green energy is simply one more way the Obama administration has set about destroying America's capacity to generate the energy needed for everything requiring electricity.

The limits are unfavorable for renewable energy sources (solar and wind power, which are variable in output), at around half of what was set for thermal power - generated (fossil - fuel) electricity.

And in China, offshore wind companies say the guaranteed price for the electricity they generate is set too low to stimulate rapid growth, calling into question whether the country can hit its ambitious goals for 2015 and 2020.

Kenya's also betting big on wind, with Africa's largest wind farm (310 MW) set to provide another 20 percent of the country's installed electricity generating capacity.

The state government has set a target of 33 % renewably generated electricity by 2020.

The Sunraysia Solar Farm is set to begin construction later this year; in addition to the PPA with UNSW, energy generated on the farm will also fulfil a deal that Maoneng inked with electricity retailer AGL in December 2017 to supply 800,000 MWh of renewable energy annually for 15 years.

Rummelhoff said once completed the Dogger Bank will have a total generating capacity of 4.8 GW and is set to become the world's largest offshore wind farm, potentially delivering more than 5 % of the UK's electricity needs.

Natural gas currently generates two - thirds of the country's electricity, but domestic gas resources are set to begin depleting rapidly and almost all imports come from a single country, Myanmar, leaving Thailand vulnerable to supply disruptions.

Our modern civilization, powered by fossil fuels, sends tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere as we generate electricity to power our lights, furnaces and air conditioners, computers, television sets, cellphone and ipods and as we drive gasoline powered cars and fly in airplanes.

And under the hugely costly scheme, the National Grid is set to pay up to 12 times the normal wholesale market rate for the electricity they generate.»

AIA lists the ambitions set for the building: «1) to create the best possible learning environment by providing exceptional daylighting, views, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort; 2) to make the sustainable design strategies a visible part of the students» education by developing the site as a teaching tool with natural drainage and native and food - producing plants; 3) to inspire and excite the community about the possibilities of sustainable design and in turn generate support and private funding; 4) to reach net - zero electricity use through exceptional efficiency and adding photovoltaic (PV) capacity to meet the remaining electrical demand; and 5) to reach these goals with only a modest cost premium.»

The heat generated is more than enough to gently set the dyes, avoiding the use of electricity generated from non-renewable, dirty sources.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)-- During the early morning hours of April 15, with a steady breeze blowing down Colorado's Front Range, the state's biggest utility set a U.S. record — nearly 57 % of the electricity being generated was coming from wind power.

The top states for installed wind capacity all set records in 2013 for the amount of electricity generated.

As explained on the Japan for Sustainability website, the FiT law requires Japanese electric utilities to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources at set prices that cover costs plus a margin over a set period of time.

Only the first 4,000 projects registered in the next three years will qualify: The new tariff for wind, solar, hydro and combined heat and power project sets the rate program participants will receive for the electricity they generate at $ 0.19 ($ 0.26) per kilowatt - hour.

The sheriff brought in an electricity - generating stationary bike and hooked it up to a television set which is

Synapse evaluates the costs and benefits, potential, and policy treatment of distributed generation (DG)-- a broad set of electricity generating technologies that are located on or near customer sites or within distribution systems.

If we are going to seriously talk about moving some sea water then let's talk about setting up siphons with in line turbines to generate electricity.

(From ENERGY MATTERS) Euan Mearns — January 6, 2016 Summary The Scottish Government has set a target for renewable sources to generate the equivalent of 100 per cent of Scotland's gross annual electricity consumption by 2020.