Sentences with phrase «electricity output because»

These 3D designs increase electricity output because their vertical surfaces allow them to capture sunlight even when the sun is closest to the horizon during mornings, evenings and winter and when sunlight is partially obstructed by shadows or cloud cover.

Not exact matches

Because this plant will have six hours of storage, its electricity output will be far higher than a comparable 250 MW solar plant without storage.

Nuclear power plants such as SONGS are important sources of baseload electricity because of their high output capability and low variable operating costs.

More shocking, even in the wake of Fukushima, the Dutch are talking of approving their first new nuclear power plant in 40 years, because they can no longer afford to pay exorbitant fees for minimal amounts of renewable electricity (that is well below theoretically «rated» or «capacity» output).

Solar thermal systems such as the new 64 - MW Nevada Solar One installation should have smoother output power than PV systems because the thermal inertia of the oil used as a working fluid is expected to continue producing electricity despite the fluctuating thermal input.

Because the chief renewable technologies, wind and solar, fluctuate continuously in their output and regularly drop to zero output, they must be backed up with large supplies of «base load» electricity if all demand is to be met without interruption; no studies managed this without ecologically destructive levels of biomass burning or wildly unrealistic estimates of hydroelectric output.

Because the amount of cooling necessary is much less per unit of electricity output in NGCC plants than in coal or nuclear plants, dry cooling systems are more economical for NGCC plants than for other thermoelectric options.

The grid is a network of power plants and transmission lines that work together to deliver electricity to consumers across the U.S. Because electricity is always in demand, the grid is constantly operating, and grid operators carefully manage its energy output to meet demand by turning power plants on and off.

However, because of there is an inevitable ~ 20 % capacity factor applicable across the board for all renewables, the actual cumulative energy output by from these Renewable sources only results in ~ 5 % of the total electricity generation for these nations.

Energy efficient homes which use electricity and not gas could be hit under the new regulations because electricity requires approximately twice as much carbon as gas for the same energy output.