«From 2001 to 2008, a series of droughts caused
electricity shortages in the American southeast, the Pacific northwest, and continental Europe.
Meanwhile, the shutdowns of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex and other nuclear plants after the earthquake have led to
electricity shortages in Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures, where temporary outages are planned every day.
Brazil, hit by a nationwide
electricity shortage in 2000 — 02, responded with an ambitious program to replace incandescents with CFLs.
Not exact matches
The
shortage of
electricity in areas where data centres are concentrated is threatening the industry's expansion
in the Netherlands, the Dutch Data...
Let's think worst case — should the currency collapse
in your home country... and should a bank run ensue... and should the government mandate that all banks then close for no less than a week... and should subsequent food
shortages take place... and should no clean water be available... and should the
electricity and heat not work... and should violent protests, riots, and widespread looting erupt...
«There has been political turmoil for the past one - and - a-half years that has resulted
in electricity supply
shortage, resulting
in an increase
in fuel prices,» Joy Singhal, Oxfam's deputy director
in Yemen, said on Wednesday.
Periodic
shortages of
electricity and city water can occur, especially
in the dry season from November to March.
Prosecutors accused Reliant of conspiring to create a phony energy
shortage in 2000 to illegally drive up
electricity prices there.
Shortages of
electricity have led to dumsor, [128] increasing the interest
in renewables.
«Water
shortages from lack of
electricity are common
in today's conflicts,» says the ICRC.
Electricity generation and distribution infrastructure
in the Western United States must be «climate - proofed» to diminish the risk of future power
shortages, according to research by two Arizona State University engineers.
Government accused of ignoring increasingly severe water crisis as it gives green light to more coal plants
in bid to tackle
electricity shortages
Of course,
in modern times, with no
shortage of
electricity to light the post-sunset (and pre-dawn) hours, we are less limited by the sun than our ancestors might have been.
It has also a generator
in case of
shortage of
electricity.
and you are
in a very dry, remote corner of Africa, so you might have water
shortages or
electricity outages and maintenance might take time due to parts issues, so the best way to have a great experience is to adjust your expectations, relax and focus what you came for: The amazing wildlife!
China had seen slowdowns
in the growth
in electricity supplies recently, often because of
shortages of coal or the ability to get the fuel where it was needed.
«Given India's burgeoning
electricity demand and the persistent supply demand gap along with the summer
shortages and outages, solar PV prosumers will have a crucial role
in enabling the country's transition to a fully sustainable energy system,» says Christian Breyer, professor of solar economy at LUT and one of the researchers.
While there will likely be no
shortage of sunlight to harvest for
electricity, living inside metal boxes
in the desert might prove uncomfortably hot.
Without the recent extensions, the
electricity market would have faced a severe
shortage of supply that would have been «nothing short of catastrophic» and resulted
in more coal - or gas - fired power plants being built and increased greenhouse gas emissions, Was said.
Even
in the UK, which has one of the best renewable energy sources
in the world, interconnecting wind, sun, wave and tidal power would still generate
electricity shortages for 18 % of the time (roughly 65 days per year).
Oil — > Transport,
Electricity — > 1) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4
in air — > Global Warming — > Draughts, Hurricanes, Floods — > Lost crops, forests, homes — > CO2 fixing potential lost, Starvation, Diseases, More ressources / energy needed 2) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4
in air — > Global Warming — > Ice caps and glaciers metling — > Earth natural climate stabilizers lost + massive CH4 release from pergelisoils & ancient ice melt 3) CO2
in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food
shortage
One such period of
shortage was
in the second half of January when most of the
electricity was produced by conventional power sources — lignite, coal, natural gas, and nuclear.
The
shortage has been caused by the increase
in the level of demand for energy combined with a growing tendency to build wind turbines, at the expense of other, more reliable,
electricity sources.
SHANGHAI, China (AP)-- China plans to construct its first offshore wind power complex next year
in hopes of easing chronic
electricity shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
Endowed with vast reserves
in the Thar lignite field and facing a severe energy
shortage, Pakistan is betting on domestic and imported coal for
electricity supply
in the coming years.
Picker's office released a report Thursday explaining how they can properly reform the
electricity market and avoid an energy
shortage similar to the one California experienced
in 2000 and 2001.
National Grid has warned that there has been a significant increase
in the risk of
electricity shortages and brownouts this winter after fires and faults knocked out a large chunk of Britain's shrinking power station coverage.
To avert power
shortages, Germany currently has to import large amounts of
electricity generated at nuclear power plants
in France and the Czech Republic.
These include bankruptcy of non-competitive non-hydro «renewable» power companies (as
in Spain), soaring
electricity prices (as
in Western European countries such as Germany, Denmark, and Great Britain),
electricity shortages (as
in Great Britain and Germany when the wind does not blow and the sun is not shining), and the departure or decline of energy intensive industries.
You might like to ponder what has changed since I wrote a letter on 16 Feb 1979 quoting the Chairman of the U.K. Central
Electricity Generating Board, Mr R England, who wrote ``... the only proven way in which the predicted shortage of fossil fuels can be counterbalanced in the field of electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would b
Electricity Generating Board, Mr R England, who wrote ``... the only proven way
in which the predicted shortage of fossil fuels can be counterbalanced in the field of electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...&raqu
in which the predicted
shortage of fossil fuels can be counterbalanced
in the field of electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...&raqu
in the field of
electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would b
electricity generation is by increasing out investment
in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...&raqu
in nuclear power...
In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...&raqu
In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...»
In Denmark, where wind energy reportedly accounts for just 7 % of
electricity, there is already a
shortage of suitable land - based wind energy sites.
The revolutions recently and on - going
in the ME have food pricing as a stronger driver than any political ideology, e.g. Keep your eye on China; its power and food
shortages are spiking; the gubmint has even resorted to actually increasing
electricity prices, much to its own chagrin and the distress of the public.
Two stories offering a glimpse at the future
in China, and likely elsewhere too: Diesel fuel
shortages hit as the government rations
electricity to factories and generators attempt to take up the slack; as the same time
«10 % of all vehicles
in the transport fleet to be powered by
electricity» These days, there's certainly no
shortage of ambitious goals, especially
in Europe.
«The solar industry is poised for a rapid decline
in costs that will make it a mainstream power option
in the next few years, according to a new assessment by the Worldwatch Institute
in Washington, D.C., and the Prometheus Institute
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Global production of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, which turn sunlight directly into
electricity, has risen sixfold since 2000 and grew 41 percent
in 2006 alone... This growth, while dramatic, has been constrained by a
shortage of manufacturing capacity for purified polysilicon, the same material that goes into semiconductor chips.
Had California
in pace a bidding protocol that could deal with temporary
electricity shortages, ratepayers could have saved perhaps $ 20billion.