Sentences with phrase «for conventional power»

Well, my friends, the feasibility of these turbines reducing the need for conventional power sources is an illusion.

The head of Solar - Gem, Khimji Vaghjiani, said solar power had «enormous scope» in India, as 80,000 villages have no electricity and plans for conventional power plants are often delayed over land or environmental concerns about pollution.

«Existing power grids designed and often managed for conventional power production in a national scope are suboptimal for a future where supply from renewable sources will become ever more important and where balancing is needed to compensate for their inherent variability.»

But according to more than a dozen former executives, rivals and energy experts interviewed by Reuters, GE's reading of the market left the company deeply vulnerable to the sudden drop in demand for conventional power plants, as sales of wind and solar surged.

A common complaint from industry stakeholders is that a regulatory framework for the conventional power plant market has to be redesigned.

«How great this need for conventional power plant capacity actually is depends on a number of variables,» says the Economics Ministry, adding that «it is... very difficult to put a figure on the power plant capacity needed.»

In addition, Moody's expects the growth of energy storage will be credit negative for conventional power generation plants, because it will allow renewable generation to compete on an equal footing with conventional plants.

You need to build long - distance transmission lines and a lot more than you would need for conventional power plants.

Not exact matches

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

We aren't going back to the golden age of sail, and the SkySails system won't completely eliminate the need for conventional fuel - powered engines.

Many conventional lithium - ion batteries that power electronics today use the format called «18 - 650,» which stands for 18 millimeters in diameter and 65 millimeters in length (the zero in the name is just an add - on).

The technology giant said Thursday that several companies and universities have joined its initiative to create practical uses for quantum computing, a nascent technology that researchers believe could eventually surpass conventional computers in speed and power.

Regulators are now looking for alternatives to the conventional power grid, like microgrids, and are hoping that backing them up with renewable solar and wind power would reduce the bottlenecks in the power system and get the lights back on more quickly after a future disaster.

The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

Yet instead of enhancing the Fed's conventional powers of monetary control, the ballooning of the Fed's balance sheet has sapped those powers by making it unnecessary for banks to routinely borrow from one another in the federal funds market to meet their legal reserve requirements.

In light of the above analysis, Bitcoin's power usage per transaction isn't remotely sustainable as a wholesale replacement for the conventional financial system.

Bitcoin's power usage per transaction isn't remotely sustainable as a wholesale replacement for the conventional financial system

«Now it's time for the government to unapologetically promote Alberta's emissions reduction successes to date and clearly articulate support for the long - term growth of Alberta's energy industry, including the oil sands, conventional production, natural gas power, cogeneration and renewable energy.»

«Storage effectively provides a low - cost source of power, eliminating the need for the highest cost, least efficient conventional power plant,» says the report.

Wherever there is mere conventional attendance at or deference to the church; wherever there is self - seeking and clamor for prestige and power among either laity or clergy; wherever our service is becoming ingrown rather than outwardlooking; wherever, in short, there is conformity to the world instead of the proclamation and daily witness to the gospel that transforms the world, there Christ is dishonored and his lordship flouted.

Hawkins believes that there is significant scope for Whole Earth to extend its reach in the conventional supermarket channel because the Power Balls meet growing — and increasingly mainstream - consumer demand for nutritious food options.

The state would instead subsidize the plants using proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market - based program that requires conventional power plants to purchase credits as a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, «in recognition of their zero carbon emitting attributes,» according to the bill memo.

A new battery demonstrated a power output 10 times higher, for its size, than what is expected of a conventional rechargeable lithium battery

The price tag for a conventional, 1,600 - megawatt nuclear power plant is about $ 8 billion to $ 10 billion, assuming anyone could get approval to build it.

For example, light - emitting diodes, as they become more power efficient, are rapidly replacing conventional light bulbs.

NASA has relied on conventional battery power for decades, but new energy capabilities are needed for deep space travel.

Although three organic farmers on the island plan to convert their diesel - powered cars to run on the rapeseed oil they harvest, everyone else relies on conventional fuels and probably will continue to for a long time.

Forecasts of wind farm output are increasingly accurate, and drops in output can be predicted and compensated for using conventional power stations.

For one thing, a bundle of micro nukes would collectively produce just as much nuclear waste as a conventional plant generating the same amount of power.

And the conventional sources of water, the electricity that provides the power for pumps, have failed.

Virgin Atlantic has flown a jumbo jet on a combination of conventional jet fuel and biofuel made from palm oil, and a jet powered solely by biodiesel has stayed aloft for more than 30 minutes — albeit with a special device to keep its fuel from freezing at high altitude.

«However, conventional Laue lenses are limited in their converging power for geometric reasons,» explains Bajt.

Wind power reduces demand for water — heavily used by conventional generators — and that protects a resource particularly threatened in the Southwest.

It's a fully flexible, washable power source that can connect with other wearable electronics, eliminating the need for conventional batteries.

Unlike the waste from conventional nuclear power plants, which remains radioactive for tens of thousands of years, the by - products of fusion decay within decades.

«This is another great example of how using a synthetic «bottom - up» engineering approach and leveraging the power of biological design — this time at the scale of individual molecules interacting on cell membranes — can lead to breakthrough technologies for medicine that overcome limitations that hold back more conventional approaches,» said Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., who is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

IBM's million - neuron TrueNorth chip, revealed in prototype in August 2014, has a power efficiency for certain tasks that is hundreds of times superior to a conventional CPU (central processing unit), and more comparable for the first time to the human cortex.

Wheeler examined International Energy Agency data for 174 countries on investments in six low - carbon power sources (hydro, geothermal, nuclear, biomass, wind and solar) to find the incremental costs of clean power compared to a cheaper, carbon - intensive option like a conventional coal - fired power plant.

University of Sydney researchers have found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing zinc - air batteries from overtaking conventional lithium - ion batteries as the power source of choice in electronic devices.

More exotic designs remain on the horizon, such as reactors powered by thorium fuel, but the AP1000 and other more conventional designs are important for one simple reason: they are being built.

For example, the researchers found that in a high - wind scenario in the Southern Africa Power Pool, strategic siting and grid interconnections would reduce the need for conventional generation capacity by 9.5 percent, resulting in cost savings of 6 to 20 percent, depending on the technology that was avoidFor example, the researchers found that in a high - wind scenario in the Southern Africa Power Pool, strategic siting and grid interconnections would reduce the need for conventional generation capacity by 9.5 percent, resulting in cost savings of 6 to 20 percent, depending on the technology that was avoidfor conventional generation capacity by 9.5 percent, resulting in cost savings of 6 to 20 percent, depending on the technology that was avoided.

«An optically active bright exciton in this material emits light much faster than in conventional light emitting materials and enables larger power, lower energy use, and faster switching for communication and sensors.»

We encourage you to investigate and include significant direct and indirect emissions from all fuels, including conventional petroleum, heavy oils, natural gas for transportation, oil sand - based fuels, and the range of fuels used to power electrified transportation, consistent with the best available science.

Utilizing integrative therapies for both her and her father's battle with cancer, Dr. Alschuler experienced the power of utilizing conventional and complementary therapies firsthand.

The hex bar deadlift also allows you to lift more weight than the conventional deadlift, which may make it a more effective exercise for developing overall lower body power.

Because of the deep pockets and marketing power of the conventional medical marketplace, Warren fast learned his best resource for sharing vital information was the internet, and with a determination to «get the message out» he became an expert and renowned 21st century marketer for the medical field.

The conventional wisdom is that ballistic power training carries more bang for your performance buck, since it simulates the movements you'll be making at realistic speeds.

When training with light loads for maximizing high - velocity strength and power, it is conventional for sets of light loads to be performed, not to failure.

The powers that be would like to see health care homogenized, so there are as few options as possible, leaving conventional medicine as the only path for us to take.

Even though power racks aren't the «conventional» or even ideal choice for a home gym, it's way up on my wish list for a home gym.