Sentences with phrase «from nuclear generators»

It allowed those hefty allowances to be sold or transferred to other power plants for a profit, however, ameliorating protests from nuclear generators — particularly newly born E.ON, which amassed ownership of 12 of the 19 reactors after the merger of Germany's biggest utilities, Veba and Viag.

Based on building materials used in the Arctic at the time, the authors speculate the site contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pollutants toxic to human health, along with an unknown volume of low - level radioactive coolant from the nuclear generator.

Not exact matches

To estimate economic impacts, the report uses publicly available economic data from announced pipeline projects, energy demand forecasts, and announced retirements of nuclear generators.

Followinig a directive from Cuomo, New York's Public Service Commission last year approved payments to nuclear generators to prevent financially stressed Upstate nuclear plants from shutting down.

Well, five years from now the official industry forecast suggests that decentralized low - and no - carbon generators will be adding 160 times as much capacity as nuclear will add up to that year.

Most people in England and Wales buy their power from regional electricity companies (RECs) which, in turn, buy it from fossil - fuel and nuclear generators at market price.

The restoration of nuclear power also won't solve Japan's long - standing transmission problems, which continue to hamstring the ability of power generators and utilities to move power from where it's produced to where it is most needed, experts say.

But those reactors» spent fuel pools are benefiting from a diesel generator that is still working to keep cooling water in place, according to World Nuclear News, though temperatures are beginning to rise in these pools as well.

And within a century after that, melting could begin to release waste stored at the camp, including sewage, diesel fuel, persistent organic pollutants like PCBs, and radiological waste from the camp's nuclear generator, which was removed during decommissioning.

Cassini also received flak from environmental groups who were concerned that when the spacecraft flew by Earth, its radioisotope thermoelectric generator (nuclear power) could pose a threat to our planet, JPL added.

Our proposal has been prepared with substantial assistance from PSEG Power, which is New Jersey's largest power generator and the operator of the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in the southern part of the state.

Yes, for the individual owner it maybe does, but that at the cost of the rest of the world, because electric energy still comes mostly from coal / oil / nuclear power generators for one, with correspondent pollution and infrastructure load.

More than 90 % of this unit's profit comes from critical nuclear components such as: core barrels, reactor vessels, closure heads, steam generators, and pressurizers.

The above chart of American Electric Power (AEP), an Ohio - based electricity generator and distributer that runs the gamut from coal to hydroelectric, nuclear, solar, and wind sources, might explain why traders sometimes bypass utilities.

Thousands of small generators, including rooftop solar panels and facilities that extract energy from garbage or sewage, could feed into the system, replacing or complementing big coal, nuclear or natural gas plants, they say.

No matter what type of power generation there may be on a power grid, there must always be a fall - back available; all generators, including coal - fired and nuclear, fail from time to time.

Furthermore, according to «Deaths per TWh by energy source» http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html solar generation causes about 10 times as many fatalities per TWh as nuclear (excluding the fatalities from the essential back up generators).

[As an aside, when you include life cycle emissions solar power (even without including the emissions from the back up generators) has a significantly higher emissions intensity than nuclear].

On the charge of dormant Commerce Clause breach, the judges found the plaintiffs» argument failed to show how out - of - state nuclear plants were suffering from ZEC implementation and that coal and gas - fired generators» interests are not protected under the Clause as non-nuclear entities.

Traditional grids invented by Thomas Edison draw supplies from a handful of generators fueled mostly by coal, nuclear and natural gas plants, which can run around the clock.

Electricite de France SA, Britain's largest generator with eight nuclear plants, may earn as much as 154 million pounds ($ 242 million) of «extra profit» as a result of a tax on carbon - dioxide emissions from 2013, Citigroup Inc. said March 25.

The plan proposed a $ 3.7 billion handout for coal and nuclear generators — both of which have been struggling financially against competition from renewable energy.

Table 5 — 2 by Earth Policy Institute with existing fossil fuel and nuclear capacity from «Existing Capacity by Energy Source, 2007,» and «Planned Nameplate Capacity Additions from New Generators, by Energy Source, 2008 through 2012,» in DOE, op.

When I was with the utility in the 1980's, we got our power from an integrated system of hydro, wind, supercritical gas boilers, photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, pumped storage, fuel cells, nuclear units, landfill gas, anaerobic digestion, and even the emergency generators of the customers dispatched directly by the utility.

While the senator did not comment on a long - term waste management effort, his spokesperson noted that in May 2017, Markey sponsored the Dry Cask Storage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvednuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedNuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approved plans.

At the moment biofuel generators in the basement produce 40 % of the building's energy, for lighting, heating, the flow of air conditioning and water, while the rest comes mainly from coal and nuclear supplies.

To follow the variable demand the power producers use a variety of «building blocks» from steady running constant load units (Nuclear, Hydroelectric) to slow load - following power plants (Gas & Coal boilers) to rapid start high demand units (Combined Cycle Gas Units) to peaking units (Gas & Diesel generators).

Greens hate reliable grid power from coal, nuclear, oil, gas or hydro generators.

It might even be argued that variable wind power is no more of a problem than inflexible «baseload» generators such as coal - fired plants and nuclear, which maintain a relatively steady output regardless of demand, and regardless of output from renewable plants.

Gas and gas / oil duel - fuel generators accounted for 44 % of NYISO electricity output in 2015, while nuclear generated 31 %, and hydropower (mostly imported from Canada) accounted for 18 %.