Sentences with phrase «fuel plant needs»

Fossil fuel plant needs to transition into the role of backup to low emissions generation and the market emergent de-facto carbon price increasing intermittency brings to a fossil fuel dominated grid needs to be used intelligently as the incentive it is to drive time shifting of demand, efficiency and investment in emerging storage technologies.

Not exact matches

In recent years, oil and gas majors like Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell have invested billions of dollars into LNG projects in countries like Australia and Qatar, while further vast sums have been spent on plants that turn LNG back into gas in consuming countries, all in the belief the world's need for the fuel would rise rapidly — especially as countries, particularly in Asia, sought to move away from more polluting -LSB-...]

Eliminating the need to truck wastewater from the Nampa and Belmont plants is just one component of Lactalis» overall effort to reduce fuel consumption.

The plant's water recovery plant exceeded its designers» high expectations in its first year of service while also providing valuable biogas for boiler heating, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels and ultimately cutting overall energy needs by 15 per cent.

The waste water treatment and green energy plant at the $ 120 million Pacific Beverages» Bluetongue Brewery in NSW also provides valuable renewable energy for the brewery, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels and ultimately cutting overall energy needs by 15 per cent.

Mr Bambridge says this the plant indirectly reduces the brewery's carbon footprint by reducing the brewery's demands on fossil fuels and the electricity needs for wastewater treatment by using energy - friendly anaerobic pre-treatment technology in which GWE is a world leader.

More than US$ 1.18 billion is needed this year to buy fuel required to fire thermal power plants in order for the country to meet its electricity demands, Ghana's energy outlook report has said.

And he argued the nuclear plants» output is needed as a bridge fuel to help the state reach a goal of half of all New York's power coming from renewable sources by 2030.

Cuomo has earmarked billions in state dollars to keep upstate nuclear plants open, saying workers needed the jobs while the state transitions to renewable fuels.

It's clear that more fossil fueled plants will be needed to replace Indian Point and if we're not careful, they may end up right here in Rockland County.

The major remaining permits needed for the natural gas - powered plant, which was part of an alleged bribery scheme involving a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are for pipelines to deliver the fuel.

«With the offer by Exelon to provide a fuel bridge, Entergy has nothing to lose by joining with other stakeholders and the state to develop a clean energy standard, the resolution of which will occur well before their decision needs to be made to refuel the plant,» Denn said.

The breakthroughs needed to replace oil with plant - based fuels are proving difficult to achieve

Irradiated fuel from Nuclear Electric's advanced gas cooled reactors was expected to be processed at Sellafield, in the thermal oxide reprocessing plant, which still needs government approval to begin operating.

The objective of the model was to minimize the mass that would be launched from Earth, even when including the mass of a fuel - producing plant, and spares that would need to be pre-deployed.

The exciting implication is that next - generation wastewater treatment plants could use new technologies, including microbe - powered fuel cells, to capture enough methane, hydrogen, and other fuels from wastewater to generate all the energy they need, and then some.

Perhaps more importantly, the researchers have also imported genes that allow E. coli to secrete enzymes that break down the tough material that makes up the bulk of plants — cellulose, specifically hemicellulose — and produce the sugar needed to fuel this process.

The country has a demanding industrial sector that needs a large and stable electricity supply, and some doubted that this could be achieved in the long term without retaining nuclear or large fossil fuel plants.

LONDON — Critics of renewables have always claimed that sun and wind are only intermittent producers of electricity and need fossil fuel plants as back - up to make them viable.

For a typical paper - recycling factory, one Emefcy fuel cell module, which is about the size of a cubic meter, could treat about three cubic meters per day of wastewater depending on the amount of organic material present, according to Cohen, and the modules can be scaled to meet the needs of larger or smaller plants.

The findings highlight the urgent need for policy - makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision - makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices.

The payoff, he adds, is that 10 - hour storage eliminates the need for a fossil fuel power plant to back up electricity production on cloudy days and at peak usage hours in the evening.

That is also enough to meet almost half the fuel needs of the 104 U.S. reactors, once various plants located throughout the country shape this uranium into half - inch -(1.27 - centimeter --RRB- diameter black pellets and then form them into rods by coating the pellets with zirconium cladding.

Plants need carbon dioxide — the key heat - trapping greenhouse gas — to fuel photosynthesis.

The Stanford scientists suggested roofs covered in photovoltaic panels would do a better job, by producing electricity that then obviates the need for more fossil fuel — burning power plants.

If sufficient hydrogen is available, nearly all of the carbon in the coal or biomass feedstock to a Fischer - Tropsch plant would end up in the fuel products and not in the air, eliminating the need to capture and sequester carbon dioxide, the authors said.

But unlike plants, practical solar fuel generators demand stable materials that do not need to be continuously replenished.

The NuScale Power Module ™ and power plant design enhances the intrinsic physical protection and security of the plant through the elegantly simple design, elimination of large break loss of coolant accidents, and full reliance on passive systems to cool the reactors and spent fuel for extended periods without the need for AC power, DC power or additional water following an upset condition.

Photosynthesis is the process used by plants and organisms to convert light energy into stored chemical energy used to fuel their own needs.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn — The oceans hold more than four billion tons of uranium — enough to meet global energy needs for the next 10,000 years if only we could capture the element from seawater to fuel nuclear power plants.

Incorporating an interim fuel storage system (HI - STORM UMAX) into the base SMR - 160 plant offering is a first - of - a-kind feature for any nuclear power plant, and will eliminate the need for major subsequent plant modifications and upgrades later in plant life, typically in excess of $ 100M.

Response: The Fukushima accident happened when flooding of power plant safety systems caused by the tsunami prevented operation of pumps needed to cool the nuclear fuel within the reactor and the fuel storage pools, causing that irradiated fuel to overheat.

Over the next few decades, almost all of the power plants in the U.S. will need to be replaced, and America's dependence on fossil fuels presents serious national security concerns.

RD&D on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is needed, especially given our conclusion that the current atmospheric CO2 level is already in the dangerous zone, but continuing issues with CCS technology [7], [244] make it inappropriate to construct fossil fuel power plants with a promise of future retrofit for carbon capture.

The governor of Japan's Fukui Prefecture, Issei Nishikawa, was cited by JAIF as saying: «The national government needs to resolutely develop a plan, given that little progress has been made in selecting sites for the final disposal of used nuclear fuel from the commercial nuclear power plants operated by the country's electric power companies.»

We need awe like a plant needs sunshine, because it serves as the fuel with which we maintain our curiosity, verve and passion for life, no matter what our age.

One startling revelation researchers found is that gut bacteria starved of the plant fiber they need for fuel instead appear to feed on the protective mucus layer that lines the intestines.

When your body is fueled by the stuff it needs — healthy fats, hydrating plants, and life - giving greens, it's able to work better than ever.

a monthly plant - based nutrition support group fueled by the Physicians Committee to give you the support you need to thrive on a vegan diet in the DMV area.

A high - quality, plant - strong, fuelling breakfast certainly needs to be balanced and source energy from complex carbohydrates (i.e. whole grains, fruit, vegetables), protein (i.e. nuts, seeds, nut / seed butter, high - quality protein powder) and high - quality fat (i.e. avocado, nuts, seeds, coconut oil, flaxseed oil).

«I am a much happier and healthier person since adopting a plant based diet that fuels my body with the nutrients it needs.

The stuff that cats need to build, repair, and fuel their bodies comes from eating meat, not plants.

With higher CO2 concentrations (and higher temperature), plants in fact increase their CO2 uptake somewhat but not as much as would be needed to absorb all excess emissions e.g. by fossil fuel burning.

You need concurrent fossil fuel plants running alongside solar cells and wind turbines at all times.»

Just in the U.S., if waste heat recovery devices were used at every oil, gas and manufacturing plant, 11.4 million homes could be powered by the electricity produced and it would have the bonus benefit of offsetting the need for the same amount of energy to be produced using fossil fuels.

Our seas will need to have tens of thousands to these wind turbines deployed at several per week to do the job in time and only shallow offshore is viable at the present time and that is inline with existing baseload fossil fuel coal and gas fired power plants along with existing nuclear ones to.

With 50 plants running at 10 GW per plant, the US could meet all of its liquid fuel needs, some of its electricity needs and export excess liquid fuel.

There are a few exceptions — solar PV and wind turbines — but fossil fuel and nuclear power plants need large volumes of cooling water.

There is no need for these societies to repeat the disaster of the western world's 19th century fossil - fueled industrial revolution, nor is there any possibility of them doing so, given that they can afford neither the cost of the fossil fuels nor the cost of building electric grids to distribute power from large, centralized power plants.

Nevermind that as currently operated, wind farms do virtually nothing to reduce the need for fossil fuel power plants.