Sentences with phrase «generating plants coming»

As I travel around I see new transmission lines and generating plants coming up.

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Base load power, the residual power that has to be generated day - in, day - out, came primarily from burning coal, typically in a plant located right at a mine site owned by the power company.

With four years to plan for the nuclear plant's closure, some of those reliability issues may be resolved as other electricity generating resources come online.

But there's a catch: The electricity that comes out of the socket is typically generated in power plants that burn coal or natural gas and emit plenty of CO2.

«10 years ago, most of the energy generated in the UK came from around 50 large power plants,» Setchell says.

BPA does not generate coal - fired electricity though a small portion of its purchased electricity may come from coal - fired plants.

The plant based guys have all taken what Pritikin came up with and modified it a bit in the attempt to generate a hook that will sell books plus their classes and trips.

Our test Expedition came with Ford's optional 5.4 - liter Triton overhead - cam V - 8, a supremely smooth, nearly noiseless power plant that generates 230 horsepower.

The 2012 Toyota Camry comes with three engine choices and these include a revised 2.5 - litre 4 - cylinder plant producing 178 HP and 170 lb - ft of torque and rated at 28 mpg (combined cycle), a 3.5 - litre V6 generating 268 HP and 248 lb - ft (21 mpg city / 30 mpg highway) plus a hybrid comprising from 156 HP 2.5 - litre 4 - cylinder petrol and a 141 HP electric motor.

Another 8 percent came from biomass and plants that burn gas from landfills (which generates carbon but is considered «renewable» because the gas is released by decomposing garbage).

Using electricity generated by coal - fired plants to power the cars defeats the purpose to some extent, but what if the energy comes from the ultimate clean and renewable source — the sun itself?

Dominion Virginia Power is currently engaged in an aggressive build - out of natural gas generating plants, with three new units representing 4,300 megawatts of generating capacity, coming online between 2014 and 2019.

DTE owns power plants in Alabama, California, Illinois, and Michigan; 95.5 % of the company's generating capacity comes from power plants in Michigan.

The first two generating plants with CCS in North America — one project in Mississippi by Southern Company and another one in Canada — are expected to come online this year, Ritter said.

When natural carbon is brought up to the surface by the winds, it is harder for the Southern Ocean to accommodate more human - generated carbon, which comes from factories, coal - fired power plants and petroleum - powered vehicle exhaust.

Tri-State owns power plants in Colorado and New Mexico; 81.9 % of Tri-State's generating capacity comes from power plants in Colorado.

To give a sense of the plant's importance to the state, Baker reports that last year, Diablo Canyon provided more than nine percent of all the electricity that was generated within California's borders; «all of that coming out of this one plant.

Years ago, its brains trust determined to shutter its safe and reliable fleet of nuclear power plants by 2022; hypocritically, Germany still imports plenty of nuclear generated electricity from France and will do for decades to come.

And initial calls for 22 percent of a power plant's generating capacity to come from renewable sources was increased to 28 percent, details NPR.

Much of Toronto's smog comes from coal - fuelled generating stations in the U.S. Midwest, and Ontario's giant Nanticoke plant.

The water required for the hybrids and for hydrogen production is mainly used for cooling in electrical generating plants, and we should note that while the water supply is needed, it just passes through and is usually returned to the river where it came from so it is not really consumed.

In California in particular, this creates a situation where there is way more electricity being produced by renewables than can actually be used during the day; but there is still a requirement for peaker power plants to generate power needed at the peak evening times when people come home and crank up the air conditioning.

Using the 132 kV technology for a grid to connect fossil fuel fired power stations came later, and was done to reduce the amount of generating plant that ran at low loads for most of the day.

It will, however, utilize many of the same elements: waste and water will be recycled and reused, housing will be built and orientated to take advantage of prevailing winds and maximize energy efficiency, efficient district - wide systems will handle heating and cooling, and electricity will come from planned wind and solar thermal plants, or be generated on site.

That conventional energy comes mostly from coal plants, which still generate roughly 40 percent of total German electricity.

The utility operates eleven fossil - fuel generating plants, and uses fossil fuels (mainly coal) to generate 80 - 85 percent of its total electrical output, with the bulk of the remainder coming from nuclear power.

They draw on 1,100 gigawatts of power - generating capacity, about 50 percent of which comes from coal - fired plants.

«The only way to generate stronger growth is through productivity improvements and that comes from investment in infrastructure, plant and equipment.