Sentences with phrase «generation plants require»

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MIT's Kirtley noted that remote microgrids that aren't connected to a larger main grid would also require overbuilt generation and energy storage even during normal operations, since they can't get backup power from another central power plant.

The CLF argued that adding more fossil fuel generation — even an efficient gas - fired plant — would prevent Massachusetts from cutting its carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by the year 2050, as state law requires.

It is required for the transport of fatty acids into the cells power plants (mitochondria) to enable the breakdown of fats for the generation of metabolic energy.2 carnitine is therefore crucial for the body to convert fat into energy.

We will work closely with Ofsted, the Department for Education and a broad range of stakeholders with an interest in this agenda because it will take our collective efforts to raise awareness of children's inactivity and plant the seeds of change required to give this generation a healthier future.

To approximate our current coal generation capacity would require increasing the global complement of nuclear plants from some 500 to at least 4,000 units.

That would require adding roughly 1,000 gigawatts of renewable and nuclear generation capacity — about equivalent to all of China's coal burning plants today.

The resolution on the EPA for Alec members» consideration this week argues that requiring tougher standards from the next generation of power plants lead to spikes in electricity prices and would damage the economy.

One reason for the uptick in coal - fired generation in Europe has been the looming deadline for the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive, which will require older coal plants to meet lower emission levels by the end of 2015 or be mothballed.

Power companies routinely shift generation among plants and between companies to efficiently supply the power required, and to meet pollution control requirements cost - effectively.

The starting point for any country that wants to include nuclear energy in its generation mix is to require a political and «social» operating licence for utilities running nuclear plants and facilities.

• CO2 to be sequestered per year = 4 billion tonne • Number of Deposition plants per year = 1,787 • Electricity required per year = 2.47 × 10 ^ 18 J = 686,000,000 MWh • Assumed electricity cost (including, diesel back up generation, transmission, harsh environment and short plant life) = $ 500 / MWh • Assumed density of CO2 snow in storage = 0.4 t / m ^ 3

Most of these requirements take the form of a «renewable portfolio standard» (RPS) adopted by 26 states and the District of Columbia or «alternative energy portfolio standard» (AEPS) adopted by three states, which requires a certain percentage of a utility's power plant capacity or generation to come from renewable or alternative energy sources by a given date.

Investment in renewable generation capacity will therefore largely be in addition to, rather than replacement for, the massive investment in fossil fuel and nuclear plant required...» — UK House of Lords, «The Economics of Renewable Energy,» Nov. 25, 2008

Wind and solar require expensive renewable energy plant, far flung networks of lossy transmission capacity, and equivalent levels of fossil fuel backup generation (usually operating very inefficiently).

Residential customers experiencing the highest increases, and / or potential increases, are those who are heavily dependent on coal - fueled generation, as required retrofits can not economically meet existing environmental requirements — resulting in the proposed retirement of older coal - fueled plants.

But as even more solar generation is built, sunny daytimes will become off - peak, and it will be the baseload plants that are no longer economical to run, while some dispatchable capacity is still required to handle nighttimes and February.

Wind generation has been high maintenance, requires lots of concrete and metal to build relative to a coal plant.

The supply is unreliable, although more consistent than wind generation which is notoriously unreliable and thermal, nuclear, or hydro power (if available) is required to carry sufficient reserve in the grid system to compensate for any changes in solar plant output due to any changes in sunlight during the day.

Free enterprise was going to have to build some sort of power generation anyway, old coal and nuclear plants do wear out and require replacement.

In June 2009, the State Water Resources Control Board issued a draft policy on the use of ocean water for power plant cooling, which effectively requires generation units using once - through cooling (OTC) to undertake substantial investment, which means refitting their cooling systems or repowering, or to retire.

Wind power and solar energy, because of their intermittency and unpredictability, require back - up generation, especially during peak - load capacity, and that has generally entailed the construction of natural - gas plants.

Sudden conventional power plant failures require very fast acting reserve generation.»

In solar, production is only 10 % of capacity (peak production only occurs at best 15 % of each day), and is produced far from the place of use, so it requires huge investment in plant and backup generation, plus in dedicated transmission lines (which experience high energy loss in transmission).

For example, additional capacity beyond existing plants is only required by 2020 if power generation growth exceeds 4 % year and coal plants are run at utilisation rate of 45 % or less.

Australia's chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel has recommended that after 2020, wind and solar projects should be required to pair with energy storage capacity or dispatchable generation plants to enhance the security of the power system.

Moreover, all four of the above generation plants are / were near population centers, not requiring expensive new transmission from the outlying regions that in 20 years is likely to be obsolete.

Installing carbon capture and sequestration and other advanced pollution control systems to power plants often requires auxiliary systems that can significantly increase the water requirements of power generation.

quokka provided a good answer about future fuel supply, but more uranium mining will be required in the near to medium term while Generation II and III plants are still being built.

These individuals are required to be exceptionally hands - on in handling power generation equipment and machinery — usually, people with prior experience are hired as power plant technicians.