Sentences with phrase «getting electric generation»

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Second, many states actively favor renewables in electricity generation, and even in places that don't, the word has gotten out that coal combustion is far deadlier to humans than any other electric generation source — including natural gas.

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The electric drive will not get overhauled until 2017, so for now, it's still based on the last generation chassis, which is fine for me, I love having a narrow and quick car, makes it easy to negotiate city traffic.

It's likely that Audi's next - generation models will all get electric versions, while an A8 e-tron is most likely to be the first candidate.

The next - generation Focus Electric will get a 100 - mile / 160 km range.

The first - generation Leaf went on to become the bestselling electric car in history, but after over six years on sale, this groundbreaker was getting long in the tooth.

NASHVILLE — Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at the second - generation LEAF.

The next - generation Mercedes - Benz is getting an all - electric variant, but this time instead of wearing the E-cell name, it's now an E-Drive (which stands for electric drive)-- the name that all future electric vehicles from...

NASHVILLE (Aug. 17, 2017)-- Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at the second - generation LEAF.

NASHVILLE (Aug. 17, 2017)-- Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at t...

The next generation Ford EcoSport, which is due by 2020, is likely to get an electric of hybrid engine which will give it benefits under the FAME scheme.

Keyless start, Jaguar's drive control (which incorporates eco, dynamic, normal and winter drive modes), an electric park brake with auto - release functionality, rain - sensing wipers, dual - zone climate control, Bluetooth streaming capability and sat - nav are among the interior features, though you get the impression that Jaguar's next - generation multimedia solution, InControl Touch Pro, would update the space with its larger 10.2 - inch touchscreen and modern technologies (including the 12.3 - inch TFT instrument cluster) when it arrives as a cost option by mid-year.

Electric power steering gets better with each generation, and the MX - 5's rack does a fantastic job placing the car, giving good feedback during hard driving without becoming harsh and twitchy at freeway speeds.

Nissan has pulled the wraps off of its second - generation LEAF electric car, which gets an all - new look and a redesigned powertrain that promises 241 km of driving range.

The RX introduces the sixth generation of Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive, the best yet at squeezing maximum current through the electric motor - generators — whether they're powering the car or capturing energy from braking — without the heat getting out of control.

Due to the limitations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and the Carnot efficiency corollary, it is very difficult and expensive to get a heat engine to convert at better than 50 %, and it is more common to see 33 % for electric power generation at central power plants.

Imagine trying to get coal usage for electric power generation cut when the roads are filled with plug - in SUVs.

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

Now the conservative Danish government has adopted a virtually self - financing strategy to get completely off fossil fuels by 2050 by further boosting efficiency and switching to renewables (already 36 % of electric generation, which is the most reliable and among the cheapest pretax in Europe).

His broad - based strategy begat the trans - Alaska pipeline (to get North Slope oil to Lower 48 markets), expanded onshore and offshore oil drilling, an all - of - the - above strategy for electric power generation that brought lignite mining and natural gas into prominence, and a host of conservation measures, including 55 - mph speed limits.

Jobs in electric generation do not include fuel jobs, so for example, the coal jobs in the two charts have to be added together to get total employment.

«The story of how California's electric system got to its current state is a long and gory one,» Bushnell wrote, but «the dominant policy driver in the electricity sector has unquestionably been a focus on developing renewable sources of electricity generation.»

The latest edition of EIA's Electric Power Monthly shows that the portion of electricity that the nation gets from solar grew nearly 40 % in 2016, from around 1 % of total generation to 1.4 %.

by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com The US electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected.

We love to talk about energy with you And we've got a lot to say about it — especially when it comes to wind generation, solar power and storage, electric vehicle charging or decentralized solutions.

Which makes me a bit torn on this one: While biomass electric generation is certainly a good thing, and anything that gets us (the collective human we) away from burning coal is undeniably positive environmentally, it seems to me that there is a better solution than processing wood pellets in Florida and shipping them to the EU to generate power... Even if it appears from Green Circle's estimate of net energy gain comes out positive.

There's a slim chance that if our nation pulled in one direction that we could get a decent portion of our electric generation out of new nuke plants 6 - 10 years from now if we start building like crazy now.

Apparently a food calorie often uses more fossil fuel than the equivalent electric energy needed to power you the same distance on a bike — partly because you need more energy to go one miles due to inefficiencies in your body getting motive force out of the calories than an electric system does, even if you take into account the generation and transportation losses of the electrical power.