Sentences with phrase «keep electricity flowing»

NETL analysts found that coal plants made up most of the incremental power utilities relied on to keep electricity flowing during the cold snap.

Thanks to our reliance on GPS, they also help keep electricity flowing, our phones connected, and ships and planes on course.

Other new technologies — such as micro grids that generate and store power for individual neighborhoods and automatic switches that can find open lines when some lines go down — can also help keep the electricity flowing.

That's a lot of surface to cover the four - cylinder GM engine that keeps electricity flowing after the batteries run dry, but it's hard to fault the overall effect.

Not exact matches

These sorts of clocks keep time by counting the number of oscillations in the alternating current they receive, which also powers them; in other words, the number of times the flow of electricity changes directions every second.

Despite a few setbacks — the river's powerful flow damaged the rotors and broke off some of the original fiberglass and steel blades — the company has managed to keep two of the turbines operational, supply electricity to a nearby supermarket and, more recently, attract $ 8.5 million in funding from sources including the U.S. Department of Energy and the Canadian government to further develop and test its technology.

One news report focused on the experiences of a Florida resident and a town, Coral Springs, that took advantage of solar energy - battery storage systems to keep the lights on and electricity flowing in the midst of the hurricane.

Behind the scenes, the transmission grid is kept in balance by trained grid operators who monitor this flow of electricity and ensure that supply matches demand every second of the day.