Sentences with phrase «keep electricity supply»

Not exact matches

A lot of electric clocks, such as those on many radios and ovens, still keep time by synchronizing themselves to the frequency of the mains electricity supply, rather than an inbuilt quartz crystal (which is more expensive) or by connected to a «time server» on the Internet (more expensive still).

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

To keep the grid humming, electricity has to be tucked away for times when demand exceeds supply.

Experts reckon that when wind power provides a significant portion of the electricity supply (with «significant» defined as about 10 percent of grid capacity), some form of energy storage will be essential to keeping the grid stable.

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.

But still they kept pouring in — breaking up into gelatinous slime and threatening to cut off the electricity supply of millions of people.

Besides portability, they provide a viable option to stay connected at all times irrespective of electricity supply, which is a huge concern for keeping desktop computers operational.»

Simple bungalows with sporadic, generator - supplied electricity soon sprang up like mushrooms, to cater to a crowd eager to get off the beaten track, and the islands became the best kept secret of a young, adventurous European crowd having way too much fun far away from home.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

That's happening because even if there are times when renewables can supply nearly all of the electricity on the grid, the variability of those sources forces Germany to keep other power plants running.

Building the electricity markets of the future, Re-powering Markets explains, requires a comprehensive framework that encourages low - carbon investments and operational efficiency but also keeps security of supply as a top priority.

CanWEA has long supported that new supply needs in Ontario be competitively sought from affordable, non-emitting generation to maintain low greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector in the medium - to long - term while keeping costs in check.

Not surprisingly, Pennsylvania's electricity suppliers have easily kept pace with these interim goals.

If the supply of electricity doesn't keep pace with demand, brownouts or blackouts will result.

We certainly don't need any new coal mines or gas wells to have sufficient fossil fuel supply to keep existing power generators running while we transition to renewable electricity generation.

New England is over 50 percent dependent on natural gas for its electricity generation and needs dependable sources of natural gas to keep both its residential customers and its electricity generators supplied with natural gas.

Unfortunately we are also in a situation where the elephants under the table are the CAGW Mega-grants, that one side are receiving, and are there to keep the political policy on track: petrol rationing, windmills, political control over the electricity supply to your house etc..

Electricity must be generated as it's being used, so that demand and supply are always kept in balance.

The National Grid says it has the tools it needs to keep the lights on and ministers» reputations are staked on the «non-negotiable» imperative of securing electricity supplies.

As variable renewable power such as wind and solar play a larger role on the grid, the ability to time - shift power consumption will become more important — not just for customers to keep their bills low in the face of time - of - use rates, but also to match the load to the supply of carbon - free electricity.

«Losing nuclear capacity could drive up electricity prices by reducing supply, so the price benefit of keeping plants open may compensate for the cost of the subsidy.

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.

This amount of variability in production is normal, however, to keep the lights on, the electrical grid needs to match electricity demand with electricity supply at all times.

Being supplied entirely by sun and wind entails various challenges in balancing the electricity grid and keeping the power quality with accurate voltage and frequency.

What level of investment is needed to ensure that electricity supplies keep pace with demand?

Indeed, what is to keep a Dutch supply company from simply buying coal fired electricity from, say, a German coal fired plant (like the one in Bund Naturschutz, C - 115 / 09) and then import into the Netherlands to sell it to meet demand in the Netherlands?

Pursuant to Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, the Landlord is responsible for drains, gutters and external pipes, as well as to keep in proper and working order the installations in the flats for the supply of water, gas, electricity and sanitation.

If the demand for electricity caused by mining continues keeps at its current rate — mining will consume all of the world's electricity supply by 2020.