Sentences with phrase «kilowatt basis»

Response: Our best cost estimate indicates that a SMR - 160 plant can be installed turnkey by Holtec for less than half of the projected cost of the large nuclear plants on per kilowatt basis (being built in the US, France, and Finland today).

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The analysis assumed each car drove 15,000 miles — roughly the national average — at a rate of 30 kilowatt hours of electricity per 100 miles, based on the median mileage rate for Tesla Model 3 and Model S vehicles, according to figures reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The network will be based on so - called combined charging system (CCS) technology, enhancing existing AC and DC charging standards and allowing for ultra-fast power levels of up to 350 kilowatt hours.

Because this customer had maximum demands of 260 kilovolt amperes (KVA) for firing up equipment, there is a demand charge based on 90 % of KVA rather than the total kilowatts actually consumed (KW).

The average cost of generating nuclear energy in the United States was less than two cents per kilowatt - hour in 2006, according to the Atlanta - based utility data provider Ventyx, which puts it on par with coal.

The team has produced a few kilowatts of electricity with initial models and is designing turbines that could generate 250 kilowatts each (similar to some of the early, land - based turbines).

Even if we fail to find the miracles that allow us to make and then transport hundreds of gigawatts of power over 3,000 miles at pennies per kilowatt - hour, and even if we can never find photovoltaics that are as cheap as dirt, the enterprise of trying to do it will push our science and our engineering so far forward that we'll generate a cornucopia of unexpected new technologies that will be the basis of vast new industries.

While the final rate impacts will be determined by the Georgia Public Service Commission, the company estimates the typical Georgia Power customer, using 1,000 kilowatt - hours per month, would see a base rate increase of about $ 12 per month in 2018 when both units are fully operational.

The rise and fall with each wave alternately pressurizes and depressurizes the air at the top, which can drive a turbine; Wavegen in Scotland, partly owned by Siemens, the giant electrical company, recently opened a 100 - kilowatt generator based on this system.

According to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), based in Washington DC, the best sites can generate electricity for as little as 5.5 cents per kilowatt - hour, compared with 8 or 9 cents per kilowatt - hour for natural gas plants.

A microgrid like the one at Gills Onions is now being built on the base that will use a 250 - kilowatt battery to store spare power generated by the solar panels.

But there's a problem: finding the spare kilowatts to run these alloy - based de-icers for long enough to safely eradicate ice is becoming a problem as modern planes like the Boeing 787 replace hydraulic controls with power - hungry electric servos.

A 70 - metre dish antenna with a 95 - kilowatt transmitter, belonging to NASA's Deep Space Network and based near Madrid, was used to send the alarm call to Giotto's 20 - centimetre antenna.

Hamid Aït Abderrahim, deputy director of SCK - CEN, says that Guinevere, which is based around a 1 - kilowatt lead - cooled reactor, is a «reduced» model of a much larger ADS, called Myrrha, whose construction will start in 2015.

NASA is aiming to develop 12.5 - kilowatt electric thrusters for the multipurpose Deep Space Gateway, a combination research station, lunar operations base and assembly outpost for Mars - bound spacecraft.

The base S trim level gets a 30 - kilowatt - hour battery pack that increases the EPA - estimated driving range from 84 to 107 miles.

The electric motor produces 270 hp, making it more powerful than the base 2.0 - liter turbo inline - four that pumps out 248 hp on the BMW X3 sold here in the U.S. With a battery capacity of 70 kilowatt - hours, BMW estimates a range of 249 miles on the global WLTP cycle, although it's unclear what this would translate to on the EPA scale.

Tesla stopped accepting orders on the Model S 60 yesterday, which means the new base version of the sedan comes standard with a stronger 75 - kilowatt - hour battery.

The Tesla - supplied battery in the current car is replaced by a 17.6 - kilowatt - hour unit from German - based Deutsche Accumotive in the new version.

The base 2.5 - liter Boxer engine produces the same 175 horsepower (130 kilowatts) and pairs to the same CVT with paddle shifters.

Based on the popular five - door, five - passenger Fit and Fit Sport, the 100 - percent electric Fit EV features a 20 - kilowatt - hour (kWh) Lithium - Ion (Li - Ion) battery and a compact 92 - kilowatt (123 horsepower) AC synchronous electric motor that produced 189 ft - lb of motor torque.

Under the hood, the base 2.5 - liter Boxer engine still produces 175 horsepower (130 kilowatts) and comes paired with Lineartronic Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) with manual mode and paddle shifters.

At $ 33,700 (not including federal tax rebate of $ 7,500), the Soul EV Base comes equipped, per Kia, with navigation, Rear Camera Display, Bluetooth hands free operation, power windows, power driver's seat, cruise control, 6.6 kilowatt on - board charger and an exclusive HVAC system designed to extend driving range by minimizing energy draw.

With either engine, the MHEV system is based on a newly developed 48 - volt primary electrical system and a belt alternator starter (BAS) generating up to 12 kilowatts of recuperation power.

Averaged over an 8 - hour day of sunshine, perhaps 1/2 kilowatt is available on a continuous basis.

These days every dishwasher shows usage based on a scale that runs from 194 to 531 kilowatt - hours per year (kwh / year).

Image: Patrick Finnegan via flickr Boulder Wind Power has come up with a turbine design that it says can produce electricity at or below $ 0.04 per kilowatt - hour, allowing it to compete directly with fossil fuel - based power.

Based on his zipcode (in San Diego, CA), an 8 kilowatt system would provide about 950 kWh per month over the span of each year; after rebates, such a system would cost $ 37,800.

But the price of oil never rose as was predicted, so the solar plant never became competitive with fossil fuel - based energy production (Carrizo sold its electricity to the local utility for between three and four cents a kilowatt - hour, while a minimum price of eight to ten cents a kilowatt - hour would be necessary in order for Carrizo to make a profit).»

1c: Nuclear is the ONLY source of electricity that is cheaper than coal on a per kilowatt hour basis.

Commercial systems between 30 kW and 300 kW were eligible for a production - based incentive of $ 0.147 / kilowatt - hour (kWh) for 20 years or $ 0.188 / kWh for 10 years.

In my opinion, let's be clear on that, otherwise eSolar would lose money on each kiloWatt - hour produced on a marginal generation cost basis.

Pilkington North America Inc. — a Toledo, Ohio - based manufacturer and marketer of safety glass for both buildings and cars — is set to install a 250 - kilowatt (kW) ground - mounted solar energy system atop a former brownfield in Toledo.

The benefit for a 5 kilowatt home system of the 30 % Federal Investment Tax Credit, combined with a 25 - year life and New Jersey's residential capacity factor of 13.5 %, implies a subsidy of $ 33 per megawatt - hour over the life of the system, based on estimates from a solar rooftop vendor.

The center, commonly known as the MLK Center, has been reworked with indoor LED lighting and 51 15 - kilowatt solar panels installed by the Long Beach - based EmPower Solar, the California - based nonprofit Global Green, and National Grid.

For carbon - intensive electricity, all suppliers of electricity to end users would pay the fee, calculated based on the total number of kilowatt - hours sold to customers minus the kilowatt - hours for which the supplier has purchased renewable energy credits (RECs) or entered into long - term contracts for clean energy.

These net - metering customers would pay a $ 15 service charge or base rate, as well as 3.81 cents per kilowatt hour of all electricity used.

For example, every unit (kilowatt - hour or kWh) of electricity generated by the community solar farm will effectively reduce the participant's power bill on a one - for - one basis; if the participant's share of the plant produces 5kWh of electricity on a given day, they will receive 5kWh of solar Net Metering credits on their power bill.

As one of the largest module manufacturers in China, Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) provides some of the most efficient panels based on cost per kilowatt.

If you take into account what that does to electricity prices, that would see a price rise based on our models of about 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour which equates to about roughly A$ 8 per household per week».

Comparatively, fossil fuels are still dramatically cheaper than solar - based energies, with photovoltaic energy costing anything from 35 - to - 50 cents per kilowatt - hour, compared with coal and natural gas at 5 - to - 6 cents per kilowatt - hour.

This makes wind power, landfill gas systems, waterpower and even some large biogas systems competitive with nuclear on a kilowatt - hour basis.

Based on these numbers, the companies apparently are assuming that: * Each turbine will have a rated capacity of about 660 kilowatts.

With an energy efficient design I always calculate the losses for the lowest winter temperature and my average summer time temperature, I want to know the base load in terms of Btu and Kilowatts since I might be adding renewable energy to the design also.

The resulting system from the AutoDesigner was a 2.0 kilowatt system sited on the southwest quadrant of the roof, with an estimated cost of $ 6,030 (based on a cost per watt of $ 3).

To change the generation mix, we should set a cap in terms of CO2 emitted per kilowatt hour, and distribute allowances to any entity that puts power on the grid, based on the kilowatt hours supplied.

Nor does the tool let users customize the size of system they want based on various preferences like how much of their electric bill they want to offset or how many kilowatts of solar panels users want on their home or business.

Wired Science's Alexis Madrigal calculates that the plant's kilowatt hour rate should therefore correspond to about 20 cents per kWh - taking into account the consumer markup - or roughly twice the kilowatt hour rate of coal - based alternatives.Regardless of the exact figures, such large - scale installations will help lower the kilowatt hour rate over time and bring them in line with conventional energy sources, as Woody explains:

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/carlabel/420f11017.htm#4 under «Electric Vehicles (EVs)»: «Miles per gallon of gasoline - equivalent converts kilowatt - hours of electricity into gallons of gasoline (based on 33.7 kilowatt - hours per gallon)»

In 2005, for example, U.S. - based data centers consumed 4.5 billion kilowatts hours, using over $ 3 billion in energy.