Sentences with phrase «like electric grids»

This is achieved through economies of scale by producing large amounts of water for individuals and operating much like an electric grid.

Not exact matches

Climate - friendly investments will proceed through the government's green infrastructure fund and its forthcoming infrastructure bank — but the budget also allocates dollars specifically to clean energy priorities like smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, stronger building codes, and moving remote communities off diesel.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

There's an electric buzz around Formula E at the moment, but what would the grid look like if big manufacturers joined the party?

YOU CA N'T» if fear mongers like you lived back in the 30s there would be no interstate highways, no electric grid and life expectancy would still be at 55.

We waste, I think, something like eight percent of our electricity in New York state alone just because of a faulty electric grid.»

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

Like modeling complex chemical reactions or monitoring the electric power grid.

, Wind farms make like a fish, Why our walls should really have ears, Squeezing solar juice from jellyfish, Perfecting the plant way to power, Wave power line jacks into the grid, Fighting the efficiency fallacies, Don't burn plant waste, bury it, Plug - free electric cars» hidden cost.

The Frankenstein - like virus infected a type of industrial controller that is ubiquitous — used around the world on everything from pipelines to the electric grid.

Innovative companies like Better Place and Nuvve are testing speedy battery replacement systems and ways to sell power from battery electrics back to the grid, respectively.

In the meantime the new discovery suggests that microbes like G. sulfurreducens and T. denitrificans may build electric grids wherever they find themselves.

«How do transportation networks like a subway system or an electric grid resolve the tension between two competing objectives, such as cost and performance?

You may have the illusion that developing countries will survive well, because they have more people already off - grid, like the 600 million people in India without electric power.

But the 18 - year - old would like to return to help keep the electric grid up and running.

- Using regenerative braking in this DC - based grid, just like in hybrid and electric cars: the energy can be efficiently converted back to electric energy when slowing down or stopping industrial drives or robots.

The 99 % lower power consumption (in comparison to LCD) makes possible the realization of innovative solutions, like smart traffic signs, interactive bus stops, interconnected destination shields; even in the places without connectivity to the electric grid and for a much lower cost.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

Hopefully in time, the electric grid will begin to look like the internet of today... with various sources and users of power interconnected using open standards and intelligent protocols.

Then we should take away the placebo projects that make people feel good, but will accomplish triviality; such including electric vehicles, solar and wind renewable dreams, and things like smart grids.

Looks like New Jersey may have to be cut out of the electric power grid.

Or is it just a electric sports car like the tesla roadster that gets its electricity from the grid that's run off wind turbines?

In addition to generating clean energy, clean DG resources like rooftop solar can make the electric grid more resilient and reduce the need for expensive grid infrastructure.

It should be noted that while all solar systems in the US can qualify for federal incentive programs like the Investment Tax Credit, you're more likely to get more incentive opportunities, like net - metering — allowing you to sell power back to the utility — with a grid - connected system than with an off - grid electric system, since most incentives are offered through utilities.

Seems like the investment of Warren Buffet's MidAmerican Energy Holdings in Shezhen - based BYD Auto is not just a bet on electric vehicles, but also on the collaboration between MidAmerican and BYD to develop «rapid charge batteries» for electrical grid systems to serve as energy storage for renewable but intermittent power such as wind and solar, revealed MidAmerican's chairman, David Sokal, at a press conference earlier this week in Hong Kong.

Powering the grid with 100 percent green energy may sound like a nice idea, but it would actually be extremely difficult to do, a electric grid expert told Greentech Media in an interview Wednesday.

Electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet's plug - in hybrid Volt, are generally not sold in the United States with two - way chargers that could feed back into the grid.

Their theory goes like this: Homeowners install solar panels, which reduces the amount of electricity they buy from the electric utility, thereby reducing the amount of fees that customers pay for grid maintenance, which then causes the utility to raise rates and, ultimately, encourages more and more customers to go solar which... causes rates to soar.

Students will come away from this class with an understanding of how public utility regulation interacts with environmental law to facilitate the efforts of states (like California) to decarbonize the electric grid, and to inhibit those efforts in other ways.

A PHEV, like a BEV, can be recharged from the electric grid, stores energy in an onboard battery and uses the energy while depleting the battery during daily driving.

With PUCO's decision now issued, we hope to be able to work with FirstEnergy to accelerate its path beyond coal and nuclear and toward new investments in clean energy, energy efficiency, and other modern grid initiatives like infrastructure for electric vehicles.»

I'd like to calculate the electric usage drawing from solar vs. cost of propane heat... wonder if this would kick up the power requirements to too high a strain on a solar system for off - grid living?

This electricity is fed into the electric grid like anything else, but you pay the electricity provider for the power you use.

We covered a previous innovation that came out of the Billions in Change effort, the «Free Electric» bicycle that can generate electricity for home use, which looks like it will now only be available in India, but as of yesterday, there are now a few other off - grid energy products available.

This can mitigate the problem, along with other technologies like hydro storage, smart grids that can better match supply and demand, and things like V2G for electric cars (storing renewable energy surplus in batteries, and using it when there's a deficit).

Thanks to the parallel electric car revolution, batteries are coming down in prices quickly, and companies like Tesla, with its battery gigafactory, will start selling home systems that will help the grid become a lot more flexible and able to handle ups and downs in supply.

For those not familiar with the technology, a plug - in hybrid is just like a regular hybrid - it can be powered by either a gasoline engine or electrical motor, or both at the same time - except that you can also plug it in the grid to recharge the batteries, allowing a longer all - electric range.

By installing more energy storage technologies like solar batteries, electric utilities and grid operators can more easily manage the flow of electricity from renewable resources.

With Japan's leading retailers like Bic Camera, airline Peach, hotel chain Capsule, and electric grid operator Bitpoint integrating cryptocurrencies, the decision of major South Korean businesses to adopt cryptocurrencies will likely lead to a surge in growth in the Asian cryptocurrency market in the mid-term.