Sentences with phrase «like nuclear units»

Baseload generators, like nuclear units, typically have high capacity factors, while peaking generators like natural gas - fired combustion turbines have low capacity factors.

Not exact matches

The small family unit known as a nuclear family today is the typical family type of the modern era in Western cultures.1 During the last two hundred years, identity has been associated more with the family unit than with larger social units like a congregation.

I'd like to see small modular nuclear power plants of around the same size as the gas units — and comparable in cost of electricity.

«The redesign of the [PJM] rules and the penalty structure is beneficial to highly reliable units like nuclear,» Dominguez said.