Sentences with phrase «like transmission lines»

Nice idea, but how about spending that kind of sum right now on what's already working, like transmission lines and more renewable energy like wind and concentrating solar with storage.

Someone recently told me that if you love wind power, you have to at least like transmission lines.

Wind is fine, to me, in the right spots (keeping in mind that if you love it, you'd better at least like transmission lines).

True, wind power will have associated impacts like transmission lines and the bat mortality we've read about lately.

-- Crews are currently focusing on repairing critical infrastructure, like transmission lines, substations and roads.

Not exact matches

The most recent data from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) finds that a cost - shift does not occur until distributed solar penetration reaches 10 % of electricity sales, and even then that the impact is minimal compared to other drivers of rate increases, like new gas plants or transmission lines.

This serpentine shape — formed in two layers with segmented metal blocks, like a 3 - D puzzle — gives the transmission lines the ability to stretch without affecting their performance.

And, in 1990, Plant Vogtle in Georgia lost all externally supplied electric power — just like Fukushima Daiichi's reactors — when a truck backed into a transmission line and the backup diesel generator failed, forcing it to rely on its last power source: batteries with an eight - hour life.

We know this is working too because rooftop solar is showing up as reduced demand on the national grid (the grid works a bit like the road network — the main transmission lines are like motorways, and local grids are like B roads.

It may seem like sacrilege to design an Elise that weighs more than 2000 pounds and offers a dual - clutch transmission, but the automotive landscape has considerably changed since the first Elise rolled off the assembly line in Hethel.

If the transmission cooler lines have been pinched or crimped, excess pump pressure can cause the converter to act like a hydraulic ram, continuously jamming the crank forward.

In addition to the transmission, Inside Line's source is saying that the upcoming GEN - V small block V8 that will power the new Corvette will continue with the 16 - valve pushrod architecture and will see the addition of fuel - saving technologies like direct injection and a variable valve lift system.

Like the recently road - tested Passat GTE and unlike the Volvo V60, the C 350 e features an electric motor mounted in line with the combustion engine and upstream of a seven - speed automatic transmission.

If you would like to learn more about the transmissions found on the line of vehicles in our showroom, please stop by our new car dealership.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

New Parts include all new steel brake lines, new brakes, new front hubs, new gas lines, new gas filler neck, new fuel pump, new rear bumper, new shift cable, new alternator, new transmission cooler, transmission fluid changed, NEW Good year Wrangler 10 ply tires like brand new!

Our tester Philip Ruth liked it overall, but he noted that it was a bit slow to get off the line with the CVT transmission.

Out on the road, the Sonata Hybrid characterizes the finer points of hybridization — smooth power delivery, instant off - the - line torque, quiet operation, and stellar economy — without exhibiting the negatives, like a whining CVT transmission or a groaning, underpowered engine.

Add an integrated 47 - horsepower electric motor to a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission, along with a pair of 36 - hp electric motors (one connected to each rear wheel), and you've got an SUV that can rocket off the line like a muscle car.

With a front - mounted, twin - turbo, in - line six - cylinder engine displacing 2.6 litres and mated to a mildly bonkers all - wheel - drive transmission and four - wheel steering, the Nissan was like a car from the future when it was launched in 1989.

Under the hood, the AMG Line G - Class comes with the well - known bi-turbo 4.0 - liter V8 that, like the standard model, produces 422 PS with 610 Nm of torque and is mated to a new nine - speed automatic transmission.

Active roll stabilization; electronic damper control; four - wheel steering; eight - speed transmission; a new twin - scroll, single - turbo 3.0 - liter in - line six putting out 300 horsepower and 300 pound - feet of torque (or a twin - turbo 4.4 - liter V - 8 with 400 hp, in the 550i); new robotic parking assistance; head - up display; night vision; stop - and - go adaptive cruise control, which will maintain a following distance in traffic and slow to a stop, then start rolling again, just like traffic on the 405; and roughly 8 million other acronymic systems, gadgets, gizmos and flight surfaces loomed to the car's high - speed cerebellum.

The planned web of transmission lines will carry electricity from remote western parts of the state to major population centers like Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

Ms Ward likes to blame wind farms for transmission lines and ignore the fact that if the wind farm was replaced with any other sort of power station a transmission line would still be needed.

If the exporting region is rich in coal resources, like Shanxi, this line will mainly transmit coal power throughout its lifetime, unless new transmission investments are made to connect other areas with renewable resources.

The commission signaled last month that it was prepared to preserve net metering in its current form, but details like additional charges for utility transmission lines and a requirement that solar customers move to time - based rates could undermine the technology's cost - competitiveness.

Utilities like CMP will be happy to spend billions on unnecessary new transmission lines to accommodate the useless wind projects.

With wind forecasting, changes in wind energy output are factored into grid operations much like variations in demand — both change over a matter of 30 minutes or even hours (not a matter of seconds, such as when fossil - fuelled or nuclear plants experience an unexpected outage, or a tree falls on a transmission line).

Like utility - scale solar, it enjoys economies of scale and simple, established financing models; unlike utility - scale solar, it can squeeze into almost any surface or piece of land, near existing transmission or distribution lines.

We hope this trend continues for wind in the South, with proposals for new long - distance transmission lines like the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project (shown in image to the right) and Pattern's Southern Cross Line, Gulf Power will have the opportunity to connect Florida customers with even more low - cost wind power from the midwest and Texas.

While many living near the potential route of American Transmission Company's 345 - kilovolt line remain steadfast against it, the project is drawing support from groups like Renew Wisconsin, which say the line will ease the delivery of wind power from Iowa and Minnesota into major population centers to the East.

And while government contracts to private firms to do things like build transmission lines or conduct R&D should no doubt be transparent and competitive, why shouldn't firms and investors be able to make a reasonable profit while doing so?

Energy storage, like large scale battery installations, along with expanded transmission line capabilities will further expand renewable energy opportunities.

In a nut shell, electricity transmission lines suffer from congestion, just like roads do.

Sure, tax cuts, grants and loans are fairly easy to account for, but what about military deployments to secure foreign oil supplies, or infrastructure costs like roads and transmission lines, or the seemingly endless stream of external costs linked to carbon emissions, toxic air and water pollutants, higher health care costs and missed work days?

Enviros like the plan because it marks a major investment in a transmission line not intended to carry electricity from coal - fired power plants, and it should serve to spur further investment in East Coast wind power.

Clean - energy policy has stalled on a national level in Mexico partly on account of the many permits needed, a lack of accessible transmission lines and a dearth of incentives for the construction of renewable energy sources like solar PV.

The utility company acknowledges that a new transmission line will be vulnerable to earthquakes and wildfires like the ones that hit nearby earlier this month and claimed the home of CleanTechnica contributing editor Kyle Field.

Handles procurement of materials like steel fabrication, lease hold materials, transmission lines, and grounding materials required to build the site