Europe's forests have for centuries been cut for household fuel and, in the past century, for
local heating plants.
Not exact matches
That flexible - fueling advantage has, however, enabled Sunnyvale, Calif. - based Bloom Energy to sell some 120 natural gas — fuel SOFCs, stand - alone
heat and power units that produce both electricity and
heat for a
local site, to green - minded Fortune 500 corporate
plants and state university facilities — notably, subsidized distributed power demonstration projects in California.
If
local temperatures rise beyond 1 to 3 °C, crop yields are likely to decline as rising
heat affects water availability and
plant development.
Lae Nani has plenty of amenities including meticulously kept grounds which include a large variety of tropical
plants, flowers, and ponds, a
heated oceanfront pool, tennis courts, shared BBQ's, a public beach just 300 feet from your door, and access to the coastal walking path which leads to
local shops and restaurants.
Richard Hassell speaks of this eco-friendly project...» We are very pleased that Alila Hotels have embraced the Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, and we are using many ESD measures including
local materials, water conservation with soaks and rain gardens and recycling with grey water systems, using
local plants from the special Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit, which are being raised in a nursery on site to encourage
local bird and animal life,
heat pumps for water
heating, salt water pools — among many others.
The facility will also have green roofs featuring flowering
plants that will help to keep the buildings cool and during the summer when the
heat rises, excess steam from the
local electricity
plant will be used as an additional power source for running machines that keep the equipment cool.
About 40 years ago, using electrical
heating of horizontal plates of hot - rolled steel and aluminium to separate natural convective and radiative
heat transfer, I measured the former and deduced the latter by difference as a function of
local GHG composition and temperature to design large process
plant.
On many days, pipeline capacity is sufficient for both the
local gas utilities and the natural - gas - fired power
plants, but during the coldest weeks of the year, this natural gas delivery infrastructure can't meet all the demand for natural gas for both home
heating and power generation.
After: District
heating system, fed from the central
plant room at ground floor level, with each unit having a district
heating station with
local control of
heating circuit and instantaneous generation of hot water via a plate
heat exchanger.
Other than thermal solar panels, a source of
heat can be
local electrical
plants that are used for district
heating in the winter.
Moving from firewood to electricity generated in coal - fired
plants is a genuine improvement, a technical remedy that separates cooking and
heating from deforestation and severe indoor air pollution, even though the new source of energy contributes to
local smog and global warming.
Non-contentious environment and health and safety expert Elizabeth Shepherd advised a French environmental services company and a Polish waste company on their joint tender to the City of Belgrade to operate a new energy from waste
plant, supplying electricity and
heat to the
local utility companies.