Sentences with phrase «longer transmission lines»

So they oftern need longer transmission lines.

Also, «using adjacent grids» means adding even longer transmission lines of very high capacity.

Plus, local generation is more reliable than electricity transported over long transmission lines, a major plus on brutal winter days we often see in February.

A 345 - kilowatt, 270 - mile - long transmission line in North Dakota has been in the planning stages since 2009.

Offshore wind parks can get much closer to some of these coastal cities without having to run long transmission lines over rocky terrain and through urban areas.

Note that the long transmission lines to remote areas also reduces the reliability and probable availability of wind farms (and, importantly, at times of peak demand which is what is relevant for capacity credit calculations)

It needs vast land acreage — for wind turbines, solar panels, long transmission lines... and backup fossil fuel generating plants.

There is also the high cost issue of long transmission lines, and expensive high - voltage transformers to bring the wind energy from remote Mendocino to the power - hungry cities in the Bay Area.

A 51 - kilometre long transmission line built by Tilt Renewables from its 15 - turbine Salt Creek wind farm at Woorndoo, north... Complete story»

Not exact matches

Environmentalists have long urged Ontario to import more clean power from Quebec's hydro - electric dams, but officials always said that would require huge and expensive upgrades to the transmission lines linking the two provinces.

You need to build long - distance transmission lines and a lot more than you would need for conventional power plants.

The power authority's service provider, PSEG Long Island, caused an uproar in East Hampton when it began installing a six - mile - long high - voltage transmission line between East Hampton Village and Amagansett, without, according to local officials, fully informing them of what was planLong Island, caused an uproar in East Hampton when it began installing a six - mile - long high - voltage transmission line between East Hampton Village and Amagansett, without, according to local officials, fully informing them of what was planlong high - voltage transmission line between East Hampton Village and Amagansett, without, according to local officials, fully informing them of what was planned.

East Hampton Town has joined a lawsuit brought by a citizens group in 2014 against the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG - Long Island over the installation of high - voltage transmission lines and poles along a six - mile route from East Hampton Village to an Amagansett substation.

As the electrical service provider for the Long Island Power Authority, PSEG Long Island began work in 2013 to upgrade power transmission lines between its East Hampton Village and Amagansett substations.

That project would have cut a broad swath across upstate New York for a 190 - mile - long, 2,000 - megawatt overhead transmission line from Utica to New York City.

He maintains that some combination of new generators and new transmission lines could be ready in time to cope with summer 2016, the first peak demand period that power - hungry New York City and Long Island would face without both reactors.

Under the so - called «thunderstorm alert,» extra power - generation facilities are turned on to reduce the power flowing long distances on the state's transmission lines.

Last fall's storm didn't cause any blackouts in the United States, but it did create power surges in long - range transmission lines.

Protected steel pipes are often used for higher pressure, longer distance transmission lines.

By contrast, federal policy on transmission is hogtied by regional conflicts over who pays for long - distance transmission lines for renewable energy, and local opposition to new lines and their skyscraping towers.

In coming years the handful of DC transmission lines scattered across the country today may be joined by at least nine new long - distance, high - voltage DC (HVDC) lines that several companies are planning to build.

Technology for power transmission advanced in the 1970s, allowing direct current to return as a viable option — and for lines more than 300 to 500 miles long, DC outcompetes AC.

It is intended to serve as a distributed energy source, dispensing with the need for expensive high capacity transmission lines over long distances.

Only the sultry Long Beach Blue paint ($ 550), Executive Package ($ 1,400 for park distance control, rear - view camera, heated steering wheel, automatic high beams, Wi - Fi hotspot, and wireless charging), and seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission ($ 2,900) were added to our M2's bottom line.

The M DCT also is occasionally unpredictable in its clutch engagement off the line and, in automatic mode, can sometimes take a long time to respond to throttle inputs, but there's nothing about the transmission that a few software updates couldn't fix.

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Though the Spider is assembled on the same line as the Miata, it rides on a unique suspension, is longer, and uses a completely different engine / transmission combo.

However, in the long - term - future, direct drive electric motors without transmissions will be the passenger car drive line of choice.

And the top - line model, the Fit Sport with Navigation, is no longer available with manual transmission.

Fitted with either the 6 - speed manual transmission or optional paddle - shift 8 - speed automatic (a better choice given the manual's long throws), the 2016 Genesis Coupe feels strong and willing, especially in a straight line.

TorqueFlite ® eight - speed automatic transmission and driver - selectable Normal, Comfort and Sport electric power steering modes make her a blast to drive on multiple terrains, with a four - wheel independent short - and long - arm sport suspension and rear - wheel drive for blasting out the starting line.

Chrysler hasn't said much about performance upgrades that are in line with the new transmission, but we suspect that the new eight - speed will also keep you within torque band longer if you so choose to floor it.

Starting at $ 32,535, the 2017 Ford F - 250 XL 4x2 SD Regular Cab is powered by a 6.2 L, 8 - cylinder engine mated to an automatic transmission that returns an EPA estimated The top of the line 2017 Ford F - 250 Platinum 4x4 SD Crew Cab Long Box, priced at $ 62,310, is powered by a 6.2 L, 8 - cylinder engine mated to an automatic transmission.

With a hard stomp, we did get a little sound out of the front tires as they launched us off the line, and holding down the accelerator made the transmission hold its gears long enough to build up speed, but the car wasn't ready to leap forward at a moment's notice.

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Even if regulations are in place, markets won't address long - term research needs such as solar energy and improved transmission lines.

In addition, many of these developments require infrastructure changes such as transmission lines and energy storage faclilities (mainly pumped hydroelectric storage) to become practical in the long term.

Other long distance transmission lines are under construction or in the planning stages.

Transmission lines often have a long lifetime, lasting a few decades.

This computer model will quantify the economic, environmental, and social benefits of developing remote renewable energy sources and linking them to population centers via long distance electrical transmission lines.

This will quantify the economic, environmental, and social benefits of developing remote renewable energy sources and linking them to population centers via long distance electrical transmission lines.

Friends of Maine's Mountains (FMM) has opposed all of these attempts because power producing companies have an incentive to build generators in remote areas far from population centers, while utilities that are essentially sister companies have an incentive to build transmission lines hundreds of miles long.

And the transmission lines are very long; much longer than to fossil fuel or nuclear plants.

No medium of long - distance power transmission line has ever been built in Australia to connect a region rich in renewable power with the electricity grid.

In addition to the installations, the RFP will seek out proposals for long - distance transmission lines to carry wind power from onshore and offshore wind projects to population centers in Massachusetts and Connecticut, which account for 70 percent of the region's electricity demand.

Oh, better transmission length than I thought: «For comparison, while single - line, voice - grade copper systems longer than a couple of kilometers require in - line signal repeaters for satisfactory performance; it is not unusual for optical systems to go over 100 kilometers (62 mi), with no active or passive processing.»

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.

The State Grid is banking on building new ultra-high voltage (UHV) long - distance transmission lines to fill the gap.

Although private investors are investing in long - distance high - voltage transmission lines, these need to be incorporated into a carefully planned national grid, the electrical equivalent of President Eisenhower's interstate highway system, in order to unleash the full potential of renewable energy wealth.