Sentences with phrase «make electrical energy»

And in terms broad direction the most significant reductions is CO2 emission has been the long term use of nuclear energy to make electrical energy and more natural gas use rather than coal.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, even the most experienced building and facilities managers can make simple mistakes that lead to unnecessary energy consumption and heightened electrical bills.

First of all, look at your electrical bill, and make sure that — if it's an option — you've selected to receive solar energy.

The state - led program targets 10 strategic industries for replacing imports with Chinese - made products: advanced information technology, robotics, aircraft, shipbuilding and marine engineering, advanced rail equipment, new energy vehicles, electrical generation equipment, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials.

This makes me happy: By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists have introduced a new method for the desalination of seawater that consumes less energy and is dramatically simpler than conventional techniques.

More electrical energy tends to be used to keep a coffee maker's warming plate on for extended periods of time, compared to the quick use needed to make a single serve cup of coffee.

National Sustainability means bringing solutions, like energy efficient lighting and electrical vehicle charging stations, to Towne Park's customers to help them make a better planet while also saving money.

«The various «A» and «X» combinations already known make the «AX» structures highly attractive for a number of potential applications, such as electrical energy storage and catalysis.»

In addition to being light and flexible, it can extract electrical energy from human blood and sweat, making the device potentially usable as a power source for tiny medical devices inside the human body.

For example, organic semiconductors could be made to change their electrical properties, and OLEDs could show on / off switching characteristics by using the energy from gas that is supplied to it.

«If we are able to convert light, which is electromagnetic energy, into motion, or convert motion into electrical energy, then we have the potential to make molecular devices much smaller,» he said.

«As much as 15 percent of energy is lost to dissipation during transmission, so if you could make wires from this material and use them in the electrical grid, it could change that story.»

For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has investigated various materials in search of those whose electrical properties might make them suitable for small, energy - efficient transistors to power next - generation electronic devices.

Sensors made with atomically thin layers of MoS2 revealed better selectivity to certain gases owing to the electron energy band gap in this material, which resulted in strong suppression of electrical current upon exposure to some of the gases.

The new process, which the researchers have called «acoustowetting,» works on a chip made of lithium niobate — a piezoelectric material capable of converting electrical energy into mechanical pressure.

But for postdoc - turned - entrepreneur Riccardo Signorelli and his mentor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) electrical engineering professor Joel Schindall, the stimulus money looks more like a launching pad — one that they hope will blast a technology they have developed toward the goal of making a «transformative» difference in America's energy future.

The result, led by researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is the culmination of 20 years of research aimed at finding out whether the pseudogap helps or hinders superconductivity, which could transform society by making electrical transmission, computing and other areas much more energy effiEnergy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is the culmination of 20 years of research aimed at finding out whether the pseudogap helps or hinders superconductivity, which could transform society by making electrical transmission, computing and other areas much more energy effienergy efficient.

08.09.14 - Optical circuits use light instead of electricity, making them faster and more energy - efficient than electrical systems.

At the same time, catalysts convert excess electrical energy produced via renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind, into chemical energy, making it easy to store the energy for future use.

The coordinated flow of this electrical energy at all times is what makes up the presence of life.

Plasma: A collection of free - moving electrons and ions (atoms that have lost electrons); intense thermal, electrical, or light energy is needed to strip electrons from atoms to make plasma.

And if McLaren is serious about energy recuperation (ERS), E-boost and E-charging, a parallel 48 - volt electrical system and an advanced buffer battery are essential ingredients which make an evolution of the modular vehicle structure mandatory.

A rechargeable device most often made of lead plates covered in an electrolyte and protected by a plastic shell which supplies consistent electrical energy to a motor vehicle.

Then there's the sonic contribution of the engine, which, for all its gusting and low - frequency energy, seems to have no mechanical «edge» at all, merely numerous, minutely varied layers of «whoomph», and fails to make the electrical connection with the small hairs on the back of your neck.

For the first time, the turbocharger of the internal combustion engine is linked to an electrical machine, which makes it possible to convert the thermal energy of the exhaust gas flow into electric energy — for instance, when the boost pressure limit has been reached.

This advance is rooted primarily in advances made to the battery cell technology, which in turn stem from the BMW Group's ever - increasing expertise in the field of electrical energy storage.

The ink is bistable — that is, it requires electrical power only to change its state, making it very energy - efficient.

One advantage I really like, aside from energy savings, is that they are less hot and produce more light with less wattage, making it possible to have a «60» watt cfl where one is only supposed to have a 40 watt incandescent or a «100» watt cfl in a 60 watt lamp, both in terms of electrical and fire (the shade) safety.

Tariff revenues should fund upgrades to the nation's electrical grid to make it smart, and to replace revenue for steeper tax credits for energy efficiency.

He then goes on to make 1 J of electrical energy equivalent to 1 J of chemical energy, completely ignoring the much higher efficiency of electric motors compared to internal combustion engines.

The integrated «smart grid» electrical power network may be needed to make wind farm power available in the right places, but it will also perpetuate the most wasteful practice known to man which is the system of central power plants that throw away up to twice the heat energy as they manage to get converted into electric energy.

And that's just to make the paper; don't forget about the energy inputs — chemical, electrical, and fossil fuel - based — used to transport the raw material, turn the paper into a bag and then transport the finished paper bag all over the world.

As shown in a white paper submitted to RGGI by the Environmental Energy Alliance of New York the affected electrical generation units have made most if not all of the cost effective reductions possible from their operations.

As also shown in the white paper submitted to RGGI by the Environmental Energy Alliance of New York the affected electrical generation units have made most if not all of the cost effective reductions possible from their operations.

Useful thermal output: The thermal energy made available in a combined - heat - and - power system for use in any industrial or commercial process, heating or cooling application, or delivered to other end users, i.e., total thermal energy made available for processes and applications other than electrical generation.

I would agree 100 % that building nuclear power plants using today's best technology to cover a majority of future electrical energy needs or to replace old fossil fuel plants that are being decommissioned anyway makes sense.

Buildings operate like trees; they sequester carbon, make oxygen, distill water, provide habitat for thousands of species, and convert solar income into all the thermal and electrical energy they need — and sell excess power to the neighbors.

Converting DC to AC on a massive scale to make even a dent in the country's electrical usage would take hundreds of billions of dollars, and every stage in converting DC to AC loses some 20 % of the energy to heat.

Texas» largest power line company says it has found a way to quickly revolutionize the state's electrical grid, making it more reliable and friendlier to renewable energy without driving up consumer costs.

In Europe, the addition of electrical generating capacity from renewable energy sources in 2006 exceeded that from conventional sources, making it the first continent to enter the new energy era.

Capacitors store energy as an electrical field, making them more efficient than standard batteries, which get their energy from chemical reactions.

The ECAP program's financial and technical services are designed to make it easy for any member electrical contractor to implement a renewable energy project.

The study found support for city subsidies to help make existing buildings more environmentally friendly; a $ 2.50 surcharge on the average household monthly electricity bill to support public education on energy use; and support for the installation of solar panels on city - owned buildings, even if the electricity generated is significantly more expensive than what what the government now pays for electrical power.

A tremendous thank - you to Ms. Johnson, the trainees, Millennium Solar, Quality Electrical Construction and the many partners who helped make this demonstration project a success: Blacks in Green, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Faith in Place, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, Elevate Energy and 7th Ward Alderman Greg Mitchell.

ALEC's Updating Net Metering Policies Resolution, discussed last week at its States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC, would complement dirty utilities like Duke Energy that are working to make it more costly for people to feed their own solar power into the electrical grid.

At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

The fibers, which can be arranged in regular patterns and be made of 3 different materials, could provide the basis for a program aimed at developing multifunctional uniforms - functions that would include the production and storage of electrical energy.

A new technology developed by University of Nebraska - Lincoln electrical engineering doctoral student Jie Cheng solves both of those problems by harnessing the excess wind energy usually wasted as spillage and storing it for use when wind speeds dip, making wind turbines more efficient and consistent.

The budget anticipates an estimated savings of $ 27,400 in utility costs for the coming and future years as a result of various energy saving measures being made in the building's HVAC and electrical systems.

Microgrid are integral to initiatives that aim to strengthen the economy, save lives during natural disasters, and make our energy supply more sustainable and our electrical power more secure.