What Drives People's Opinions
of Electricity Infrastructure?
What's more, sea levels are rising, elevating storm surge and increasing the amount of coastal flooding — and the amount
of electricity infrastructure at risk — when future storms arrive.
The agency is also reporting that 90 per cent of government buildings and business structures were damaged as well as 90 per cent
of the electricity infrastructure.
Not exact matches
«We can actually put computation in the
infrastructure of the city so that we can make the city not only greener but more efficient,» he says, referencing innovations that could prevent the waste
of electricity and water from cracks in building architecture.
Instead, the winning group will have a public - private partnership contract with the government which will allow it use
of some state
infrastructure, such as sites to build towers on and a fiber optic network owned by the state
electricity firm.
Their civic and business
infrastructure requires massive amounts
of electricity and, given the way so many are currently planned, their private and public forms
of transportation emit enormous CO2 emissions.
The U.S. has been rocked by three massive hurricanes that have left millions
of people without homes,
electricity, and other critical
infrastructure.
These aren't the kind
of hacks that mean tech - savvy folks need to change their login credentials, but precursors to something far more serious: potentially devastating and life - threatening
infrastructure disruptions that could leave thousands or millions
of people without
electricity or other utilities.
In the last federal budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim
of identifying «the most promising
electricity infrastructure projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions.»
In our case it includes ALL hardware, software,
infrastructure, bandwidth,
electricity, hosting, storage, etc. as well as the full salary
of all Evernote employees that directly service the system — all customer support and network operations.
For the last 300 years, the assumption
of Europe and North America was that you were going to have a mixed economy, with governments investing in
infrastructure, roads and other transportation, communications, water and sewer systems, gas and
electricity.
This lack
of electricity has crippled much
of the region's
infrastructure.
There are significant parallels between water and
electricity infrastructure in the 20th century and high bandwidth internet connectivity in the 21st century, with both exhibiting the type
of network externality problems that lead to under - investment by the private sector.
These include deficient
infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, rising trade barriers, relatively high
electricity costs, and the unknown status
of current and future trade agreements.
80 %
of its business comes from natural gas and
electricity services while the other 20 % is divided among
infrastructure services (pipelines) and other energy services.
5) Irma and Maria collapsed the
infrastructure,
electricity, and communications lines
of the British Virgin Islands: The British Virgin Islands were beaten by both Hurricanes Irma and Maria (though Maria caused less damage than some feared).
I was learning a lot
of calculus, mechanics and
electricity, but only theoretically because most universities don't have the
infrastructure to do practical classes on these subjects.
«Tesla Powerpack will charge using renewable energy from the Hornsdale Wind Farm and then deliver
electricity during peak hours to help maintain the reliable operation
of South Australia's electrical
infrastructure,» Tesla said in a press release.
Lack
of infrastructure — roads,
electricity, refrigeration — can make it daunting.
Mr Morrison also faces another controversial approval requiring FIRB advice over Hong Kong - based Cheung Kong
Infrastructure Holdings's proposed $ 7.6 billion takeover
of the DUET Group's
electricity and gas networks in Victoria and Western Australia.
President underscored two economic pillars with emphasis on jobs and promised to introduce new legislations and policies, which will be intended to achieve sustainable economic growth, develop and expand agriculture, and address our very large
infrastructure deficit, with particular emphasis on road construction and the provision
of affordable and adequate
electricity for all our people.
On Social
infrastructure, President Mahama said with the efforts employed about eighty percent
of Ghanaians have access to
electricity and with the expansion
of water systems Accra for instance currently has a hundred percent access to water, the first in the history
of the country.
The government has shown its commitment to replacing our ageing energy
infrastructure, and the
Electricity Market Reform (EMR) proposals are intended to provide the economic and commercial underpinning to investments in a range
of low - carbon technologies, including nuclear.
However, could they do same parallel to educational
infrastructure, health
infrastructure, provision
of water, expanding
electricity?
He said his first term witnessed massive
infrastructure expansion in the area
of health, education,
electricity and the provision
of good drinking water.
He said, «As we celebrate the 18th anniversary
of the return
of democracy, we must remind ourselves that the greatest blessings
of democracy are not just good roads, hospitals,
electricity and other socio - economic
infrastructure, which are still grossly inadequate, anyway.
One
of the participants, the Vice-Chancellor
of the Bingham University, Nasarawa State, Prof. Leonard Kursim - Fwa, expressed worry about the state
of education,
infrastructure deficiency and poor
electricity, among others.
Twenty years on and
electricity was such a pervasive but largely invisible part
of the
infrastructure that companies no longer needed someone to watch over it.
The
infrastructure challenges include installing tens
of millions
of charging stations, strengthening the grid to handle
electricity demand by plug - ins, and changing utility regulations to promote nighttime recharging
In countries or regions where
infrastructure such as
electricity, cold chain and other essential requirements are not in place, it's very hard to maintain the integrity
of the medical supply chain.
In terms
of infrastructure, such big solar fits as comfortably as a coal - fired power plant in the traditional
electricity business model, which involves large plants transmitting
electricity over a grid
of conducting lines through transformers and into individual homes and businesses.
The U.S.
electricity infrastructure is sorely in need
of modernization; whatever our choice for generation, we must invest in a newer, more efficient
electricity grid.
You know, another point is that even if you put aside those kinds
of consequences, the fact is that you are always investing in your energy
infrastructure anyway; so for example there are very expensive things you could do that would be involved in trying to change how
electricity is distributed across the country to help along, you know, [a] hydrogen based economy.
In the U.S. generating
electricity or putting the natural gas into a pipeline often makes sense because
of existing
infrastructure.
They dramatically improve the efficiency, flexibility and reliability
of the existing
electricity infrastructure,» they add.
They range from improving earthquake forecasting and developing early - warning systems to understanding how to increase the resistance
of existing buildings to damage and how to preserve
electricity and water
infrastructure.
They found that human needs, such as employment, utility consumption and housing, correspond directly with the population: As the number
of people doubles so does the need for housing, jobs and
electricity infrastructure, which encompasses the number
of roads, gasoline stations and the like already in place and does not necessarily keep pace with individual growth — the ratio
of user to facility simply rises.
As farmers become more aware
of the opportunities — not just in crop production but also in ecosystem markets — they have the ability to use land in concert with a regulated industry [the
electricity sector under the Clean Power Plan to satisfy that regulatory requirement through green
infrastructure.
Ngong Hills Wind Farm in Nairobi, Kenya, sited close to where there is significant demand for
electricity (Nairobi) and near existing
infrastructure, is a good example
of multiple land uses for recreation (a popular hiking area for locals), energy generation, and livestock grazing.
«About 6 percentage points
of that is gained through efficiency improvements to
infrastructure, but the bulk is the result
of replacing current sources and uses
of combustion energy with
electricity.»
Electricity generation and distribution
infrastructure in the Western United States must be «climate - proofed» to diminish the risk
of future power shortages, according to research by two Arizona State University engineers.
They found the consequences
of the drought — which included temporary water shut - offs, a spike in dengue fever cases, and higher
electricity prices — were a result
of low water availability combined with the numbers
of people involved and damage to the
infrastructure system.
The
Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center is a state -
of - the - art research platform for energy operations technology development and demonstration.
This makes multiple - unit based SMR - 160
electricity supply more resistant to natural disasters or acts
of sabotage, and eliminates the need and cost
of building traditional grid
infrastructures.
Lack
of basic
infrastructure, such as
electricity, is a major obstacle to the use
of technology in African schools.
One
of its long - term initiatives is the development
of a comprehensive information
infrastructure to serve the entire emirate, much as a utility company provides
electricity, gas, or water.
Because
of logistical considerations, the AIF primarily works with schools that have the basic
infrastructure required for a computer lab, such as the necessary space and at least sporadic
electricity.
Infrastructure improvements completed on the Electrical Load Center at the port will now provide access to
electricity in the event
of a power outage.
What you don't see is an entire staff
of people who prepare the food, who have to set up the entire
infrastructure, who have to monitor all the IT setups, all the
electricity to the pits.
Nick Moran
of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in:
electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication
infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries
of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing
of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead
of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader
of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.