Sentences with phrase «of conventional power»

Which means that wind power — a wholly weather dependent power source, that can't be stored and costs 3 - 4 times the cost of conventional power — scores NIL on -LSB-...]

Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power that the bullfrogpowered Simons locations use.

Through the partnership, Bullfrog Power's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power that Your Credit Union's locations use.

By comparison, the load factor of conventional power stations averages 50 %.

In recent years, as the large - scale deployment of renewable generation gathers pace and the contribution of conventional power generation (gas, coal and nuclear) to electricity supply dwindles, popular concern over grid stability and reliability has grown substantially.

Even if the tax credits are preserved, $ 940 million of the $ 1.6 billion contract represents costs above projections for the likely market price of conventional power.

This condition is where management practices such as using inertia of conventional power plants to act as short term energy storage can be deployed.

Using data provided by CBS, the Dutch Institute for Statistics, the researchers made an estimate of the «turning point» where the efficiency reduction of conventional power plants balances out the fuel savings from wind energy.

The government was using incorrect data because it did not correct for the reduction in efficiency of the conventional power plants once wind was introduced into the system.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of Southgate's common areas.

The prices were supposed to balance out the hidden costs of conventional power, from pollution to decades of coal subsidies.

The question has come up a few times without being answered — what is the impact on efficiency of conventional power generation?

These types of projects are also being promoted by the states and the power producer in an effort to reduce the demand and size of conventional power plants and lessen the strain on their grid.

The partnership between the Canadian Red Cross and Bullfrog Power means that Bullfrog's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power the Ottawa head office uses.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of CrossIron Mills» common areas.

The GRACE Energy Program promotes clean energy and educates consumers about the environmental effects of conventional power generation.

The GRACE Energy Program promotes clean energy, focusing on renewable energy, distributed generation and energy efficiency, and describes the environmental effects of conventional power generation.

But because it was one of the first technologies to produce power, and its expansion happened in waves throughout the 20th century, it is generally seen as an older source of conventional power generation, Ruby said.

The term dumb generation describes the kind of conventional power plants, wind turbines or solar panels that have been used for decades.

Representatives Shimkus and Kinzinger of Illinois both asked about the economic health of conventional power plants in light of the increasing penetration of renewable resources, namely wind and solar power.

However, there is a difference between building up / increasing capacity and actually increasing the amount of kWh coming out of conventional power plants.

Either you didn't understand the question or you are really believing that 48.8 GW of conventional power plant capacity was on standby, ready to jump in in case the wind and solar output suddenly would drop to 0 GW.

No mention of course, that wind turbines need a constant backup source of energy, usually in the form of a conventional power plant, or that the production of these hundred - ton industrial machines creates one ton of hazardous and toxic waste PER turbine blade (according to a report from VESTA wind turbine manufacturer).

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power its bullfrogpowered facilities use.

Over the projected 20 year lifespan of these monstrous machines, this will certainly happen, along with breakdowns that can't be fixed, rusting structures that will have to be pulled down, the amount of conventional power used to keep them running..., and so on, and so on, and so on.

Unlike the hydraulic pumps of conventional power steering systems, the electric motor of the electromechanical arrangement uses energy only when the steering wheel is actually turned.

The EPSRC Energy Programme will build on the large amount of research already being conducted through a number of consortia and research programs at various institutions working in areas such as biomass and bioenergy, marine energy, and extending the lifetime of conventional power plants through the Supergen programme.

I find that Boff has gone the furthest in repudiating all vestiges of conventional power in lifting up the liberating work of God.

The first, to which the Bush administration seems largely committed, is to encourage oil and gas production and the building of conventional power plants.

The cost of producing solar power has fallen sharply in the past five years — so much that in some cases it can be half the price, or even less, of conventional power.

Designers and engineers of the Fiat 500e worked to minimize drag while keeping the iconic styling of the conventional powered Fiat 500.

Not exact matches

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

We aren't going back to the golden age of sail, and the SkySails system won't completely eliminate the need for conventional fuel - powered engines.

Through the power of software, one can supposedly program these commodity servers with the ability to take on the tasks of conventional networking gear.

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

A car can be retrofitted to run on CNG (compressed natural gas), but it doesn't have the range of a conventional petrol powered car.

The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

Yet instead of enhancing the Fed's conventional powers of monetary control, the ballooning of the Fed's balance sheet has sapped those powers by making it unnecessary for banks to routinely borrow from one another in the federal funds market to meet their legal reserve requirements.

In light of the above analysis, Bitcoin's power usage per transaction isn't remotely sustainable as a wholesale replacement for the conventional financial system.

«Now it's time for the government to unapologetically promote Alberta's emissions reduction successes to date and clearly articulate support for the long - term growth of Alberta's energy industry, including the oil sands, conventional production, natural gas power, cogeneration and renewable energy.»

«Storage effectively provides a low - cost source of power, eliminating the need for the highest cost, least efficient conventional power plant,» says the report.

First Solar has been driving solar energy forward since its founding in 1999, working to advance its goal of making solar power an affordable alternative to conventional energy.

«You simply can not pull as much as 20 per cent of the purchasing power away from conventional mortgage borrowers and not create a downturn in consumer demand,» Muir says in the release.

The superpowers are armed with thousands of megaton weapons, each of which has a greater destructive power than all conventional explosives used since gunpowder was invented.

Dissatisfied with, or distrustful of, conventional therapy, the charismatic seeks evidence of Pentecostal power.

My contention is that this places Ivan's sensibility much nearer to the authentic vision of the New Testament than are many of the more pious and conventional forms of Christian conviction today The gospel of the ancient church was always one of rebellion against those principalities and powers — death chief among them — that enslave and torment creation; nowhere does the New Testament rationalize evil or accord it necessity or treat it as part of the necessary fabric of God's world.

The setting of the myth reflects a conventional Hindu plot: the divine power emerges through a process of transposition of heads.27 Furthermore, the mythological characters contained in this song present easily identifiable figures from common Hindu stories that are fairly well - known in South India.

The superpowers are armed with thousands of megaton weapons, each of which has a greater destructive power than all conventional explosives...

The «visual statements» of advertisers dispense conventional wisdom with a power to evoke a positive response.

Because he opened out an everlasting communion with the Father that made the Romans, the conventional powers and authorities, all the destructive and craven impulses of the world, even death itself, seem paltry and pitiful.