Sentences with phrase «of electrical energy for»

The importance of electrical energy for economic growth in Barbados.

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It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

How fast it goes: The two fuel stacks (which provide 670 horsepower) are augmented by a supercapacitor that stores electrical energy conserved during breaking for another 201 horsepower, for a total of 871 horsepower.

The basics: The Tiguan GTE can be plugged in to charge, but it also offers a solar roof module that generate electrical energy fed directly into the battery, which allows for up to 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of zero emissions driving.

And Bristol University in the UK is working on underwater robots that generate electrical energy by foraging for biomatter to feed a chain of microbial fuel - cell stomachs.

• Trident Maritime Systems, a Virginia - based portfolio company of J.F. Lehman & Co., has agreed to acquire Callenberg Technology Group, a Swedish maker of HVAC, electrical energy management and insulation systems for commercial and government vessels, from Wilhelmsen Maritime Services AS.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.

With a contract now in place between Tesla and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), the battery «will help solve power outages, reduce intermittencies, and manage summertime peak load to support the reliability of South Australia's electrical infrastructure, providing enough power for more than 30,000 homes — approximately equal to the amount of homes that lost power during the blackout period last year,» Tesla said in a statement.

The city intends to use this time to establish the principles for commercial archaeologists in the crypto currencies, having in mind the protection of the inhabitants before payment of enhanced cost of using electrical energy.

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.

For example, when physicists explain the electrical conductivity of metals in terms of the «band structure» of the energy levels of the electrons in a crystal lattice of atoms, to which of the four causes does that correspond?

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.

Energy Consumption: Meat processing facilities are major users of use energy to heat water and produce steam for process applications and for cleaning purposes, as well as for operation of miscellaneous electrical equipment, refrigeration, and air compreEnergy Consumption: Meat processing facilities are major users of use energy to heat water and produce steam for process applications and for cleaning purposes, as well as for operation of miscellaneous electrical equipment, refrigeration, and air compreenergy to heat water and produce steam for process applications and for cleaning purposes, as well as for operation of miscellaneous electrical equipment, refrigeration, and air compressors.

The Powership will generate high voltage electrical energy at one of the lowest prices for thermal power generation.

Solar power is a slowly growing piece of the energy picture in New York while offering jobs possibilities for all of the electrical bits and pieces other than the actual solar panels.

Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure — Vote Passed (254 - 175, 4 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would establish a new system for the approval and permitting of border - crossing oil and gas pipelines and electrical transmission lines.

With growing risks to the nation's electrical grid from natural disasters and as a potential target for malicious attacks, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should work closely with utility operators and other stakeholders to improve cyber and physical security and resilience, says a new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

After 12 years of commercializing a technology she developed during her Ph.D. research in electrical and computer engineering, Kavita Ravi, 2011 - 13 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy, was ready for a change.

«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.»

Using a simple alternator, six hours of pedaling can create and store enough electrical energy in batteries to light about six homes for 30 days (in areas where people use less electricity than in the U.S.).

Even if renewable energy goes mainstream, INL researchers still believe nuclear will be essential for supporting the electrical grid's base load — that portion of the nation's electricity that must be supplied at a constant rate, in contrast to the variable supplies from the sun and wind.

In terms of timescales, Professor Shih says the research is almost ready for commercialisation: «The remaining tasks will be to enhance the stability of these compounds and to ensure that they can endure high temperatures, humidity and electrical energy being applied.»

Over the last two years, Afridi and his colleagues have developed a proof of concept for wireless power transfer that transfers electrical energy through electric fields at very high frequencies.

Such new technology will enable advances in battery materials science, flexible battery charging rates, thermal and electrical engineering of new battery materials / technology and it has the potential to help the design of energy storage systems for high performance applications such as motor racing and grid balancing.

Now in its fourth round of awards, ARPA - E allocated $ 156 million to 60 projects grouped in five focus areas: Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO), Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies for Energy (REACT), High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage (HEATS), Green Electricity Network Integration (GENI) and Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (Solar ADEPT).

«Large amounts of regenerated electrical energy from the train can be turned to kinetic energy for storage in the flywheel in a short period of time,» he says.

Researchers have tried for decades to harvest some of this lost energy and convert it into electrical power.

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 devicFor 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 devicfor small, energy - efficient transistors to power next - generation electronic devices.

The efficiency still falls just below the U.S. Department of Energy's 10 % benchmark for a commercially viable catalyst, notes Eric Miller, an electrical engineer at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

«Such organic flow batteries will be game - changers for grid electrical energy storage in terms of simplicity, cost, reliability and sustainability,» said Prakash.

«Hydrogen produced onboard the aircraft during flight can be channeled to a fuel cell for electrical energy generation,» said lead researcher Dr. Shani Elitzur of the Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

Much of the electrical energy that powers your mobile phone or computer ends up heating the circuitry, for instance.

Chu highlighted the department's biggest new research initiative, a set of eight new Energy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulEnergy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulation.

Another exciting application is the harvesting of electrical energy from the bloodstream for medical applications.

«Use of electrical energy studied for treating certain type of atrial fibrillation, in place of medications.»

In the past decade, the amount of electricity generated from renewables worldwide almost doubled, according to the International Energy Agency, and by 2006 they accounted for 2.3 per cent of the 19 million gigawatt - hours of electrical energy the world proEnergy Agency, and by 2006 they accounted for 2.3 per cent of the 19 million gigawatt - hours of electrical energy the world proenergy the world produced.

In his search for solar cells, dubbed the Clean Energy Project, Aspuru - Guzik is screening molecules for a host of properties involved in converting sunlight into electrical eEnergy Project, Aspuru - Guzik is screening molecules for a host of properties involved in converting sunlight into electrical energyenergy.

There may not yet be a market for underwater turbines or wave - riding electrical generators designed to use ocean turbulence as a source of renewable energy, but that has not stopped a handful of entrepreneurs from trying to create one.

Additionally, installation of electrolyzer systems on electrical grids for power - to - gas applications, which integrate renewable energy, grid services and energy storage will require large - capacity, cost - effective hydrogen storage.

Albertani is working with Sinisa Todorovic, associate professor of computer science at OSU, and Matthew Johnston, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, on what they hope will be a major breakthrough in a safer - for - wildlife expansion of wind energy worldwide.

Using an onboard source of energy (such as a battery, ultracapacitor, solar panel or any combination thereof), the electrodes will send an electrical current into the plasma, causing the plasma to push against the neutral (noncharged) air surrounding the craft, theoretically generating enough force for liftoff and movement in different directions (depending on where on the craft's surface you direct the electrical current).

«Our work has fundamental contributions by introducing electrical bias as a way to control the phase of an active material, and by laying the basic scientific groundwork for such novel energy and information processing devices,» Yildiz adds.

Many farmshave already developed methods of converting the billions of tons of animal waste produced each year intomethane for electrical and heat energy; beginning in March, 1,200 households inCalifornia will be powered by cow manure.

Halas, Rice's Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science and nanoengineering, said hot electrons are particularly interesting for solar - energy applications because they can be used to create devices that produce direct current or to drive chemical reactions on otherwise inert metal surfaces.

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Their work has implications for the development of novel electronic devices, such as photo sensors that convert light into electrical energy.

As a result, the engineered quantum dots feature nearly complete suppression of Auger effect's heat loss, and this allows for redirecting the energy released by the electrical current into the light - emission channel instead of wasteful heat.

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.

Dr Michael Schier, from DLR's Institute of Vehicle Concepts, said: «For electric vehicles, the air conditioning uses a lot of electrical energy, thereby cutting down the range of electric cars by up to 50 per cent.

We can also store the leftover renewable energy in the form of compressed hydrogen for a later use when the electrical demand is higher, or as fuel for vehicles,» Serra adds.