Sentences with phrase «of electrical power plant»

General Electric, one of the world's largest suppliers of electrical power plant equipment, is all fired up about large markets for new coal - fired generation in India and China as America's shut down.

Not exact matches

Closures of a significant number of coal - fired power plants (for which compliance is too costly) will undermine reliability of the electrical grid and increase the risk of brownouts and blackouts.

Solar energy is the primary source of power at the plant, drawn from 670 solar panels that have been fitted on the roof and linked to a 110kW solar photovoltaic electrical system.

These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions

After last year's announcement that Indian Point, which provides 25 percent of New York City and Westchester's electrical power, will start to close in 2020 and close entirely in 2021, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised that «the state is fully prepared to replace the power generated by the plant at a negligible cost to ratepayers.»

On hand at the Upstate New York Power Producers, Inc. power plant in Somerset to oppose the Canada - New York City power deal were local representatives from every level of government as well as the local Barker Central School District, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Niagara USA Chamber of CommPower Producers, Inc. power plant in Somerset to oppose the Canada - New York City power deal were local representatives from every level of government as well as the local Barker Central School District, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Niagara USA Chamber of Commpower plant in Somerset to oppose the Canada - New York City power deal were local representatives from every level of government as well as the local Barker Central School District, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Niagara USA Chamber of Commpower deal were local representatives from every level of government as well as the local Barker Central School District, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce.

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).

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

During the present outage at Perry FENOC is also installing a new large transformer, one of two circuits that provide off - site power to the plant's on - site electrical systems.

My journey took me to one of those plants, the Oskarsham Power Plant, which provides electrical power to eastern Sweden, including the city of StockPower Plant, which provides electrical power to eastern Sweden, including the city of Stockpower to eastern Sweden, including the city of Stockholm.

It allowed the team to explore a much wider range of what - ifs by tweaking a large number of inputs, including the energy efficiency of electrical appliances, the depreciation time of coal - fired power plants, and shifts in consumer behavior.

Mazda isn't hedging its bets on electric power just yet, believing that until the worldwide electrical grid is predominantly powered by renewable energy, an electric vehicle's tailpipe emissions are too far offset by the dirtiness and high CO2 values of the fossil - fuelled coal, oil, and gas power plants that supply their electricity.

It was after spending a year working at a wind powered electrical plant in Costa Rica that Dr. Anderson made his way to Australia to fulfill his dream of becoming a veterinarian.

The property pays respect to its amazing environment, using wells and natural springs for water and taking 100 % of its electrical energy from the Miravalles Geothermal Power Plant, among many other sustainable practices.

Even if the atmosphere doesn't turn out to be more sensitive to CO2 than feared, my plan A would include a major shift to accelerator - driven thorium electrical power plants worldwide, and replacement of gasoline - powered transportation with electrical or hydrogen or some technology I don't yet know about.

~ 13 times less than land use changes (3.4 gigatons) ~ 11.5 times less than light - duty vehicles (3.0 gigatons) ~ 5.3 times less than concrete production (1.4 gigatons) ~ 2 dozen 1000 MW coal - fired power plants (2 % of the world's coal - fired electrical generation) Or, roughly the same CO2 emissions as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland or South Africa.

«Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of the electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.»

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.

If we choose to use our own abundant coal resources to provide the energy for electricity, heating, and motive power; remove CO2 from the coal - fired electrical generationg plant smokestacks, and add better safety systems to the mines, we will have done all that we need to do other than greatly improve and enlarge our public transportation systems, and the reliability of our power grid system.

Solel, which has successfully built solar power plants in the Mojave Desert, and eSolar say that they can match the cost of electrical energy from coal today.

Some new analysis done by Synapse Energy Economics, at the request of NRDC and Riverkeeper, shows that the state of New York could close the aging Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the pPower Plant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the pPlant, without needing to bring additional electrical generating capacity online until 2020, due a surplus of power capacity in the regions surrounding the ppower capacity in the regions surrounding the plantplant.

I worked in several different types of power plants for about 30 years, and there is no «good» way to generate, transmit, distribute, or store electrical energy without offending somebody, without upsetting the environment, or without following the basic laws of physics.

Increasing nuclear power plant efficiency from 1980 to today came from two areas: first, improvements to how operators re-fuel reactors, and keep plants and their workers safe; second, increasing the heat and electrical generation of plants through «up - rates.»

Auxiliary generator: A generator at the electric plant site that provides power for the operation of the electrical generating equipment itself, including related demands such as plant lighting, during periods when the electric plant is not operating and power is unavailable from the grid.

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This increased demand for cooling by the middle of this century is projected to exceed 10 gigawatts (equivalent to at least five large conventional power plants), requiring more than $ 6 billion in infrastructure investments.72 Further, approximately 95 % of the electrical generating infrastructure in the Midwest is susceptible to decreased efficiency due to higher temperatures.72

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.

As well every CO of every military base in the world would give his left nut to have his own electrical grid not reliant on diesel fueled generators with a defensible small nuclear power plant.

Nuclear power plants occupy a small area relative to their electrical generation output, the smallest physical footprint of any major energy source.

Moles whacked About a month ago Eli reported on attempts to force construction of coal powered electrical generating plants in Kansas.

Its use as fuel in an electrical power plant is most attractive since it can displace the use of coal and provide cost effective B.T.U.'s while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Say the electrical power plant would pay $ 10 per ton of diverted paper waste processed to most efficiently combust in their furnace providing the most B.T.U.'s with the fewest pollution by products.

Now in Switzerland roughly half of the power comes from hydroelectric plants with the other half coming from nuclear plants plus a smidgen of geothermal, wood, wind, etc., so there is essentially zero «carbon footprint» in electrical power here to start off with.

A veteran of the U.S. Submarine Service (one hitch) and a degreed Electrical Engineer (U.T. Knoxville — 1968 — three peer - reviewed IEEE papers published), I spent most of my career designing, building and commissioning electric power generating plants including hydro, pumped storage, coal fired, natural gas, nuclear (both PWR and BWR), geothermal, wood - waste, and landfill gas.

While I do remember one unusually cold winter in the last 10 years when we had snow on the ground until the end of March because it just wouldn't get warm enough to thaw (France actually ran out of power for their electrical heating that year, leading to huge imports from Germany, because nuclear plants just don't adapt well to demand), normally we should be in spring by now.

Expressed in financial terms, the health costs linked to biomass burning for power generation run into billions of euros each year, with health costs associated with emissions from former coal and co-fired plants amounting to 137,000 euros per year on average for every megawatt of electrical capacity installed.

Drawing on the latest technologies, including those used by oil and gas companies in drilling and in enhanced oil recovery, the team estimated that enhanced geothermal systems could be used to develop 100,000 megawatts of electrical generating capacity in the United States by 2050, a capacity equal to 250 coal - fired power plants.

And to provide electrical at 10 cent per kw / hour retail [a 1 / 10th of that wholesale] it needs to be able to build power plants in a time period of less than 10 years.

The greenhouse insulating blanket operates asymmetrically with respect to incoming solar energy and escaping thermal radiation just as the enclosure of your house lets electrical energy from the external power plant enter freely and impedes the escape of heat.

So, the fact that the Sun is spatially «external» to the Earth greenhouse blanket is just as irrelevant to the location of the effective heat source (where actual heat is being produced) as is the fact that the power plant that generates the power for your electrical house heating system is «external» to your house.

Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.

On the other hand, it is reasonable to assume that natural market factors will gradually result in a reduction of ever more expensive fossil fuel combustion as older coal - fired power plants are shut down and replaced by nuclear plants, as hybrid and electrical cars gradually replace gasoline and diesel driven ones, and as energy efficiency is improved and waste reduced.

Because electrical systems must be built to deal with that highest range of demand, operators will have to address these increases by either building more power plants, developing better battery storage capacity or convincing consumers to shift some of their use to off - peak hours.

As Sam says, MWe denotes electrical power and is in fact universally used to denote the sustained electrical output of thermal generating plants.

Identifying energy storage technologies such as grid - based electrical energy storage... with the most promise to resolve grid stability and operations issues related to higher penetrations of renewables, reduce the costs of those technologies, analyze their integration with solar and wind power plants, and accelerate their commercialization.

Note that most of the storage, transport, and power generation technology for methane is already mature, and that a strong reliance on methane could reduce the need for large electrical grids with huge generating plants.

One Rosenfeld is equal to 3 billion kilowatt - hours per year, which represents the electrical output of one 500 - megawatt coal - fired power plant under a set of standard assumptions.

After all, we can't escape the fact that we depend on an infrastructure — roads, buildings, sewage systems, power plants, electrical grids, etc. — that requires huge quantities of fossil fuels.

The result: 192 beams carrying 1000 times more energy than the electrical generating capacity of all of the power plants in the USA.

The Sierra Club, which has a Beyond Coal campaign, said 142 U.S. coal - fired power plants have closed during its efforts, representing 105 gigawatts of electrical capacity.