Sentences with phrase «old power stations»

Coal fired power will only be replaced as old power stations are retired or coal becomes too expensive due to export demand.

To make up for short comings I'd have converted old power stations to synchronous condensers (they would tie to the system and spin but would not generate any power), add power electronic equipment to provide pseudo support, and possibly install large flywheels.

It said these countries should immediately promise to stop building new coal plants and to accelerate the closure of old power stations.

Even 70 year old power stations belching black smoke will smell sweet.

Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the UK Nuclear Industry Association, said: «Building new nuclear capacity in west Cumbria is an integral part of the UK being able to replace old power stations, keeping a balanced mix as carbon emissions are reduced.

Under the streets around the old power station, its giant copper cables have been joined by a new web of fibre - optics.

As Morris takes over the reins of an old power station, McCrory takes the reins, temporarily, of Tramway, a former tram depot that is now one of Glasgow's largest contemporary visual and performing arts venues.

On the occasion of his solo exhibition within the framework of the festival Sommer.Frische.Kunst in Bad Gastein (Austria) we met with the artist at the old power station of the town.

Every night an old coal train chugs in to central Beijing to deliver its load to the Guohua power plant, one of the city's oldest power stations now surrounded by glitzy malls and towering apartment blocks.

AGL proposes to close this old power station.

In fact, new coal - fired power capacity additions in 2017 were the lowest in at least nine years (see figure, below), with official reports indicating capacity actually dropping for four consecutive months during the year, as older power stations have been retired.

In the near future, as older power stations are taken off - line, nuclear's share of global electricity production will fall precipitously unless new plants are built.

The amount that generating capacity exceeds peak demand, known as the «capacity margin», is already shrinking in the UK, as older power stations are decommissioned without new generation being created at the same rate.

In September 2017 the Liddell power station was again in the news when the Turnbull Government discussed its aim of keeping the old power station going for five years past the date at which AGL proposed to close it down.

This is an old power station, commissioned between 1971 and 1973.

If the Turnbull Coalition government was to use taxpayer's money to reopen this old power station it would have to be one of the most unethical acts ever by an Australian government (at least since Liberal PM John Howard got Australia involved in the Iraq War) and Australia would be even more an international climate - inaction pariah than it already is.

The Malaysian - backed Battersea Power Station Development Company bought the old power station in 2012 and has since enlisted the help of Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoly to transform the derelict site into an ultra luxurious complex.

As the first brand ever, ferm LIVING opened the gates to the unique facilities at the old power station at Bremerholm in central Copenhagen

Not exact matches

The event, held at the Boiler House, Battersea Power Station, raised funds to fix the leaking roof of the 192 - year - old theatre, which sustained bomb damage during the Second World War.

Britain is in dire need of new power stations to replace the old gas - fired ones that are being mothballed.

The old Pendlebury colliery and power station have been partially replaced by a business park and a private prison.

In the old days, seizing power in a totalitarian state meant taking over the local television station along with army headquarters.

At age 15, when she realized just how close the bay was to the Oyster Creek Generating Station, the nation's oldest nuclear power plant, she swung into action.

If we want to reduce the use of cooling water throughout the EU, says Dr. Behrens, we will need to close old, inefficient power stations, and replace them with renewable sources, such as wind and solar energy.

By JUAN MATTHEWS and COLIN ENGLISHSafety inspectors threatened to close down the oldest commercial nuclear power stations in England and Wales last year unless the company operating them, Nuclear Electric, could confirm that the steel pressure vessels surrounding the reactors were fit enough to go on working.

Safety inspectors threatened to close down the oldest commercial nuclear power stations in England and Wales last year unless the company operating them, Nuclear Electric, could confirm that the steel pressure vessels surrounding the reactors were fit enough to go on working.

«Frankly, it can not be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the UK to be relying on polluting, carbon - intensive 50 - year - old coal - fired power stations,» Amber Rudd, the country's energy secretary, said in a statement.

«China is building coal - fired power stations but it's also closing many of the older ones down, which is why its overall coal use is declining — the more significant point is it's now building the clean energy equivalent of one coal - fired power station every week, and will do for the next 15 years.»

If you use an old school linear power supply your ability to get distant stations should be excellent.The old school linear power supplies that are designed for radio telephone equipment would perform well.I used a transformer and bridge rectifier and filter capacitor for one of my installs.

Still not knowing what is awaiting us, we bicycle through another beautiful canyon to the hydro - electric power station and from there we'll take old rail tracks for the last few kilometers.

At the Power Station, an old industrial building located in an artsy neighbourhood north of downtown, artists Tobias Madison, Emanuel Rossetti and Stefan Tcherpnin created a two story installation that consisted of flooding the top floor of the space so that it dripped into messy puddles on the ground floor beneath it.

In their converted power station gallery in St James's this evening, 47 year - old Beijing artist Liu Wei will present recycled materials transformed into complex architectural sculptures, and large digitally designed abstract paintings which are priced between $ 78,000 and $ 680,000 each.

Taking in old classics, including his now iconic prints of Battersea Power Station, the National Theatre and Tate Modern; commissions for high profile clients including the Southbank Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Transport for London; and new, more abstract architectural pieces, this show brings together some of Catherall's best - known artworks and displays his signature style and movement to mastery of the linocutting medium.

Then some old «classics», which people frequently associate with me, such as my prints of Battersea Power Station and Tate Modern, which was my first poster commission for Transport For London.

The reuse of an existing building, which works so well at the Store, is exemplified in London, of course, by Tate Modern, which still has enough of the old Bankside power station remaining to bring a touch of the parkour experience to the visiting of an art gallery.

In the belly of a 165 metre tall industrial chimney of an old defunct thermal power station in Shanghai, Vishal K. Dar reimagines Maruts, the storm deities (the Rig Veda describes Maruts as a troop of young warriors, companions of Indra).

She will also remain partners with Mnuchin in L&M's two - year - old branch in Venice, California, a converted one - story power station Lévy opened after realizing that artists like Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, and Robert Irwin had no West Coast representation.

Back in 1999 when the former Bankside power station was still a building site, its last galleries being painted and prepared for the opening displays, cappuccino machines put in the cafes and the Turbine Hall painted grey, Morris curated an exhibition at the old Tate on Millbank (now Tate Britain) by legendary American artist Chris Burden.

Finally, Clarkson also weighed into the age - old «electricity is made in power stations» argument, though unsurprisingly failed to offer any detailed analysis of what that actually means for electric vehicles.

However, the majority of coal - fired power stations in operation is relatively old and emits large quantities of smoke, carbon dioxide and sulfur, making China the world's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally.

This might be difficult: on the other hand, we've also got the old coal power stations.

David Shearman, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide wrote a piece for RenewEconomy on 2017/09/06 about the health impacts of the 46 year - old Liddell power station.

The past is a boring old sepia photo in the bottom of a drawer and can't possibly have equivalency with a fresh video backed by mock - medieval music of steam coming out of a power station, or vivid colour spread in National Geo showing a flooded village or calving glacier.

Okay, it's ridiculous to compare a 40 - megawatt solar PV park to a coal - fired power plant that could crank out 4,000 megawatts at peak capacity, but the fact Ontario Power Generation (OPG) got a contract today to build such a solar project at the old Nanticoke Generating Station is, at the very least, symbolically signifipower plant that could crank out 4,000 megawatts at peak capacity, but the fact Ontario Power Generation (OPG) got a contract today to build such a solar project at the old Nanticoke Generating Station is, at the very least, symbolically signifiPower Generation (OPG) got a contract today to build such a solar project at the old Nanticoke Generating Station is, at the very least, symbolically significant.

For example, official policy in the UK still envisages up to fifty industrial plants and power stations using CCS being linked to CO2 pipelines which would inject the gas into old oil and gas wells, removing it from the atmosphere for ever.

China has one of the world's oldest functioning tidal power stations.

Your power station reference was to Drax, a forty year old coal - fired station.

A new super-efficient diesel, operating at its optimum load, will be about as efficient as an old inefficient power station.

Power stations are closing down due to old age and more stringent pollution rules.

Many of the UK's power stations are very old and are due to reach the end of their natural life over the coming decades.