Sentences with phrase «on plant energy»

Part 2: Impact of the Variability of Attenuation on Plant Energy Performances

Not exact matches

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

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.

Federal regulators on Monday rejected a rule proposed by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have subsidized coal and nuclear power plants.

The deal is already favourable to the French: the agreed - on strike price for Hinkley C's electricity — around $ 150 per megawatt hour — is double current energy rates and could increase further if another U.K. nuclear plant currently on the drawing board is not built.

H2 Energy, together with IBAarau, has been working on the installation of a hydrogen generation plant at a hydropower facility in Aarau, in the country's north.

Carnegie Wave Energy has switched on its innovative CETO power plant, which will provide renewable electricity to the HMAS Stirling naval base on Garden Island.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Paladin Energy has backed its decision to place its Kayelekera uranium plant on care and maintenance in February and says the market fundamentals needed to restore it to economic production are now heading in the right direction.

At the same time, subsidies and other support for renewable energy projects have boosted competition from wind and solar power and piled pressure on coal - fired and nuclear power plants.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)-- Dominion Energy Virginia said Tuesday that it plans to build at least eight new natural gas - fired plants during the next 15 years, cementing its shift away from coal, while depending on renewables for less than 10 percent of its energy capEnergy Virginia said Tuesday that it plans to build at least eight new natural gas - fired plants during the next 15 years, cementing its shift away from coal, while depending on renewables for less than 10 percent of its energy capenergy capacity.

Despite a 34 % jump in revenues, the New Jersey - based energy company slid to a loss from a year - ago profit due in large part to impairment charges on plants in Delaware and Australia.

The ACCC must be very naive indeed to accept the Water Corporations innocent explanation, they have been taken to task on hundreds of occasions about their claims that the Kwinana RO Plant was run exclusively on renewable energy.

To drive down energy costs for businesses and families, we've focused on inexpensive and cleaner - burning natural gas, and last month, Calpine Corporation broke ground on a new power plant in Dover that is expected to serve about a quarter of a million homes.

Expect bigger bets on juices, energy drinks, and plant - based / dairy offerings as Coke aims to remake itself to align with the healthier options consumers are gulping.

«What that imposes on us is the need to ensure the design of the power plant we put together is consistent with the utilities» view of the power grid, consistent with what's available on the vendor market and (the need to) build them on a scale to change the nature of energy supply, and that it isn't just a physicists pipe dream.»

Anticipating this demand, the manufacturers of power plant equipment — Siemens, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, GE — are focusing their energies on coming out with new gas - fuelled systems.

And with BrightSource Energy, it constructed the Ivanpah solar electric complex, a landscape of 350,000 heat - generating mirrors in California's Mojave Desert that's the largest solar - thermal plant on the planet.

NEE also counts on investments in clean & renewable energy through its wind and solar power plants.

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.

If our device could be moved close to where it is needed, but still on the energy producer's side of that equation, yet just outside the meter, then the energy producers could have millions of these small devices that they own and operate, because grandma doesn't want to become her own utility company because she has a solar panel, but if the utility companies and energy providers could compete with each other to have small units that are so close to the loads, they still get the full advantage of being a supplier of energy, except with just millions of little plants, they can avoid needing transmission lines, distribution lines, substations, et cetera, that everybody is talking about being expensive, unreliable, and subject to issues.

Indeed, Durham Region is currently building a new waste to energy plant that will come on - line in late 2014.

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy company sets to invest $ 3.6 billion on wind plant in Iowa.

Scientists and energy experts say that a distributed grid that doesn't rely on a single power plant for energy generation could help vulnerable island regions such as the Caribbean weather strong storms like Irma or Maria.

Spectra Energy focuses more of its pipeline and distribution on the demand side of things, so they're going to be the ones connecting to power plants and connecting to individual homes through gas distribution networks that they have in Canada.

A Republican tax bill unveiled on Thursday included cuts to renewable energy tax credits considered critical to enabling wind projects to compete with fossil fuel plants, but tax breaks for Continue Reading

Following on a contract with Georgia Power to build a 200 MW solar plant in Georgia with Series 6 modules, the company has bagged another order from Vectren Energy Delivery to build a 50 MW - AC plant in Indiana with the Series 6.

The Energy Department is working on what's called the FutureGen Project, a project to built a carbon sequestering plant.

And when it comes to energy, Brookfield owns 218 hydroelectric plants on 82 river systems in North and South America.

National Bank also highlighted that major maintenance initiatives are planned at Syncrude Canada Ltd., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s Athabasca oil sands project and Suncor Energy Inc.'s base plant — which cumulatively could reduce industry oil output by 650,000 barrels per day in the coming months, easing some of the stress on full pipeline networks.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

In Q3, brands seeking to attract a loyal following among the ecologically minded included S.W. Basics, which prides itself on cosmetics made of simple, whole ingredients, as well as Revere, which offers plant - based energy drinks direct to consumers.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-- The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday that it is entering negotiations with General Electric's nuclear division on a proposal to replace an aging uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky with a new facility.

A fusion power plant, on the other hand, will generate energy by fusing atoms of deuterium and tritium, two isotopes of hydrogen — the lightest element.

He then went on to tell us about the history of the universe from the huge explosion of matter and energy (the Big Bang) through the formation of stars and then rocky planets on which complex chemicals were produced, leading to the synthesis of the first molecules of life and the emergence of the plant and animal kingdoms.

This kind of rebranding makes about as much sense as claiming that, since it's based on long dead plants that originally got their energy from the sun, oil is actually solar power.

The list can grow long very rapidly — atomic energy generating plants, supersonic transport planes (SST), jet aircraft, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, television, communication satellites, space vehicles that take men to the moon and cameras to Mars and beyond, hundreds of synthetic fabrics, the aerosol can, direct long - distance dialing, heart transplants, advanced computers, and so on and on.

Hi Rosie, I actually find that I have so much more energy on a plant - based diet compared to my old eating habits.

Livermore Valley wineries are highlighting «Down to Earth» tours and tastings on April 27, including guided tastings and organically farmed vineyard and winery tours where visitors can learn about energy conservation (some use solar power) and discover sustainable methods for pest, soil and plant management.

Hoping to cash in on the steady growth of the already sizeable sports and energy drink category, manufacturers at Natural Products Expo West in March will showcase a variety of functional beverages featuring an ever - expanding variety of plant - based proteins,...

The company also uses energy management control systems to speed up or slow down the refrigeration compressors used in its plants based on the demand for cold temperature.

Both plants also will be undergoing studies on their energy efficiency in the coming months.

In addition to the full day Wednesday, Expo West's climate track included educational workshops on Friday and Saturday, covering packaging, agriculture, renewable energy and plant - based diets.

The plant's water recovery plant exceeded its designers» high expectations in its first year of service while also providing valuable biogas for boiler heating, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels and ultimately cutting overall energy needs by 15 per cent.

Husband and wife, father and mother, working adults — Greg and Georgia formed Full of Beans to share encouragement, inspiration, and tips to get you started on, and maintain, a plant - based vegan diet (even if you think you don't have the time / money / skills / energy).

The company explained that they have used an environment - friendly design for their plant, which focuses on minimising resource wastage and energy consumption.

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.

According to the plant manager, they are saving 700mbtu / d on energy.

GWE Anaerobic technology plants can typically pay back the cost of their introduction within two years or even less — and then go on working 24/7, virtually in perpetuity, to provide biogas for their owners, who can use the energy for their own purposes, he says.