Sentences with phrase «on electricity infrastructure»

Electric cars and plug in hybrids, as good as they are, will still put an intolerable strain on the electricity infrastructure if we simply replace our huge heavy cars and wasteful driving habits with electric cars of the same size.

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Instead, the winning group will have a public - private partnership contract with the government which will allow it use of some state infrastructure, such as sites to build towers on and a fiber optic network owned by the state electricity firm.

Huawei is building smart cities, and cleaner cities, that have helped many countries save on electricity, cut down costs, cut down on repairs, make the infrastructure more secure and emit cleaner emissions.

Under her leadership, the company invested $ 15 billion in modernizing its electricity infrastructure, including spending on «smart» meters (which allow companies to monitor use remotely), auto - switching devices that allow employees to monitor usage and outages from a distance, and technology that helps the grid «self - heal» by rerouting electricity around a damaged power line.

I was learning a lot of calculus, mechanics and electricity, but only theoretically because most universities don't have the infrastructure to do practical classes on these subjects.

The $ 127 million in new projects are dependent on upgrades to regional infrastructure, particularly energy, and Murray Goulburn is looking for government support for gas connectivity and to improve the electricity grid.

Passionate about his country and committed to building an enduring legacy, President Mahama who is inspired by such heroes as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Prof. John Evans Attah Mills revealed that his vision from inception was to focus on five areas: Electricity, Education, Water, stabilizing the economy as well as restoring social and economic infrastructure.

President underscored two economic pillars with emphasis on jobs and promised to introduce new legislations and policies, which will be intended to achieve sustainable economic growth, develop and expand agriculture, and address our very large infrastructure deficit, with particular emphasis on road construction and the provision of affordable and adequate electricity for all our people.

On Social infrastructure, President Mahama said with the efforts employed about eighty percent of Ghanaians have access to electricity and with the expansion of water systems Accra for instance currently has a hundred percent access to water, the first in the history of the country.

Hawkins supports legislation to require NYS to go to 100 % clean energy (not just electricity) by 2030; a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure (including revoking the CPV permit in Orange County); and a robust carbon tax.

Her focus throughout that period has been largely on the technical, infrastructure and economic issues underpinning the electricity industry, covering topics related to generation, transmission and distribution, smart grid / smart homes and the prospects for electric vehicles.

Twenty years on and electricity was such a pervasive but largely invisible part of the infrastructure that companies no longer needed someone to watch over it.

Besides finding and penalizing states that take power beyond their allotment, the Indian government is investing in infrastructure and raising prices on electricity, Businessweek reported.

Patients on dialysis are very vulnerable during emergencies or disasters due to their dependence on technology and infrastructure such as transportation, electricity and water to sustain their lives.

Bergman and his colleagues are also working on the improvements to water, health, and communications infrastructures that electricity affords.

Now the film has inspired engineers to develop a way to cope with cyber attacks on crucial infrastructure, such as electricity grids, water utilities and banking networks.

Enron helped pioneer the trade in «physical» electricity, actual power available for purchase on the grid and only physical in the sense that the infrastructure to transport it is more visible than an odorless, colorless greenhouse gas.

Other factors that can impact on poverty and equality include access to quality basic services such as education, health care, essential infrastructure including water, sanitation, and electricity, and early childhood development.

Infrastructure improvements completed on the Electrical Load Center at the port will now provide access to electricity in the event of a power outage.

If all the money that is spent on building and upkeep of the endless numbers of payas would be used for the country's infrastructure, all roads would be smoothly asphalted and electricity would be provided on a regular base, without all the blackouts.

Operating at a scale between furniture and infrastructure, the works all depended on visible structures such as the floor, walls and ceiling, or less visible, but no less tangible elements like electricity and care.

But conditions don't seem nearly as ripe for approving such investments and infrastructure in more crowded regions, where demand for electricity is highest, according to Matt Wald's latest article on wind and the grid.

The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.

Transmission / distribution networks and distributed energy build - out is picking up the pace in the 12th Five - Year Plan, with concerted efforts on: ultra-high voltage electricity transmission lines from west to east, an ambitious oil and gas infrastructure (as the graphic above shows), and distributed solar and natural gas projects.

First, we could count on a backup infrastructure of dispatchable fossil fuel power plants to supply electricity when there's not enough renewable energy available.

the ultimate omission is that our industrial / commercial infrastructure functions on the production and sale of «stuff» Unfortunately you can't make «stuff» using electricity.

This technical evolution is occurring at the same time that overall electric demand growth has been stagnant for several years and rising infrastructure requirements are putting upward pressure on the price of delivered electricity.

Program now accepting applications for 2018 Reno, NV (Tuesday, April 24, 2018): From malware infections to attacks on critical infrastructure like electricity grids, cybercrime is a...

Development assessments of major projects are on the NSW Government Planning and Infrastructure site; «http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/page/project-sectors/ transport — communications — energy — water / generation - of - electricity - or - heat - or - co-generation /» (there are no spaces in this URL).

Depending on their level of resilience, low - tech networks can remain in operation when the supply of fossil fuels is interrupted, when the electricity infrastructure deteriorates, when the economy grinds to a halt, or if other calamities should hit.

for a start the infrastructure required to supply our electricity would be far far less compared to when power is sent long distances from where it is produced, there are also quite substantial losses just getting the power to those living several hundred kilometers away, for instance I am told that they lose around 14 % of the power produced in the Latrobe Valley just getting it to Melbourne, Solar on the other hand is often far closer to where the power is required, therefore there are less distribution costs and also less losses involved.

«The rehabilitation process appears to be too focused on large electricity infrastructure projects, while the government and company policy objectives appear not to have been established,» said William C. Ramsay, Deputy Executive Director of the IEA.

The NBN seeks to break the «chicken or egg» cycle of inertia in new internet services on the premise of «build it (ie «the NBN,» or for electricity, the transmission infrastructure) and they (ie «new internet services,» or for electricity, innovative renewable energy) will come.»

At a reception during Iceland's first conference on how to power vehicles with «environmentally friendly fuels» in Reykjavik, September 17 2007, Thorkell Helgason, Director General at the National Energy Authority, hears about the infrastructure needed for electricity.

A more resilient energy infrastructure: Because CHP systems produce power on site, they eliminate the need for transmission lines to get that electricity from the power plant to the customer and can keep the lights, heating and cooling on during a storm.

Every country around the world, they note, has a unique energy storage potential that is based on the combination of energy resources, historical physical infrastructure, and electricity market structure, as well as regulatory framework, population demographics, energy demand patterns and trends, and general grid architecture and condition.

This move follows on an increasing rejection of natural gas infrastructure by California regulators in favor of clean energy alternatives, as the state continues to burn less and less gas every year in its electricity sector.

By reducing the demand for electricity, energy efficiency programs also play a major role in increasing reliability of the electricity system by reducing stress on existing power plants and the transmission system and reducing the demand for new power plants and transmission infrastructure.

All this, also on November 4, led TSOs to operate the system closer and closer to its limits according to current security criteria based on system physics that will therefore remain of decisive relevance for a secure operation of the electricity transmission infrastructure.

Tyler Hamilton at Clean Break thinks that the «momentum is on the side of battery technology and the infrastructure to support it needs to be extended and upgraded, instead of created from scratch» and «millions of «smart» electric cars plugged into the grid can offer an extremely valuable way of managing electricity supply and demand and smoothing out peaks.»

24/7 electricity users such as hospitals, trains, factories, refineries, fuel and water pumps, cash registers, infrastructure and mines can not operate on part - time electricity.

Like the smart grid for electricity, a smart water grid includes the meters, infrastructure and software that provide real - time data on water use to consumers and utilities.

In most net metering states electric companies are required to buy this power at the retail rate, even though it would cost less to produce the electricity themselves or to buy the power on the wholesale market, and this arrangement leaves others to pay for infrastructure.

Hydro - power infrastructure needs rain before it can generate electricity, the more rain the more electricity; on the other hand, it will not produce much in a drought.

These sources can piggyback on existing infrastructure, pumping electricity into power grids (though their intermittent power production requires managers to adjust their load - balancing techniques).

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Ashurst have taken lead roles on the on the long - awaited A$ 16.2 bn (# 10.1 bn) sale of Australian electricity infrastructure company Ausgrid.

With offices in Mexico City, Monterrey and Houston, Avant Energy will focus on the development, construction and operation of infrastructure for Mexico's oil, natural gas, refined products and electricity sectors, as well as participate in the recently liberalized markets for these products and services.

Avant Energy is a Mexican company focused on the development, construction and operation of infrastructure for the country's oil, natural gas, refined products and electricity sectors, as well as on participation in the recently liberalized markets for these products and services.

In October 2017, the Commercial Court dismissed a judicial review application which sought to quash An Bord Pleanala's decision to grant the Apple technology company planning permission for the construction of a data storage centre together with an electricity substation and associated infrastructure on a site near Athenry, County Galway.

While Rwanda is recovering from the tragic events on the early 90's there are many areas of the country that still lack basic infrastructure, water, electricity and education.