Sentences with phrase «other electric generating»

To calculate the capacity factor of a windmill or other electric generating unit, the actual output in kilowatt - hours (kWh) over, say, a year, is divided by the windmillís rated capacity times 8760 (hours per year).

The subsidies available to the West Virginia wind farms include federal accelerated depreciation (5 years as opposed to 20 years for other electric generating facilities), production tax credits, a reduction in the West Virginia Corporate Net Income Tax (due to accelerated depreciation), an 87.5 to 93.75 percent reduction in West Virginias Business and Occupation Tax, and a 91.67 percent reduction in West Virginia property taxes.

Not exact matches

For those wanting to save on energy costs, or who prefer to avoid the electromagnetic fields that are generated by electric mattress pads, there are some other more natural options to creating a warm, cozy bed!

An alternate energy storage device, the supercapacitor, charges rapidly and generates serious power, which could potentially allow electric cars to accelerate more quickly, among other applications.

If we think about this complex molecule as two different units coupled together, when the charge jumps into one unit, it generates an electric field on the other, and vice versa,» del Barco explained.

In the future, such conductivity changes in graphene could be also generated by simple electronic means, allowing for highly efficient electric control of refraction, among others for steering applications.

«Therapeutic nitric oxide generated from air with an electric spark: Lightweight, portable devices to deliver pulmonary - blood - vessel - relaxing gas will allow trials of other important uses.»

The Electric Power Development company says its experimental power plant in Kitakyushu has a generating efficiency of 35 per cent, far better than the 20 per cent achieved by other waste - burning plants and as good as an oil - fired plant.

Piezoelectric materials, which generate an electric current when compressed or stretched, are familiar and widely used: think of lighters that spark when you press a switch, but also microphones, sensors, motors and all kinds of other devices.

In a piezoelectric crystal, on the other hand, electric fields can be generated, but no magnetic fields.

And to negate some of the advantage this approach automatically gives to electric cars (whose greenhouse emissions include those generated by electric utilities), the award also incorporates other measures in its criteria, including a cap on greenhouse gas emissions of no more than 200 grams per mile.

«(ii) include at least 2 electric generating units, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that capture, inject, and sequester carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and

Abstract: Piezoelectric materials, which generate an electric current when compressed or stretched, are familiar and widely used: think of lighters that spark when you press a switch, but also microphones, sensors, motors and all kinds of other devices.

As with the LaCrosse with eAssist and other GM mild hybrids, the electric induction motor - generator replaces the alternator and provides both motor assist and electric - generating functions through a unique engine belt - drive system.

Other powertrain options include a gasoline - electric hybrid drivetrain, and a turbocharged 2.0 - liter GTDI four - cylinder that generates 245 hp.

The Ioniq EV, on the other hand, comes powered by an electric motor only that generates 88 kW (118 HP of power) and 295 Nm of torque.

One sends 163 hp to the driven wheels and sometimes generates electricity, while the other powers the car's ancillary electric system and sometimes generates electricity.

Kia hasn't provided many details on the powertrain, other than to say it's a 1.6 - liter T - GDi engine with hybrid electric drive generating 158 horsepower.

The electric motor, on the other hand, is capable of generating 72PS of power and 163Nm of torque.

Like many other new electrified vehicles, the Kona Electric packs an adjustable regenerative braking system hidden in the shift paddles, which generates a few extra electrons for the battery when slowing down.

The researchers also see potential for this new technology in electric cars and other uses where a flexible power - generating fabric could make life easier and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Earlier in January, California regulators approved Pacific Gas & Electric's application to retire the Diablo Canyon plant by 2025, following a protracted battle over the generating station that pitted local economic interests against environmentalists and other opponents of nuclear power.

In its 2010 annual report Peabody notes that the New York Office of the Attorney General Subpoena wrote to Peabody on June 14, 2007 and referred to the company's «plans to build new coal - fired electric generating units,» and stated that the «increase in CO2 emissions from the operation of these units, in combination with Peabody Energy's other coal - fired power plants, will subject Peabody Energy to increased financial, regulatory, and litigation risks.»

Replacing firewood with solar thermal cookers, or even with electric hotplates fed by wind - generated electricity or with some other energy source, will lighten the load on forests.

Subtitle F: Transmission Planning -(Sec. 151) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish a federal policy for transmission planning that calls for regional electric grid planning that facilitates the deployment of renewable and other zero - carbon and low - carbon energy sources for generating electricity to reduce GHG emissions while ensuring reliability, reducing congestion, ensuring cyber-security, minimizing environmental harm, and providing for cost - effective electricity services throughout the United States.

(Sec. 242) Requires the Secretary to establish a program to make monetary awards to encourage the owners and operators of new and existing electric energy generation facilities or thermal energy production facilities using fossil or nuclear fuel to use innovative means of recovering thermal energy that is a potentially useful byproduct of electric power generation or other processes to: (1) generate additional electric energy; or (2) make sales of thermal energy not used for electric generation, in the form of steam, hot water, chilled water, or desiccant regeneration, or for other commercially valid purposes.

«(ii) include at least 2 electric generating units, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that capture, inject, and sequester carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and

«(A) Four years after the date the Administrator has published pursuant to subsection (d) a report that there are in commercial operation in the United States electric generating units or other stationary sources equipped with carbon capture and sequestration technology that, in the aggregate --

Since the 1950's, the U.S. electric power industry has used SF6 in circuit breakers, gas - insulated substations and other switchgear used in the transmission system to manage the high voltages carried between generating stations and customer load centers.

-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Federal Power Act, a State legislature or regulatory authority may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a State - approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy.

Other changes in the electric generating mix have also worked to reduce CO2 emissions.

Power generated by the wind farm will be delivered to the Towns of Berwick and Mahone Bay with the option of other Municipal Electric Utilities to join in the future.

Moreover, the standard sets a precedent for promulgating NSPS for other GHG source categories, and for contriving new source categories (e.g. «electric generating units») to hammer natural gas.

The Volt, unlike other electrics, has a small gas engine on board to generate power for the car after the battery is depleted.

For current systems, the electric energy generated by braking is used through a catenary for powering other trains, reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

Because of the higher cost, electric generating companies and other developers would not be planning and building «wind farms» if it were not for subsidies and other «incentives.»

But what makes the project attractive on Kaua'i might not play in Peoria, or any other locale where electric rates are not constrained by the geographic necessity of importing oil to generate electricity.

Once again, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson touted the supposedly huge benefits of controlling emissions of mercury (Hg) and other air toxics from U.S. coal - and oil - fired power plants (or electric generating units, EGUs).

After O&R installs an electric meter and other necessary components to prepare the grid for this new power supply to come online in late winter, the Lamont solar arrays will generate two megawatts of electricity from each farm.

The tower, being built by Israel - based Megalim Solar Power, whose shareholders include General Electric, will be taller than other solar towers, enabling it to generate up to 121 megawatts of power.

This would account for 45 % of total additions and exceed capacity additions from any other fuel source, including natural gas, which was the leading fuel source for electric generating capacity additions in 2010 and 2011.

The home, in other words, is designed to generate as much (or more) electricity than is needed — resulting in a net - zero electric bill.

For example, these organizations are not sufficiently candid about: * The high costs of wind energy; * The added costs of wind energy due to its need for backup generating capacity from traditional energy sources because of the intermittence, variability and unpredictability of wind energy; * The absence of transmission capacity in remote areas where windmills might otherwise be acceptable; * The extent to which wind developers» costs are being shifted to taxpayers and electric customers and hidden in their tax and electric bills; * Scenic impairment and other adverse environmental, health and safety impacts.

Dispatching: The operating control of an integrated electric system involving operations such as (1) the assignment of load to specific generating stations and other sources of supply to effect the most economical supply as the total or the significant area loads rise or fall (2) the control of operations and maintenance of high - voltage lines, substations, and equipment; (3) the operation of principal tie lines and switching; (4) the scheduling of energy transactions with connecting electric utilities.

Finally we moved to Texas where I got on Green Mountain Energy's 100 % wind - generated electricity (&, of course, we bought our home close to work), so even though I spend maybe $ 5 or $ 10 more a month for electricity in our all - electric home, the $ hundreds in savings from my other measures, and our great reduction in KWHs over the years makes this more than feasible.

We covered a previous innovation that came out of the Billions in Change effort, the «Free Electric» bicycle that can generate electricity for home use, which looks like it will now only be available in India, but as of yesterday, there are now a few other off - grid energy products available.

They are also trying to get others to pay the extremely high costs of rebuilding and replacing the non - «renewable» plus hydro parts of the current electric power generating system.

Wind, solar, geothermal and other green technologies account for less than 1 % of the electric power generated in the USA today (50 % coal - 20 % Natural Gas - 20 % Nuke - 7 % Hydro - 2 % Petro - 1 % Other) and that is electric power other green technologies account for less than 1 % of the electric power generated in the USA today (50 % coal - 20 % Natural Gas - 20 % Nuke - 7 % Hydro - 2 % Petro - 1 % Other) and that is electric power Other) and that is electric power only.

The agencies have been working on the 2008 standard and have told the electric generating sector that they don't see any other way to proceed.