Sentences with phrase «per cent of the power»

«As you know, without power we can not do much and right now Ekiti is not servicing up to 10 per cent of its power requirement,» he said.

Germany gets around 26 per cent of its power from variable solar and wind, and already has some smart systems in place.

The US Environmental Protection Agency says that 5 per cent of the power used by American companies is consumed by computers, and that without regulation this figure could reach 10 per cent by the year 2000 («Birth of the eco-computer», New Scientist, 30 October 1993).

At Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Viktor Petrenko has developed a novel aircraft de-icing heater that rids surfaces of ice faster while using just 1 per cent of the power consumed by existing systems.

A simple dipole antenna fabricated on semi-insulating gallium arsenide will only radiate 2 per cent of its power into the air.

Under normal circumstances power is split 40/60 front to rear but up to 70 per cent of power can go to the front axle or 85 per cent to the rear should conditions demand it.

We reckon we lost about 10 per cent of power (roughly 50bhp) compared with races at sea level.

4MOTION four - wheel drive is standard fit; in normal driving, 90 per cent of power goes to the front wheels, but should conditions require, nearly all of it can be sent to the back by a Haldex clutch taking up torque at the rear axle.

It then sends up to 50 per cent of the power rearward.

Under normal conditions, 100 per cent of the power will be directed to the front wheels, but when road conditions are slippery, the system will automatically divert up to 50 per cent of the available power to the rear wheels in an effort to enhance traction and steering control.

However, when wheel slippage is detected, the system reacts to transfer up to 50 per cent of the power to the front wheels in an effort to provide optimal traction.

The sophisticated all - wheel drive system has been designed to direct 70 per cent of the power to the rear wheels, which helps preserve the handling dynamics favoured by the majority of enthusiast drivers.

The all - wheel - drive system sends 40 per cent of the power to the front wheels and 60 per cent to the rear.

On a dry road, 90 per cent of the power goes to the front wheels.

In normal driving conditions, the All4 will send up to 50 per cent of power to the rear wheels, but in extreme situations the power distribution can be as much as 100 per cent.

A seven - speed dual - clutch gearbox is the only transmission available and Quattro now features a multi-plate clutch that can send up to 100 per cent of the power to either axle.

Switch the Golf R's ACC into Race mode and its shocks get stiffer, steering heavier, throttle sharper and the 4MOTION AWD system can now send up to 50 per cent of the power to the compact's rear axle.

To you and I, it's a trick four - wheel drive system that can send up to 70 per cent of the power to the rear axle and split it between the rear tyres as required.

No amount of all - wheel drive trickery (in Track Mode 70 per cent of power is shoved rearwards) should be able to stop a high - riding, 2433 kg monster like this from wanting to push on into understeer like a Range Rover Sport SVR does, but there's a sophistication to the way the Trackhawk moves around under you.

Dive into a corner with too much speed and you can feel the front end begin to push wide, and despite Audi claiming 100 per cent of the power can be sent to either axle, it's almost impossible to neutralize the car using the brakes or by lifting off the throttle mid-corner.

To achieve this remarkable feat Ferrari uses the E-Diff of the 599GTB and the latest F - 1 TRAC, a sophisticated traction control system that controls all the resources of the car namely the engine, gearbox, brakes and the fabulous electronically controlled rear differential that can redistribute up to 100 per cent of the power to whichever wheel with the most traction to optimally utilise the grip of just the two rear tyres.

An aptly named «drift» function allows up to 70 per cent of power to be sent to the rear wheels, with as much as 100 per cent of that driving torque sent to one individual wheel.

Company states that 90 per cent of the power is available at a wide range of 3000 to 8000 rpm which enables it to achieve 0 - 100 km / h in just 4.6 seconds and in further 10.9 seconds, it can touch 200 km / h.

With 90 per cent of the power going to the rear wheels under normal circumstances, the F - Pace can be controlled on throttle as well to alter or correct lines mid corner.

The GTS's cornering prowess is further reinforced by the inclusion of a torque vectoring brake system (on the rear axle), and its ability to transfer as much as 100 per cent of the power from the front to rear axle as required.

It's only when the conditions get slippery that up to 100 per cent of the power can be sent to the back axle, helping the car feel more planted when cornering on the road and allowing a little extra go - anywhere ability off it.

Normally, the Macan GTS is powered through only the rear wheels, which saves fuel when you're cruising the highway, but the transfer case can move as much as 100 per cent of the power to the front wheels if needed.

The four - wheel drive system is controlled electronically and can send 70 per cent of the power to the rear wheels.

The LP 610 - 4's electronically - controlled four - wheel - drive system sends 70 per cent of the power to the rear in normal operation, but can divert up to 100 per cent to the rear if it senses slip at the front.

This ratio can be broadly varied as required — with up to 70 per cent of the power going to the front and a maximum of 85 per cent to the rear.

On dry pavement, one - hundred per cent of the power goes to the front wheels, but it can send all the power to the rear wheels if necessary.

«The wind turbines, which can produce 100 per cent of energy on one day and zero on another, were not blowing when needed most, providing less than 5 per cent of power and Jay Weatherill's big battery less than 1 per cent.»

Jurisdictions across the globe (and Prince Edward Island in Canada) already have wind energy providing more than 25 per cent of power to the grid and even higher.

The wind energy industry is well positioned to play an important role in providing clean, reliable and affordable energy for Albertans as the province moves to ensure that 30 per cent of its power is produced by renewable energy sources in 2030 and will be active participants in future procurement processes undertaken in support of this objective.

The US (light blue line, below) got a record 14 per cent of its power from renewables in the first half of 2014.

¦ Even with a target of 80 per cent renewables by 2050 there is still 20 per cent of the power mix that has to come from fossil energy.»

But they have a long way to go — 88 per cent of the power they supplied last year came from coal and gas, leaving consumers with soaring fuel bills caused by our fossil fuel dependency.

The MLCD + panel will have 800 nits of brightness, while consuming less than 35 per cent of power than a regular LCD display.

Not exact matches

Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital has increased its stake in listed Perth - based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings to control almost 10 per cent of the voting power.

The Barnett government is hoping to raise $ 3 billion by selling 51 per cent of Western Power to Australian investors, and will also use the privatisation deal to remove about $ 8 billion of debt off the state's books.

The hybrid electric jet will seat up to 12 people, fly up to 700 miles and have operating costs of 8 cents per seat mile, below the operating costs of small turboprops and business jets powered by jet fuel.

«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.

By 2030, about 30 per cent of Alberta's power will come from renewables.

Parents hoping to teach their children the power of compound interest on their savings today will have a harder time than parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single digits.

Total, a top player in solar and battery power, has similar ambitions, aiming for low - carbon business to account for 20 per cent of its portfolio by 2035.

The world is on the cusp of a major energy shift that will see 60 per cent of the planet's power mix come from zero - emission sources in the next 25 years.

The US export sector is getting the benefit of a lower dollar; there's a significant fiscal package in the pipeline, which will add more than 1 per cent of GDP to private spending power; and sharp cuts have been made in US official interest rates, with financial markets expecting more to come.

«The fact that we have a patchwork of provincial policies and haven't had new federal policy support for renewable power caught up to Canada last year, with investment dropping 46 per cent.

According to the U.S. Solar Industries Association, in the first three quarters of 2014, solar delivered 36 per cent of America's new power needs, up from 9.6 per cent just two years previous.

The U.S. Department of Energy puts the drop at 64 per cent for utility - scale solar power and 41 per cent for land - based wind since 2008.