Sentences with phrase «percent greater efficiency»

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

Design features that reduce friction contribute to the expected 5 - percent greater efficiency.

The transmission is expected to contribute up to 5 - percent greater efficiency compared to the previous six - speed automatic which means that the Stingray could see 30 MPG Highway fuel economy with the new transmission.

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According to GBI, China's increase in coal production will come with additional government consolidation of the mining industry into large production bases that can achieve greater efficiencies and production capacities of 90 percent by mid-decade.

Now engineers are looking into replacing steam with supercritical carbon dioxide, a technique that could unlock up to 50 percent greater thermal efficiency using a smaller, cheaper turbine.

Although experimental cells have reached efficiencies greater than 40 percent, most silicon - based commercial designs struggle to get past about 20 percent.

«However, because of their efficiency in degrading wood, brown rot fungi have come to dominate, particularly in degrading softwoods,» Goodell says, and they now dominate by recycling approximately 80 percent of the softwood biomass carbon in the world, found mostly in the great forests of the northern hemisphere.

More tests and demonstrations are in the waste refinery's future and the engineers are optimistic that it may be capable of achieving even greater efficiency — reducing diesel requirements to as low as one or two percent of the fuel mix.

The Secretary shall define product classes broadly and, except as provided in paragraph (2), shall designate as Best - in - Class Product models no more than the most efficient 10 percent of the commercially available product models in a class that demonstrate, as a group, a distinctly greater energy efficiency than the average energy efficiency of that class of appliances, equipment, or electronics.

The main updates to the engine revolve around improving combustion and heat management, plus reducing friction, and the Toyota engineers boast that the engine's 40 percent thermal efficiency is greater than any mass - produced car engine on the planet.

Expect the next Toyota Prius to contain all of the latest and greatest hybrid technology; it's rumored to boast a 15 percent increase in fuel efficiency over the current generation, and a 25 percent increase in overall powertrain efficiency.

* Horsepower and torque expected to top previous model (testing is ongoing — check media.gm.com for updates) * NOx emissions reduced at least 63 percent over 2010 models * Quieter operation * High - pressure (30,000 psi / 2, 000 bar) Piezo - actuated fuel system for greater fuel efficiency, improved performance and reduced emissions * Exhaust brake system that enables controlled vehicle slowdown on downhill grades without actuating the brakes * Selective catalytic reduction after - treatment system using diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection to provide the best overall diesel characteristics and performance — with a range of about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) between DEF refills * Combustion and after - treatment have been optimized to provide about 700 miles (1,125 km) between diesel particulate filter regenerations — a 75 - percent improvement over the previous system and significant contributor to improved fuel efficiency, as the regeneration process requires additional fuel * B20 biodiesel capability for an alternative fueling option * Internal revisions that improve durability

Unlike a conventional compressor which can only operate at 100 - percent and must be switched on and off frequently to conserve fuel when the cooling load is relatively low, the VDC can vary its output based on the cooling needs, resulting in greater efficiency, reduced drag on the engine and smoother climate - control performance.

The IMA system's greater power and the battery's 35 percent increase in efficiency allow the Civic Hybrid to operate more frequently on the electric motor's power alone in certain low - speed cruising situations.

This engine produces 170 hp and 175 lb - ft of torque — a carryover from the outgoing model — with the latest version of the CVT achieving a 40 percent reduction in friction loss, as well as gaining a wider gear ratio and greater efficiency compared to earlier units.

It helps owners conserve fuel by automatically shutting off the engine when the car comes to a stop, such as at stoplights, contributing to EPA - estimated fuel economy of 25 mpg city and 36 mpg highway — a 14 - percent improvement in city mileage and 6 percent greater highway efficiency.

The new hybrid powertrain will utilize a 2.0 - liter Atkinson cycle engine with greater than 40 percent thermal efficiency, the highest for any mass - produced Honda engine, paired with Honda - developed electric motors that are the first drive motors in the world to use magnets containing no heavy rare - earth metals.

An all - new, advanced 2.7 L Turbo engine that replaces the 4.3 L V - 6 as the standard engine on the high - volume Silverado LT and new Silverado RST, expected to offer 22 percent more torque, greater fuel efficiency and a stronger power - to - weight ratio than the current model.

Since most of the measures required to slow the warming, from greatly increasing energy efficiency to land reform in poor nations, would carry other great benefits, and since the probability of unprecedented change appears to be in the vicinity of 50 percent, a very large social effort, one incurring substantial costs, seems to us not simply justified but virtually mandatory.

A more subtle benefit to home ownership is that if you invest in energy efficiency improvements (which you're more likely to do if you own your home than if you rent), you can get really great returns, as high as 40 percent after tax on some improvements.

Lo and behold, the dog owners had some great sleep efficiency, staying asleep for about 81 percent of the time they were in bed.

· Greater Space Efficiency: A scalable, modular datacenter based on the Sun Pod Architecture led to a 66 percent footprint compression, by reducing 496,000 square feet from the former StorageTek campus in Louisville, Colo. to 126,000 square feet

Lighting is a significant energy user — averaging 13 percent of the total energy breakdown of a restaurant — and is a great place to start an efficiency upgrade.

This difference in efficiency means that one system can have a solar energy output that is 50 percent greater than a less efficient system.

(I) support for a free or low - cost detailed building energy audit that prescribes, as part of a energy - reducing measures sufficient to achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in energy use, by providing an incentive equal to the documented cost of such audit, but not more than $ 500, in addition to any award earned by achieving a 20 percent or greater efficiency improvement;

(I) support for a free or low - cost detailed building energy audit that prescribes measures sufficient to achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in energy use, by providing an incentive equal to the documented cost of such audit, but not more than $ 200, in addition to any earned by achieving a 20 percent or greater efficiency improvement;

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

Not only will hydrocarbon units help mitigate millions of tons of CO2 equivalent emissions, they will also alleviate the strain of high utility bills, as these units show energy efficiency improvements of 30 to 60 percent greater than traditional HFC units.

Considering that America has 22.1 percent of the world's proven coal reserves, the greatest of any country and enough to last for 381 years at current consumption rates, it is a tragedy that the U.S. can no longer build new, clean, coal - fired power stations to replace its aging fleet of coal plants.Supercritical power plants operate at very high temperatures and pressures, resulting in significantly greater efficiencies than older technologies.

«Efficient biomass» is defined as thermal or electric energy or combined heat and power from biomass generating units with an overall efficiency of 50 percent or greater on an annual basis.

Advanced Technology A9, Apple's third - generation 64 - bit chip powers these innovations with 70 percent faster CPU and 90 percent faster GPU performance than the A8, all with gains in energy efficiency for great battery life.