There are always mass transfer and cost issues that overwhelm even
pilot scale projects and the costs becomes exceedingly high quickly,» added Julio Friedmann, a CCS expert at U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Not exact matches
Local explorer Northern Minerals plans to build a test
pilot plant at its Browns Range
project near Halls Creek at a cost of about $ US18 million ($ A25 million), rather than proceeding with full -
scale development in light of the depressed rare earths market.
The 100 % Northern Minerals owned
project will operate as a large -
scale pilot plant for three years, with the goal of expanding into one of the world's only significant suppliers for critical heavy rare earths outside of China.
«We will need new models if we are to move from
pilot projects to full
scale smart city operations.
Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large -
scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the
pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.
You will also
pilot and
scale the technical side of the
project.
Read an article based on the evaluation report on the PTSC
pilot project (funded by USAID TOPS and implemented by WFLO): Kitinoja and Barrett (2015) Extension of Small -
Scale Postharvest Horticulture Technologies — A Model Training and Services Center.
The Fossil Energy R&D program would substantially
scale back most activities, including carbon capture and storage
pilot projects and R&D on advanced combustion systems, re-focusing exclusively on exploratory technology activities in hopes that industry will take on greater responsibility across the board.
After this successful
pilot project, which attracted investments from a regional power company and Google, researchers are now looking to help other farms follow suit and expand the market for waste - to - energy systems on a national
scale.
Three - including sterile insect technique, vector traps and toxic sugar baits to attract and kill mosquitoes - were still too experimental to consider for
scaled - up
pilot projects, the WHO said.
Pilot projects could also be used by the agencies to evaluate future products as they move from laboratory
scale, to field - or prototype -
scale, to full -
scale operation.
Additionally, it is difficult to find land with suitable characteristics for algae growth and there are technical challenges of
scaling up lab /
pilot projects and cost effectiveness.
Therefore, in a
project funded by both the UFZ and the German Ministry of Education and Research, the UFZ built a
pilot -
scale research plant in Langenreichenbach (Saxony, Germany).
A
pilot project 2 years ago convinced the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation of Sweden to bankroll a
scaled - up Protein Atlas through September 2007.
NASA scientists working on the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS)
project are making inroads on the two main problems holding back personal air travel on a massive, nationwide
scale: midair collisions and complicated
piloting mechanisms.
And even if a full -
scale breeding programme is not needed, a
pilot project is.
Still, many in the industry said more research needs to be done — including large -
scale pilot projects such as the Los Angeles Air Force Base program — in order to understand if and how V2G could be used.
Also today, NHGRI and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that all three sequencing centers will devote a significant part of their efforts to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
Pilot Project, which is testing the feasibility of a large -
scale, systematic approach to identify important genomic changes involved in cancer.
Pilot -
scale and similar small -
scale projects are not eligible for support by the Corporation.
«Our
project will serve as a
pilot for the full -
scale mapping of functional regulatory elements in the human genome,» said program director Kevin White, PhD, the James and Karen Frank Family Professor in the departments of Human Genetics and Ecology & Evolution, and Director of the Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory.
It has been suggested that, with strong research and development support and industrial
scale pilot projects sustained over decades, costs as low as ∼ $ 500 / tC may be achievable [226].
Enervault has developed a grid -
scale iron - chromium redox flow battery that went online in a demonstration
pilot project near Turlock, Calif., in July.
The administration agreed to
scale back its broad devolution plans in favor of a
pilot project.
He also leads numerous large
scale projects including 1:1 laptop initiatives, iPod and iPad
pilots, and has recently authored a book on data for administrators.
She's planning to remedy this with
project - based learning, starting on a
pilot scale.
JE: Just to reiterate then, those findings are from one
pilot school over a 14 week period, but the next stage of the
project will see things
scaled up.
Coverage of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative supporting innovative
projects at three phases: the idea track, the
pilot track and the
scaling track, as part of their inaugural innovation challenge.
Depending on the staff culture, it might be smart to have a grade level or group of teachers
pilot project - based learning for a year or two before moving to a whole
scale approach.
Convening and working with networks of schools and educators has been integral to CCE's work from the start, with
projects ranging from the 20 + year old Boston
Pilot School Network (now the Boston Autonomous Schools Network) to newer networks such as the Rhode Island
Scaling Up Proficiency Based Graduation Network.
Assessments in the
pilot programme will include rigorous written and oral assignments, completion of a professional development plan, participation in debate activities, a small -
scale research or improvement
project, and submission of a portfolio of videos of practice, work samples and reflections.
Scott Syverson, talent manager for The New Teacher
Project, which worked with three RISE
pilot districts in Indiana last year, said the system's biggest challenge was deciding where teachers fall on the four - step rating
scale.
Assessments in the
pilot programme will include rigorous written and oral assignments, completion of a professional development plan, participation in debate activities, a small -
scale research or improvement
project, and submission of a portfolio of videos of practice, work samples and reflections; full details are included in a later section of this guide.
This session will take a deep dive into Communities In Schools of North Carolina's efforts to «
scale - up» the implementation of Check & Connect — starting as a small
pilot project and moving to its current form: a state - wide implementation.
But a majority of LIFT's focus is on
projects aimed at cutting pounds from automobiles through
pilot -
scale testing of innovative methods for joining materials, making thin - wall castings, welding dissimilar metals and extruding aluminum.
Volvo will play a leading role in the world's first large -
scale autonomous driving
pilot project in which 100 self - driving Volvo cars will use public roads in everyday driving conditions around...
Today, Simon & Schuster has expanded upon a limited
pilot project that started in New York and will now start distributing titles on a wider
scale.
While there have been some exciting
pilot projects using mobile phones to distribute content to a broader market, nothing has
scaled yet as a business.
The campaign's programs will focus on
pilot -
project schools in low - income areas this year and will
scale up over time.
Starting out with
pilot projects in Mexico, Peru and Kenya, the initiative is looking to
scale up its work — both with coffee and tea farmers in other regions — and also across the broader agricultural sector.
Latham's team is now planning a small -
scale pilot experiment further to explore the
project's viability.
The company expects to begin operation of an internal
pilot plant in 2009 and an external
pilot plant in 2010, with a large -
scale demonstration plant
projected for 2011.
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pilot projects to stop new fossil fuel
projects, shut down old ones, and build our future at the human
scale, with human values, instead.
It draws on experiences and lessons learned from a
pilot Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) / Government of Lesotho
project, and makes recommendations as to how on - the - ground community - based responses could be
scaled up to other parts of the country, and possibly to other vulnerable countries across southern Africa.
This follows a smaller -
scale,
pilot project from Global Green USA which is currently underway in Far Rockaway, Queens.
«we consider only options that have been demonstrated in at least
pilot projects and that can be
scaled up as part of a global energy system without further major technology development.
They are pioneers of community solar, developing innovative community -
scale solar
pilot projects to make solar energy affordable and accessible for all.
While most had been able to put together enough initial funding to develop
pilot projects that demonstrate the viability of their business models, securing the financing to
scale up operations has proven a challenge.
We have the technology components, we know they work, and we need to
pilot projects to
scale up the technology.
But these systems will be small potatoes in comparison to the plans Ameren has in mind if the first phase of planning and design produces viable large -
scale solar
projects, and if these
pilot projects show promise, according to the press release.
For a number of reasons, including the decreasing cost of distributed photovoltaic generation vis á vis utility -
scale CSP, Ivanpah may go down in the record books as an extra-large
pilot project.