Sentences with phrase «power cuts over»

Ghanaians have battled severe power cuts over the last three years with the nation's power distributors sometimes shedding as much 650 megawatts during peak times.

Not exact matches

The growth of solar power over the next decade could cut the price of energy in WA, according to a man involved in one of the latest projects to take a step forward.

At a three percent inflation rate, your purchasing power would get cut in half over twenty years.

Power generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sePower generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sepower (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sector.

High powered US - China trade talks in Beijing intensely focused on bitter rivalry over cutting edge technology

When food has doubled in price over the last few years, this cuts their spending power in half, and decimates their ability to pay their way out of debt they were forced to seek to survive.

She has, in effect, cut the power which he had over her by no longer needing or attempting to control him.

It is in our flesh, according to St. Paul, that Jesus is victorious over the powers which cut us off from God (Rom.

Therefore, we pronounce you a rotten limb, and as such cut off from the church; we deliver you over to the secular power, beginning it however to be mild in dealing with you, and to spare you death and bodily mutilation.

Over the past year Jackson Family Wines have been testing a prototype of the BlueMorph, a cutting edge technology especially designed to use ultraviolet light for tank sanitation, reducing or eliminating the use of water, power, and chemicals.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

The government's high court defeat over its solar power feed - in tariff cuts is being celebrated by campaigners today.

The party's influence over coalition policies is practically invisible, though it is undeniable that it has restrained the Conservatives in areas such as welfare cuts and repatriating powers from Brussels.

A slightly more realistic prospect, which has been suggested in some media outlets, is that the Lords» power (perhaps specifically its power over delegated legislation) could be cut.

Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.

This can give some family members power over others: «Do what I want or I'll cut you out of my will!»

High - February 5th: Powersharing breakthrough - Deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers finally ended as Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party cut a deal.

There's been scandal - the suspension of MP Michelle Thomson over allegations about property deals, the award of a # 150,000 government grant to the organisers of the profitable T in the Park music festival after a meeting brokered by a former SNP adviser - and there's been political ineptitude, most notably when the nationalists were put on the back foot by a Labour pledge to use Holyrood's powers to overturn tax credit cuts.

DiNapoli said more information is needed to address concerns raised during the budget talks, such as potential cuts to federal aid, a premise that drove the governor to successfully receive power over making changes to the budget after it is approved.

The Power Minister also said he does not know about threats issued by neighbouring Nigeria to cut supply of gas to Ghana over unpaid debts.

Limiting benefit rises to 1 %, scrapping the planned fuel duty increase, devolving power over teacher pay to schools and cutting corporation tax are steps in the right direction.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

The agreement grants Cuomo new powers over responding to federal cuts, empowering the Division of Budget to enact its own plan.

At the time, Cuomo did not include any contingency plans for action on the federal level, such as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act or cuts in spending that would impact the state, save for a desire to have expanded powers over the budget without the consent of the Legislature — a non-starter with lawmakers.

When in power as part of the Tory - led coalition from 2010 - 15, the Lib Dems voted through a raft of benefit cuts including the bedroom tax, cuts to council tax benefit, housing benefit and tax credits, as well as presiding over a disability benefit testing system that wrongly denied benefits to thousands of people, and a job centre sanctions system that saw benefits docked for hundreds of thousands of jobseekers.

The UK military presence in Iraq is due to be cut down from 5,500 in autumn 2000 to 2,500 this spring, with Gordon Brown insisting British forces have made a real difference on the ground to hand over power to Iraqi authorities.

High - February 5th: Powersharing breakthrough - Deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers finally ended as the DUP and Sinn Fein cut a deal.

If the government really wanted to just keep its current powers ticking over and prevent internet service providers destroying their records, they needed a two clause bill — a cut - and - paste job whacking what previously relied on an EU directive into national law.

«Ultimately, Congress controls the power of the purse and has final say over what is included or what is cut in the budget,» said Tenney.

A lot of hydropower was used to fuel the province's paper mills, but with deep cuts in newspaper production over the last decade, that power has lain dormant, Arcand said.

They also introduced a stand - alone FMAP contingency bill that would give the governor less power over the cash — should it come from Congress — and any cuts that might have to be made if it doesn't, than he had initially proposed.

The mayor's calls to raise the tax rate for people earning over $ 500,000 from 3.86 percent to 4.41 percent clashes with Cuomo's tax - cutting agenda and is likely to meet opposition from Senate Republicans who have a power - sharing agreement with a group of breakaway Democrats.

Owen Smith was doubled over with laughter following a power cut which plunged the debate into temporary darkness (Ian Forsyth / Getty Images)

The town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts will switch over to wind power in a move meant to cut costs.

The technology behind the electrically powered plasma thruster can deliver large thrust density without the need to expose electrodes to plasma, which cuts down on damage from erosion over time.

An example of uplift powering erosion is the Grand Canyon, where the terrain's rising altitude caused the river to cut deeply downward into the landscape over the course of several million years.

The move to get the United States into making cutting - edge batteries to power the electric car isn't over.

The Grid We Have When electricity leaves a power plant today, it is shuttled from place to place over high - voltage lines, those cables on steel pylons that cut across landscapes and run virtually contiguously from coast to coast.

The extraordinary growth in fracking — the hydraulic fracturing of deeply buried shale rock to extract natural gas — has transformed the United States over the past 15 years, boosting energy stocks, cutting pollution from conventional coal - power plants, and creating new jobs.

Through their control over transport and logistics operations, companies have the power to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but business leaders are being wary as they select from a wide array of alternative fuels and technologies.

As pressure mounts to cut fossil fuel consumption, and as punitive taxes on non-green power kick in over the next several years, micro nukes could reach a wider market.

As a result, the power bill to run a computer over its lifetime will surpass the cost of buying the machine in the first place — giving Internet and computer companies a business reason to cut energy costs, as well as an environmental one.

These days, switching over to solar power and ditching plastic are just a few clicks away, and you can majorly cut down on your footprint without even leaving your desk.

tryin'to remove more omega 6 from my sweet pots... peel»em deeply... cut»em thin... soak in distilled (thirsty... negatively charged water)... it bonds with inorganic positively charged minerals and almost all toxins are positively charged... fukushima daiichi fallout (plus the over 2000 nuclear weapons which have been tested and all the power plant leaks and meltdowns etc.)... anyway... i soak the super thin sweet potato pieces dump the hopefully filled up with toxins soak water... then boil my thin sweets in new distilled water... hope this is removing a bunch of the omega 6... not sure however... anyway... no regular potatoes for me... just sayin.

Even if Certified Copy proves too much work for many viewers to puzzle over, at least the power of Binoche's performance cuts through rational thought and plunges straight to the heart.

«The staying power of service - learning can be seen in that it has survived and continued over these past five years, despite considerable pressures, such as school budget cuts, focus on meeting state mandates, and concerns with implications of No Child Left Behind,» said Ellen Tenenbaum, a researcher at Westat, the firm responsible for conducting the survey.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

If we could write the constitution all over again we should give ALL education power to the feds and the school boards and cut the states out totally.

The cuts come with the state board, Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and the legislature set for a June court date over lawmakers» December vote to shuttle greater powers to the new Republican superintendent.