Sentences with phrase «power in a small country»

It has become a legitimate world power in a small country with a small population and without a national league that ranks among the world's best.

Japanese government used the AGW theory to promote nuclear power in this small country where huge earthquakes and tsunamis have occurred repeatedly.

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More recently, it has been an intellectually lazy substitute for engaging seriously with the question that all small and medium - sized states face in a globalized political world: which powers does it make sense to share with other countries and under what conditions?

And in a country of more than 150 million people, even a proportionally small middle class like Bangladesh's can be quite large in terms of absolute numbers and buying power.

This was why Communists were able to triumph even in countries where they began as a small minority; it was one reason why Communist parties held onto power even in countries where they were widely hated.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

Joseph Jerome, the principal of JEMB and the moving force behind the Small Business Coalition; Taxpayers for an Affordable New York, an earlier manifestation of the powers behind Jobs for New York; Katrina Peebles, wife of Roy Peebles of the Peebles Corporation, the largest black - owned real estate company in the country and recent buyer of 346 Broadway; Stephen L. Green, real estate magnate and brother of boy wonder Mark Green; Aaron Sirulnick, chairman of the Rent Stabilization Association: these are the hefty contributors to the campaigns of Rafael Espinal, one - term Assembly Member and cutout for the Dilans and Vito Lopez.

The ideal, says Arshad Mansoor of the Electric Power Research Institute in Washington DC, is to centrally control small reductions in load across the board — turning down the air conditioning across the country for example, or dimming public lighting by a small amount for a short period of time.

If you live in a small or in a country, or who are painfully shy power is a problem.

A small town music teacher invites a bad - boy country singer to perform at her town's annual Strawberry Festival, and together they discover the power of dreams in this Hallmark Channel original film.

And immediately, there's a new crisis: A British career criminal, Klaue (Andy Serkis), has teamed up with an Oakland - born man, Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), to use the small amount of Vibranium they've been able to salvage in order to power their way into Wakanda and take the country over.

Over 3,000 events showcased the big and small ideas across the country: Manchester United held a staff bike ride, the Arcola Theatre in Hackney taught children how to make hydrogen powered cars, and stars such as Lily Cole and Gemma Arterton showed how fashion can be part of the solution to climate change by modelling a low carbon designer Climate Week T - shirt.

As automakers use more and more cutting - edge technologies to squeeze more and more power from smaller engines, the number of V8 crossovers left in this country has shrunk accordingly.

The story follows a civil war that has broken out in Russia between the government and the ultranationalists who want to restore Russia to its Soviet - era glamor, as well as the battle between a separatist group led by Khaled Al - Asad who seizes power in a small oil - rich country within the Middle East by executing the president Al - Fulani.

who seizes power in a small oil - rich country within the Middle East by executing the president Al - Fulani.

In the meantime, engineers are trying to come up with simple, cheap means for providing a few hours of light a night in rural parts of developing countries while they wait for the convenience of a grid or a central small power statioIn the meantime, engineers are trying to come up with simple, cheap means for providing a few hours of light a night in rural parts of developing countries while they wait for the convenience of a grid or a central small power statioin rural parts of developing countries while they wait for the convenience of a grid or a central small power station.

In addition I would point out that small scale distributed wind and PV are ideal solutions for rural electrification in the developing world, in countries which don't have the resources to build giant power plants of any kind, or to build the grids to distribute electricity from large centralized power plantIn addition I would point out that small scale distributed wind and PV are ideal solutions for rural electrification in the developing world, in countries which don't have the resources to build giant power plants of any kind, or to build the grids to distribute electricity from large centralized power plantin the developing world, in countries which don't have the resources to build giant power plants of any kind, or to build the grids to distribute electricity from large centralized power plantin countries which don't have the resources to build giant power plants of any kind, or to build the grids to distribute electricity from large centralized power plants.

Or renewable energies like solar power, which many nations are promoting, but which make up only a small portion of the energy mix in most countries, and often have physical limitations?

The suppliers provide microfinancing, and since grid power for small homes is costly in less developed countries, it pencils out.

While renewables made up a small fraction of the country's total electricity generation, China was the world's leading producer of hydroelectric power in 2010, and the second - largest producer of electricity from wind power.

The reason it allows greater energy security is because countries can stockpile fuel in a small space that can power their country for years or decades or longer.

This trend has not gone unnoticed by Bergey Wind Power Company, the world's leading supplier of small wind turbines with installations in all 50 states and more than 90 countries.

While the percentage of buildings heated with electricity is smallest in the coldest regions of the country, electric power prices are nonetheless often tied to winter weather.

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level risIn contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level risin rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

Currently, Japan needs to expand the scale and contents of transactions of the small - scale wholesale electricity market, including the Japan Electric Power Exchange (JEPX), and create a situation where electricity retailers procure and sell the required types and volumes of electricity in a fair manner, like in European countries.

Ban commended the work of the International Centre on Small Hydro Power in carrying out innovative cooperation projects, and said that China's experience in climate change solutions and the mitigation of environmental impacts should be spread to other developing countries.

climate change does not impact everyone in a community or country in the same way; greater attention to the structural inequalities and gendered power relations that impact resilience and adaptation, particularly in the context of small - holder agriculture, pastoralism, fisheries and forestry is crucial for effective adaptation planning in the agriculture sectors.

I guess that depends on how many power plants are packed into small areas in wildfire country or tornado alley, etc. — but I haven't done any calculations with that).

For instance, the bulk of the 580 billion yuan ($ 85 billion) to be invested in expanding the country's slowed energy industry in 2009 will go towards coal - fired generation, with nuclear and wind - powered generating capacity making up a smaller percentage.

The report claims that Walmart's renewable energy projects are «far too small relative to the huge scale of Walmart's operations» and that the company's clean energy deployment is only in «relatively few» states, with about three - fourths of its solar installations in just two states (and more than half are just in California), and none at all in «large swaths of the country, including including many of the most coal - intensive states — the states that would benefit most from clean power.»

They will gather and analyze data sent to a dashboard at IISC from small wireless sensors with the goal of finding the best components to produce solar power in India as many of the solar panels the country received are not suited for the extreme conditions of its climate.

One of the most striking examples of the global power of the new generation of internet companies is their ability (and willingness) to use smaller and developing countries as testing grounds for their new products — in particular, for initiatives they couldn't get away with in the U.S.. For years, Facebook has tried to violate the principle of net neutrality by striking deals to make Facebook not count against mobile data caps (in India, Facebook's Free Basics program was met with heavy criticism).

Bitcoin mining has blown up to monumental levels in the past year, with the total energy used by the network rivaling the power consumptions of some smaller countries.

Although getting exact statistics on the power requirements of bitcoin is difficult, it's regularly compared to small countries in its current state.