Sentences with phrase «power system infrastructure»

Because of those challenges, AGD wants to use the construction work in progress (CWIP) plan, a decades - old cost - allocation construct allowing builders of power system infrastructure to slowly introduce charges to ratepayers who would benefit as they build.

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A MPUC representative declined to comment and instead directed us to contact the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)-- a nonprofit organization that oversees high - voltage power grid infrastructure and reliability across Minnesota, 14 other US states in the Midwest (in whole and in part), and parts of Canada.

NZ is the acronym for a separate operation called Nitro Zeus, which gave the US access into Iran's air defense systems so it could not shoot down planes, its command - and - control systems so communications would go dead, and infrastructure like the power grid, transportation, and financial systems.

«Moreover, much of our critical infrastructure — our financial systems, power grids, pipelines, health care systems — run on networks connected to the Internet.

The Japanese government has spent heavily on improving its information security systems and has formed teams to study possible threats to power supplies and other infrastructure.

So the aim was not only to provide basic infrastructure needs freely or at subsidized prices, but to prevent private owners from erecting tollbooths on roads and charging monopoly prices for power, phone systems (as in Telmex in Mexico or similar phone monopolies in the post-Soviet kleptocracies).

To be sure, the hurricane severely damaged not just Puerto Rico's power infrastructure and health care system but also basic government functions and medical data collection.

In this session, Author Kim Zetter will talk about Stuxnet and the security issues around the digital systems that control our critical infrastructure — trains, planes, water treatment plants and the power grid — as well as the products of our daily lives, including cars and medical equipment.

«When we are facing the sort of infrastructure destruction we have seen this hurricane season, it only makes sense to give some pause before reinvesting in the exact same system that proved too vulnerable,» Gwen Holdmann, who directs the Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, said in an email.

With offices spread across all states and territories in Australia, Hitachi offers a wide range of products and services in the region, including but not restricted to; information & telecommunication systems and services, mining technologies and solutions, social infrastructure solutions such as power and rail systems, industrial products and solutions, and consulting services.

But rebuilding energy infrastructure with distributed power in Puerto Rico, with 3.4 million residents, would require deploying these systems at an unprecedented scale.

There's also a quote from Felix Rohatyn, who recently returned to Lazard as a special advisor, who said: «Infrastructure must become a top priority both for the long - term health of our transportation and power systems but also for job creation.»

If somehow all these big words are about the future of Northern England's society and economy, about its transport and education and health system, about power and control vis - à - vis Whitehall bureaucracy and the whims of national government, about jobs and infrastructure and other areas where we are spending and raise tax money, then we should be talking about something else.

If somehow all these big words are about the future of Northern England's society and economy, about its transport and education and health system, about power and control vis - à - vis Whitehall bureaucracy and the whims of national government, about jobs and infrastructure and other areas where we are spending and raise...

The state will also replace power infrastructure throughout the system with seven new traction power substations to improve reliability and increase capacity enough to power three LIRR trains traveling simultaneously.

Cuomo ordered an investigation of the Con Edison infrastructure in the subway system in April, after a power failure in midtown Manhattan snagged morning commuters.

The NDRC is working to fix this through a comprehensive strategy that includes overturning unconstitutional maps in court, changing the rules to enact a fairer system for drawing maps, building infrastructure and mobilizing tools ahead of the 2021 redistricting process, and gaining power in targeted states by electing more Democrats.

Any of these natural disasters could rupture the delta levees and take a lot of the infrastructure — power lines, communication networks, gas pipelines, hydroelectric power systems — with it.

The development and deployment of major technologies potentially crucial to more sustainable energy — such as nuclear power, wind and solar power, biomass conversion and transport infrastructure — are matters of systems design requiring a mix of public and private decision making.

Supporting a rail system powered by hydrogen fuel cells, for example, would require an entirely new infrastructure because hydrogen, being a small molecule, would leak through existing pipelines.

New investments in mini grid systems aimed at bringing power to rural Africa and other remote areas may provide a test bed for the rural energy infrastructure of the future.

Investments in mini grid systems aimed at powering up remote parts of Africa may provide a test bed for rural energy infrastructure elsewhere in the world

The newly available data gives researchers a treasure trove of measurements they can use to better understand how space weather works and how best to protect critical infrastructure, such as the nation's satellites, aircraft, communications networks, navigation systems, and electric power grid.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software algorithm that detects and isolates cyber-attacks on networked control systems — which are used to coordinate transportation, power and other infrastructure across the United States.

The design of the technology will be tested with the assistance of CERN, which has suitable existing X-band power systems and infrastructure.

At peak hours of sunshine, when the users can not take advantage of all the power their systems produce, they feed it back into the infrastructure.

Critical infrastructure, such as dams, power grids and other systems are increasingly linked to the Internet, meaning they, too, are exposed to ransomware.

In 2006 the National Science Foundation awarded Major Research Infrastructure (MRI) funding to UNAVCO and IRIS / PASSCAL to design and build power and communication systems for autonomous polar station operation.

Unfortunately, the effects of overtraining can reach very far into the body: it's been known to break down the body's basic infrastructure (its nervous system, endocrine system, etc.), which is what the muscles (and indeed, all of the body) rely on to power their function and grow.

Supporting assessment autonomy: How one small school articulated the infrastructure needed to own and use student data (by Karen Hunter Quartz, Jarod Kawasaki, Daniel Sotelo, and Kimberly Merino) reports the results of 18 months of integrated problem - solving research on one teacher - powered school's effort to create a K - 12 system of student assessment data to capture the school's vision of what students should know and be able to do.

For the extra $ 3,200, customers get a navigation system with charging infrastructure information, leather - wrapped steering wheel, 8 - way power adjustable driver's seat with 2 - position memory, 4 - way power adjustable front passenger's seat, perforated leather - trimmed seats, and an Ultrasuede interior.

Banking is part of the nation's financial infrastructure, which is to say that it's part of the overall national infrastructure in much the same way the interstate highway system and the electric power grid are.

• Model number: PCH - 1000 series • CPU: ARM ® Cortex ™ - A9 core (4 core) • GPU: SGX543MP4 + • Main memory: 512 MB • VRAM: 128 MB • External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5 mm (width x height x depth)(tentative, excludes largest projection) • Weight Approx: 279g (3G / Wi - Fi model), 260g (Wi - Fi model) • Screen: 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED, Multi touch screen (capacitive type) • Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type) • Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera; Frame rate: [email protected] × 240 (QVGA), [email protected] × 480 (VGA); Resolution: Up to 640 × 480 (VGA) • Sound: Built - in stereo speakers, built - in microphone • Sensors: Six - axis motion sensing system (three - axis gyroscope, three - axis accelerometer), Threeaxis electronic compass • Location: Built - in GPS (3G / Wi - Fi model only), Wi - Fi location service support • Keys / Switches: PS button, power button, directional buttons (Up / Down / Right / Left), action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), shoulder buttons (Right / Left), right stick, left stick, START button, SELECT button, volume buttons (+ / --RRB- • Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G / Wi - Fi model only), 3G modem (data communication): HSDPA / HSUPA * specification for Japanese region, IEEE 802.11 b / g / n (n = 1 × 1)(Wi - Fi)(Infrastructure mode / Ad - hoc mode), Bluetooth ® 2.1 + EDR (A2DP / AVRCP / HSP) • Slots / Ports: PlayStation ® Vita card slot, memory card slot, SIM card slot (3G / Wi - Fi model only), multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication), headset jack (Stereo mini jack)(for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In]-RRB-, accessory port • Power: Built - In Lithium - ion Battery: DC3.7 V 2200mA, AC adaptor: DC 5V • Operating environment temperature: 5 - 35 degrees Celsius • Supported AV content format: Music — MP3 MPEG - 1 / 2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG - 4 AAC), WAVE (Linear power button, directional buttons (Up / Down / Right / Left), action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), shoulder buttons (Right / Left), right stick, left stick, START button, SELECT button, volume buttons (+ / --RRB- • Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G / Wi - Fi model only), 3G modem (data communication): HSDPA / HSUPA * specification for Japanese region, IEEE 802.11 b / g / n (n = 1 × 1)(Wi - Fi)(Infrastructure mode / Ad - hoc mode), Bluetooth ® 2.1 + EDR (A2DP / AVRCP / HSP) • Slots / Ports: PlayStation ® Vita card slot, memory card slot, SIM card slot (3G / Wi - Fi model only), multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication), headset jack (Stereo mini jack)(for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In]-RRB-, accessory port • Power: Built - In Lithium - ion Battery: DC3.7 V 2200mA, AC adaptor: DC 5V • Operating environment temperature: 5 - 35 degrees Celsius • Supported AV content format: Music — MP3 MPEG - 1 / 2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG - 4 AAC), WAVE (Linear Power: Built - In Lithium - ion Battery: DC3.7 V 2200mA, AC adaptor: DC 5V • Operating environment temperature: 5 - 35 degrees Celsius • Supported AV content format: Music — MP3 MPEG - 1 / 2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG - 4 AAC), WAVE (Linear PCM).

A system of weapon and infrastructure development is powered by the player's ability to effectively manage resources, allowing them to invest in new guns and tools that match individual play styles.

', together these programmes interrogated the systems and infrastructures embedded in networked communication, and how this affects distribution, flows of information and power, as well as language, community - building and identity formation.

Taking the conversion of infrastructure — oftentimes cold, invisible technical systems — into a kind of lauded aesthetics that penetrate power structures as the point of departure, the trio plunges into post-1950s Chinese audio - visual materials — from the archive of the propaganda pictorial Renmin Huabao, government recordings, to politicized pop music from the early 2000s and their music videos — to trace an aestheticized infrastructure's horizons and its ideological workings.

Titled «The Future Is Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed» and «At the Backend», together these programmes interrogated the systems and infrastructures embedded in networked communication, and how this affects distribution, flows of information and power, as well as language, community - building and identity formation.

The greatest potential damage caused by space weather in economic terms would be the destruction of infrastructure required for continent - sized power distribution systems.

The report outlines areas where USCA states will focus collective efforts, including to expand clean energy finance tools, modernize the power sector, design energy efficient buildings, develop a green transportation system, build climate resilient infrastructure, and protect natural resources.

This shift, combined with the other transformations in the energy ecosystem require new ways of thinking about the electricity system and power generation that can be supported by the existing grid infrastructure.

Traditionally, when presented with a constraint on the system relating to reliability, load growth or the introduction of intermittent generation, a utility had one option: build new infrastructure, such as new substations, power plants or transmission lines.

AltaRock's team of engineers can also increase the efficiency of existing power plant infrastructure and decrease evaporative loss in the cooling system to further extend the life of existing geothermal power projects.

Indeed, as I argue in this article, I think it will be absolutely essential that we shift much of our current wasteful fossil fuel use (e.g., shipping the same goods back and forth across the ocean, driving gas - powered private automobiles, and producing disposable consumer goods) toward building new infrastructure for long - term resilience (e.g., local food economies, low - energy housing, greenspace, water catchment and storage, clean energy systems, trains, and, yes, wind - powered sea vessels!).

1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of Hydrogen 3.3 Hydrogen's Safety Record 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 4.2 Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3 Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4 Fuel Cell Vehicles 5 Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1 Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2 Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3 Hydrogen Fueling 5.4 Hydrogen Station Capacity 6 Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7 Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3 Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8 Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9 Sources of Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil Fuels 9.2 Renewable Sources 10 Methods of Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11 Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12 Hydrogen Delivery 12.1 Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13 Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14 Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1 Hydrogen as a Fuel 17.2 Rollout of Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3 Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings

These local and state governments need to shift their power systems to renewables and energy efficiency, put in place low carbon infrastructure in buildings and transport, and engage their citizens.

What they are concerned about is the fragility of the physical structures and systems that keep industrial societies running — the infrastructure of roads and railways, power plants, industry, water supplies, schools and hospitals — in the teeth of the increasing ferocity of extreme weather.

Utilities nationwide are investing in modern grid infrastructure — including smart meters, local solar installations and better monitoring systems — to keep Americans from losing power after a storm.

Currently, most power companies do not have communications systems that reach their entire grid infrastructure and often don't know there has been a power outage until a customer calls to report it.

The Productivity Commission produces figures that show each 2kW air conditioning systems requires around $ 7,000 of added infrastructure investment — made up for $ 4,000 in distribution (in neighbourhoods), $ 1,400 in transmission (from the central coal fired power station), and $ 1,600 in generation costs (gas fired peakers).

Powering Up the Smart Grid (2007) A host of new smart energy devices and systems are emerging that can take pressure off overloaded grid infrastructure and power costs, dramatically improve grid reliability and security, and accelerate the growth of cleaner power generation.