Sentences with phrase «replacing conventional power»

A parliamentary subcommittee agreed last week to seek bids from renewable energy producers to replace that conventional power use, and expects to choose a supplier by late summer.

Hi Steve, we're def not trying to suggest that 3 windmills can replace a conventional power station — any more than we're trying to suggest cooling towers drink tea....

Not exact matches

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

Our cacao powder can easily replace conventional cocoa powder or chocolate chips power when preparing your favorite homemade treats.

At a more general level, the international system is returning to great power security competition, now that multipolarity is replacing the post-Cold War unipolar moment, and how that future will turn out is uncertain — but one thing that the last 67 years have shown is that nuclear deterrence is a fairly effective way of stopping major power security tension turning into all - out conventional war.

For example, light - emitting diodes, as they become more power efficient, are rapidly replacing conventional light bulbs.

There are approximately 30 billion square feet (2.8 billion square meters) of expansive, flat roofs in the U.S., an area large enough to collect the sunlight needed to power 16 million American homes, or replace 38 conventional coal - fired power plants.

At many places, the old, conventional, and power - consuming illumination is being replaced by LED technology at the moment.

Conventional high - power diodes are replaced by a special array of LEDs.

In fact, it's the same system used in the Ford Focus RS - a conventional rear differential is replaced by a pair of clutches that can meter out power to each rear wheel individually, controlled electronically depending on cornering and traction requirements.

A seven - speed twin - clutch automatic transmission replaces last year's eight - speed conventional automatic, and Quattro all - wheel - drive distributes power all four corners.

In basic form, the single cam lobe and follower / rocker arm of a conventional engine is replaced with a locking multi-part rocker arm and two cam profiles: one optimized for low - RPM stability and fuel efficiency, and the other designed to maximize high - RPM power output.

Both will be based on a development of the proven Aero Supersport's aluminum chassis with the 4.8 - liter BMW V8 replaced by a new derivative of Zytek's high power - density electric powertrain driving through a conventional manual gearbox.

A 12V rack - mounted Electric Power Steering system replaces a conventional column - mounted hydraulic system and saves fuel — gaining up to a half - mile per gallon of gas.

At the moment, Mirasol has been used to power «super eBooks», but not to replace conventional LCDs — yet.

This is particularly relevant for power systems where the peak load is expected to increase at the same time as conventional power plants to be replaced by intermittent renewable power generation.

This solution replaces conventional electricity - generating technologies such as coal, oil, and natural gas power plants, and is considered a «bridge solution» to a 100 % clean, renewable energy system.

Some countries in ASEAN, particularly Thailand, have been embarking on CCTs by retiring their old conventional coal power plants and replacing them with ultra-supercritical coal power plants.

They can also be used to replace existing conventional attic fans in order to cut power costs and generally require no more maintenance than a conventional attic fan, as most solar panels are naturally cleaned by the rain.

If you do that, you effectively replaced what you would have consumed from conventional power plants with electricity produced by solar panels (or wind farms).

- Intermittent wind energy can't replace a single conventional energy power plant, let alone fuel cars, trucks and ships.

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He envisions them eventually replacing all base load power plants — conventional power plants that provide a continuous and constant flow of power regardless of demand — which would greatly help reduce carbon emissions and pollution.

The NSP Solar Pump system can be used to replace other water pumps which are already installed, whether they're hand - pumps, diesel generator - powered pumps, or conventional windmill pumps, and offers a range of benefits that beat other alternatives hands - down.

On top of this, the report notes that solar thermal cooling technology - in which the sun's heat is used to power thermally driven absorption chillers or evaporation devices to cool air - can reduce the burden on electric grids at times of peak cooling demand by fully or partially replacing conventional electrically powered air conditioners in buildings.