Sentences with phrase «small amount of electricity»

Other generating units must be kept immediately available to supply electricity when the wind turbines are not operating or are producing only small amounts of electricity.

There are some exceptions, and small overlapping fuel uses — direct industrial use of liquid fuel (a fairly significant quantity), some liquids burned to make electricity (this used to be a significant amount, but is now only a very small amount), and now a very small amount of electricity used to power electric vehicles («EVs»).

We use very small amounts of electricity in producing a litre of wine compared with the average usage for most other wineries in Australia.

Vibration harvesters, for example, produce small amounts of electricity from everyday mechanical disturbances such as wind currents, traffic noise or footsteps.

We have generated small amounts of electricity just by getting the fabric damp — without the need for any additional circuits or components.

Like all hybrids, his Prius increases fuel efficiency by harnessing small amounts of electricity generated during braking and coasting.

Certain appliance functions that require small amounts of electricity include: - Maintaining signal - reception capability (for remote control, telephone or network signals)- Monitoring temperature or other conditions (such as in refrigerators)- Powering an internal clock - Battery - charging - Continuous display (such as when a microwave clock stays on when the oven itself is off)

to serve customer demands when windmills are not producing or are producing only small amounts of electricity.

Microbes feed on the waste, oxidizing the organic substances and producing a small amount of electricity.

Utilities can substantially reduce their disruption costs, as well as social costs, by continuing to supply at least a small amount of electricity to serve HP demands during outages.

The electronic array sits like a postage stamp on the ganglion layer, stimulating the cells directly with a small amount of electricity.

All you need is something that can conduct just a small amount of electricity.

The resulting chemical reaction produces water, heat, and a small amount of electricity.

... Nancy Sutley, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Steven Chu, the energy secretary, will unveil plans to place photovoltaic solar collectors and a solar hot water heater atop 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to heat water and provide a small amount of electricity for the residence.

Technologies like these may only be able to supply a small amount of electricity, but they can still improve lives.

When your solar system's inverter converts the DC power to useful AC power, there is a small amount of electricity that is lost in the conversion process.

The final version leaves in place a small amount of electricity provider competition available to some commercial customers.

Because around 90 percent of the energy demand can be supplied by low - temperature heat, the process is relatively cheap — and only a small amount of electricity is needed for pumping and control purposes.

July 9, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on National Energy Board of CanadaNote: A small amount of electricity is traded by states outside the regions shown.

Each smart village would essentially be a large box (e.g. storage container) with solar panels on top and a battery underneath — providing a small amount of electricity to sterilize water for the local community and provide a host of other amenities.

All of which is made worse when the power generated by the project is carried by transmission lines to places far away, with only a small amount of the electricity used locally.

There wasn't much use for such a small amount of electricity until recently, when LEDs and microelectronics made 5 watts useful.

While needing a small amount of electricity, they are self - contained and don't need emptying, according to Mainichi.

Of that, 71 % goes to transportation via cars, trucks, buses, airplanes; 23 % goes to industrial purposes (manufacturing, plastics, chemicals, etc); the remaining 6 % goes to residential and commercial uses, plus a small amount of electricity generation.

My conclusion: for me personally, using a small amount of electricity on the e-bike to get myself riding more frequently has substantially reduced the CO2 emissions associated with my daily travels around town, by more than 200 kg.