Sentences with phrase «smaller diesel generators»

Instead, residents run their shops and grain mills off small diesel generators, spending between 50 cents and a dollar per kilowatt - hour (compared to around 5 cents in the United States).

The 24 - foot Endeavor Green Electric Hybrid can run all day on an electric charge that costs only 11 cents and generates no emissions, kicking into a small diesel generator only if the boat's eight batteries run dry.

With a decent electric range, such a car could be used for weeks without burning a drop of fuel, and during longer trips, it would get very good fuel economy from the small diesel generator.

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He explained that photovoltaics, combined with small wind turbines have gained increasing recognition as a reliable, cost effective alternative to grid extension and diesel generator sets.

The larger 70s - era generators will be removed and replaced with smaller, modern generators, but the same general amount of diesel power will still be in play.

This Turbine - Recharging Electric Vehicle setup — TREV, for short (stop laughing at the back)-- employs the diesel - fuelled turbine to drive a generator that then replenishes the surprisingly small 28kWh battery.

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Apart from the obvious and major disadvantage of pollution, diesel powered generators, that will only be needed a small percentage of the time, will be ideal for the needed rare peaking power in exceptionally high demand times in the short - to medium - term.

As well every CO of every military base in the world would give his left nut to have his own electrical grid not reliant on diesel fueled generators with a defensible small nuclear power plant.

There are thousands of small islands and remote communities that have relied on diesel generators alone, quite happily for many decades.

Mark Fulton, an analyst and advisor to Carbon Tracker, said: «As the costs of photovoltaics reduce and battery technology improves, this can provide a growing share of hybrid solar / diesel generator solutions which suit local small enterprises as well as rural settings and include more locally manufactured elements over time.»

Rooftop solar power — or, alternatively, microgrids powered by various combinations of small renewable installations and diesel generators — are the only way their inhabitants will ever get reliable electricity.

Some field stations still start up a diesel generator when they need enough power for a big piece of scientific equipment, but operate with wind machines, and sometimes small solar panels, the rest of the time.

For the smaller islands especially, which currently depend on diesel - powered generators, a major downturn in wind power generation or a peak in demand that isn't being met by those sources could be a disaster for the grid.

Another good idea (but more capital - intensive) would be for farmers who use diesel generators as a main source of power to install a small wind turbine or some solar panels and to only use the generator as backup.

The town has had a small, 0.15 MW, wind turbine since 1991, but has relied mostly on very expensive diesel - powered generators for its electrical supply.

Small - scale energy storage, the technology used in solar - plus - storage systems, can also be charged with electricity from the grid to provide backup power without the use of a diesel - powered backup generator.