Sentences with phrase «solar power systems in»

Home - use solar power systems in Japan now generate a combined total of 1.4 million kilowatts of electricity, the daily said.

His third company, SolarCity, is the biggest provider of solar power systems in the U.S. Managed by his cousins, Peter and Lyndon Rive, SolarCity sold shares in a public offering in 2012 and was bought by Tesla on Nov. 21, 2016.

SolarCity provides nearly one out of every three new residential solar power systems in the U.S., and now has more than 300,000 installed residential and commercial customers across the country.

The grid - tied solar panel system is the most common type of solar power system in the US.

Evaluation of Energy Yield for Fixed Linear Fresnel Reflectors Type Concentrated Solar Power System in the UAE

The average roof - top solar power system in Australia in 2011 was about 2.7 kilowatts (figures from the Australian Renewable Energy Regulator) and an installation of this size will generate about 4.3 megawatt - hours of electricity each year.

The average roof - top solar power system in Australia is 2.043 kilowatts (Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator) and will generate about 3.2 megawatt - hours of electricity each year.

The rooftop solar array race is heating up: FedEx Ground has just announced that it will be installing what will be, for now, the largest rooftop solar power system in the US at its distribution hub in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Not exact matches

A bolder bet is Shell's effort to build solar farms near gas - fired power plants, constructing hybrid generating systems that allow Shell to do what amounts to new - energy arbitrage: tap different energy sources at different times and in different amounts to maximize profits.

The two nuclear - powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close - up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets» moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.

SolarCity pays to install and maintain rooftop solar systems for homes or businesses in exchange for monthly payments for the power that the panels produce.

SunPower said in June it would it would offer solar systems with battery storage to 300 New York homeowners in what would serve as a «virtual power plant» to utility Con Edison.

Distributed solar systems require additional upgrades to the power grid, including enabling the grid to operate in both directions, and most utilities are pushing back against covering those upgrade expenses.

«As soon as the storm passed, Tesla began sending hundreds of Powerwall battery systems that can be paired with solar panels to the devastated island in an effort to restore electric power there,» reports Fortune, «and the shipments of Powerwall battery systems are continuing.»

As beautiful as it is efficient, the building in south Edmonton is powered by a solar PV array and is heated and cooled by a geothermal system.

For example, when the sun sets, the systems switches from the traditional power grid to the solar power stored in the batteries.

Based on a concept originally hatched by Musk, SolarCity was founded in 2006 by brothers Peter and Lyndon Rive and is provider of solar power systems to the U.S.

Of the more than 300,000 solar power systems the company has installed, the majority are under leases and PPAs and are contracted to generate more than $ 8 billion in customer payments over the next 20 years, and up to $ 4.8 billion more with customer renewals after year 20.

In 2014, nearly twice as many residential solar systems were installed over the year before — and nearly 2,000 Nevadans now have their own solar power, according to the Solar Energy Industries Associasolar systems were installed over the year before — and nearly 2,000 Nevadans now have their own solar power, according to the Solar Energy Industries Associasolar power, according to the Solar Energy Industries AssociaSolar Energy Industries Association.

They provide a solar - powered drip irrigation system that can increase farmers» yield with up to 300 percent in Kenya and the neighbouring countries.

After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

Regulators are now looking for alternatives to the conventional power grid, like microgrids, and are hoping that backing them up with renewable solar and wind power would reduce the bottlenecks in the power system and get the lights back on more quickly after a future disaster.

We raise much of our food, burn wood for heat, water is gravity spring (no pump), private septic system, solar power I installed feeds grid back, no electric bill, wireless internet tower income pays our property taxes, so basically we can live on a vastly reduced income should it be needed, Much of our savings is in precious metals.

HTT bought land last year to begin initial construction on the Hyperloop in Quay Valley — a proposed 75,000 resident, solar - powered concept city being built in King's County, California that intends to use HTT's test track as its main transportation system.

In December 2016, CEO Elon Musk teased a new «Tesla Supercharger V3» with over 350 kW power output and off - grid solar and Powerpack systems.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

In a Private Letter Ruling published on Friday, the IRS said that a battery added to a solar pv system a full year after solar installation was completed is eligible for a the full 30 % ITC — as long as it is 100 % powered by solar.

However, it is also clear that increased prices for steel and aluminum don't only affect the solar racking, tracking and mounting systems industry, but also other forms of power that are in competition with solar.

I wonder how many god believers take seriously a person who claims to be an alien abduction «expert» or a bigfoot expert or a ghost expert or pyramid power expert or naburu (or whatever that «hidden» planet in our solar system is called» expert.

when any voilence occured in the name of God i always wonder what the ppl will say / do [who did that voilence] if all of sudden that GOD Himself present!!!!!!!!!! but when i think abt the universe and out side of solar system, i always if its not for some SUPER NATURAL POWER how they can be in such way, even though that they are thr coz of physics, science etc...

Metropolis Farms designed its own lights, rainwater recapture and solar power system, and has not had a gas or water bill in two years.

To achieve 100 % solar power would actually result in wasted power and not as efficient a system, so the carefully thought out project was capped at 89 % solar power.

That is why the United States must lead the world in transforming our energy system away from nuclear power and fossil fuels and towards energy efficiency and renewable energies like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass which will provide safe and clean energy and create millions of good - paying jobs.

In addition, it will add a solar - powered bus station and an expanded commuter parking lot and an intelligent transportation system that adapts to changing traffic conditions.

The new libraries have already been opened for use in the respective schools with facilities such as new furniture, books, computer systems and internet facilities to improve the learning experience of the students, as well as solar powered inverters for consistent power.

The $ 35 million silicon carbide chip project is the centerpiece of the New York State Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, a $ 500 million partnership between GE and SUNY Poly to develop next - generation power electronics chips used in everything from data centers and medical imaging to airplanes and solar power sysPower Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, a $ 500 million partnership between GE and SUNY Poly to develop next - generation power electronics chips used in everything from data centers and medical imaging to airplanes and solar power syspower electronics chips used in everything from data centers and medical imaging to airplanes and solar power syspower systems.

«I had a solar power system installed on my home in 2014 through a Southern Tier Solar Works campsolar power system installed on my home in 2014 through a Southern Tier Solar Works campSolar Works campaign.

ALBANY, NY (12/02/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson was today joined by local stakeholders and representatives of enXco and Mercury Solar Systems in announcing the beginning construction phase of the Suffolk Solar Carport Project which is expected to deliver up to 17 megawatts, enough to power nearly 1,800 homes with clean renewable energy for LIPA customers.

Enugu metropolis today have roads built with green verges, pedestrian walkways, drainage systems, street lights and bus stops powered by solar - energy lights, all thanks to the development oriented personality of the man at the helm of affairs in Enugu State, Mr Sullivian Chime.

Germany gets around 26 per cent of its power from variable solar and wind, and already has some smart systems in place.

The United States followed in January 1958 with the 31 - pound satellite Explorer I. Even as the nascent U.S. space program focused on pint - size payloads, however, a research team at an obscure division of the General Dynamics Corporation was secretly drawing up plans for a monstrous 4,000 - ton spaceship that would be powered by the sequential explosions of thousands of hydrogen bombs and would ferry hundreds of astronauts at a time across the solar system.

With dwindling radioactive sources, NASA turns to solar panels to siphon power in the darkest parts of our solar system.

Renewable sources — such as rooftop solar panels, which sometimes generate more power than a household uses — required a decentralized system in which electricity flows in both directions, from many small generators into the grid, and from the grid to consumers.

How will we power our way to the outer solar system in future?

What in effect, we would be doing is displacing 300 oil - fired power plants and another 300 coal - fired power plants; so the land required for 600 fossil fuel power plants — if you are going to think that way, if you consider the whole system, which includes mining coal, which includes drilling for oil, the refining of all that, it's not just the power plant — that the land tradeoff actually gets to be fairly close, you know, the solar power plant is the footprint of the solar power and that's it.

From, 2010 to 2020 roughly, the federal government would have to supply about 420 billion dollars in subsidies to get these massive scale [s] of production for, you know, all the mix of photovoltaic systems, solar power systems, the compressed air systems, the direct current system.

Most CSP systems require significant amounts of water, which has proven to be a challenge in desert regions of the U.S. where solar power is most attractive, while Stirling engines require none other than small amounts for cleaning the mirrors.

But we have to understand what the details of the available power are,» says Hermann Böhnhardt, the other lead Philae scientist, at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany.

As a result, Phoenix Solar, AG, a German company that installs solar power systems, is Solyndra's biggest customer to date — and the latter claims to have $ 1.2 billion in multiyear contracts, largely because the cylinders can be installed in days rather than weeks and do not require special suppSolar, AG, a German company that installs solar power systems, is Solyndra's biggest customer to date — and the latter claims to have $ 1.2 billion in multiyear contracts, largely because the cylinders can be installed in days rather than weeks and do not require special suppsolar power systems, is Solyndra's biggest customer to date — and the latter claims to have $ 1.2 billion in multiyear contracts, largely because the cylinders can be installed in days rather than weeks and do not require special supports.

Aliens might want resources from our solar system (Earth's oceans, perhaps, full of hydrogen for refilling a fusion - powered spacecraft) and swat us aside if we get in the way, as we might dismiss mosquitoes or beetles stirred up by the logging of a rain forest.