Even if renewable energy goes mainstream, INL researchers still believe nuclear will be essential for supporting the electrical grid's base load — that portion of the nation's electricity that must be
supplied at a constant rate, in contrast to the variable supplies from the sun and wind.
Not exact matches
In order for businesses to be successful over the long haul, they must demonstrate a
constant willingness to reevaluate and negotiate
rates, terms and contracts with the respective parties
at every point on the
supply chain.
As of today, the SMFIR technology
supplies 60 kHz and 180 kW of power remotely to transport vehicles
at a stable,
constant rate.
The monetarist prescription of keeping the money
supply growing
at a
constant, non-inflationary
rate — whether this is achieved by deliberate central bank policy or by some type of gold standard — will not fix the problem.
We assume that between 2005 and 2012 the economy grew
at 2.5 % (on par with recent economist and CBO estimates of potential GDP growth), the energy - intensity of the economy declined by 1.9 % a year (the average annual
rate between 1990 and 2005), and the energy mix (and thus carbon - intensity of energy
supply) remained
constant.
There's weird crap happening far out in the solar system on Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft not being
at the position and velocity where theory says they should be and radiothermal power
supplies not decaying
at rates predicted upon what are axiomatically
constant radioactive decay
rate of the isotopes like it isn't really a
constant at all.
Bitcoin's algorithm makes the
supply of bitcoins predictable, with a
constant stream of bitcoins distributed via block rewards that halve
at a preset
rate.