Sentences with phrase «thermal electricity produced»

When completed, it will double the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the US.

When constructed, Ivanpah will be the world's largest solar energy project, nearly doubling the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the US today.

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Cola believes the rectennas could be useful for powering internet of things devices, especially if they can be used to produce electricity from scavenged thermal energy.

Companies that produce solar - thermal chillers say that they use 30 — 90 % less electricity than the conventional air conditioners that operate in most buildings, depending on the type and size of the installation.

Thermoelectric materials produce electricity by exploiting the flow of thermal current from a warmer area to a cooler area and are currently used in both subsea and aerospace applications.

Another route to harnessing solar energy to produce electricity is using concentrated solar power (CSP) and the world's first commercial solar thermal power plant came online in Spain in 2007.

Electricity is locally produced by a photovoltaic power station that covers about the 60 % of the annual consumption; heating and AC systems use a heat pump powered by photovoltaic panel, thermal solar panel produce up to 100 % of the hot water used in bathrooms; during winter a pellet (compressed wood) high efficiency heating system can guarantee a comfortable warm temperature in all the houses.

La Florida is a solar thermal plant -LSB-...] that uses parabolic troughs to heat liquid in tubes, which in turn spins turbines and produces electricity.

We have a full solar PV system to produce our electricity and Apex installed a solar thermal system to heat our hot water and help offset our home heating costs.

Concentrating solar plants (CSP) generate solar thermal electricity (STE) while producing no greenhouse gas emissions, so it could be a key technology for mitigating climate change.

When combined with thermal storage capacity of several hours of full - capacity generation, CSP plants can continue to produce electricity even when clouds block the sun, or after sundown or in early morning when power demand steps up.

In this report, portions of electricity produced using hydro, nuclear or thermal energy have been estimated by province from NRCan.

The design features 1,706 roof - mounted solar panels, enough to produce nearly 500 kilowatts of electricity; a geothermal well field; extensive daylighting plus 100 percent LED lighting; and insulating concrete form construction for high thermal mass.

The majority of thermal storage mediums — not counting the case of molten salt — are not heated to high enough temperatures to produce steam and power turbines, generating electricity.

Solar thermal power (electricity) generation systems collect and concentrate sunlight to produce the high temperature heat needed to generate electricity.

These allow more electricity to be produced from less coal - known as improving the thermal efficiency of the power station.

Solar thermal power systems may also have a thermal energy storage system component that allows the solar collector system to heat an energy storage system during the day, and the heat from the storage system is used to produce electricity in the evening or during cloudy weather.

Solar thermal systems such as the new 64 - MW Nevada Solar One installation should have smoother output power than PV systems because the thermal inertia of the oil used as a working fluid is expected to continue producing electricity despite the fluctuating thermal input.

Systems to produce electricity from ocean tides, currents, waves, and thermal gradients are immature technologies whose costs and environmental effects are not fully known.

The use of solar thermal power to produce electricity at Nevada Solar One rather than fossil fuels is equivalent to eliminating the CO2 emissions from approximately 20,000 cars on America's roads.

Their thermal power generation has increased continually to compensated for this disaster and the input from the wind generators, after 30 years of development, produces only 2.3 % of California's electricity.

NextEra projects that by the mid-2020s renewables will produce electricity cheaper than existing thermal power plants in America.

Renewable energy (which includes solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, ocean currents, biomass, biofuel) can produce electricity more than enough to power our current and future lifestyle, without polluting the planet and causing global warming.

Solar reactors don't include the large power block of a CSP plant, which is a full thermal power station producing electricity (except with heat supplied by the sun).

Solar thermal technology involves concentrating sunlight to produce heat to generate electricity, or to increase the chemical energy of natural gas.

This deal has had implications for future power plant construction planning, because import of electricity from Bulgaria, at 3 - 3.5 cents per kWh, is actually cheaper than the incremental cost of producing electricity from a new thermal - electric power plant (about 5 cents per kWh).

Solar thermal technology is capable of producing Australia's entire electricity demand and is the only renewable energy capable of making deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a confidential coal research report obtained by The Canberra Times says.

BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs, develops, and deploys solar thermal technology to produce high - value electricity and steam for power, petroleum, and industrial - process markets worldwide.

The houses generate energy with photovoltaic (also called solar electric) systems that produce electricity and with solar thermal systems for space heating and cooling and water heating.

Note: This sector includes generators that produce electricity and / or useful thermal output primarily to support the activities of the above - mentioned commercial establishments.

AIA lists the ambitions set for the building: «1) to create the best possible learning environment by providing exceptional daylighting, views, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort; 2) to make the sustainable design strategies a visible part of the students» education by developing the site as a teaching tool with natural drainage and native and food - producing plants; 3) to inspire and excite the community about the possibilities of sustainable design and in turn generate support and private funding; 4) to reach net - zero electricity use through exceptional efficiency and adding photovoltaic (PV) capacity to meet the remaining electrical demand; and 5) to reach these goals with only a modest cost premium.»

Abengoa Solar will use a so - called «solar trough design» for the plant - which consists of rows upon rows of parabolic mirrors that focus the sun's rays on water - filled tubes to heat them and produce steam to power electricity - generating turbines (i.e. a solar thermal system).

The reasons we use thermal plants for generating electricity is that these plants have a small footprint, can be located close to consumers, and produce electricity reliably at very high energy - densities.

Today, we go all the way to the other end of the spectrum with a home - and business - sized water generator said to be capable of producing between 40 - 100 gallons of potable water daily, but which requires both a solar thermal and an electricity input, and which comes with a price tag of some $ 9000.

Both PV and solar - thermal systems like BrightSource's currently produce electricity at a cost of about 17.5 cents a kilowatt hour in ideal environments, without incentives, New Energy Finance estimates, and the cost of solar PV power may decline by about half in the next decade.

Occasionally though, researchers focus on combining technologies to create an even better one, like tandem solar cells that also produce hydrogen, or in this case, a new nanomaterial that can harness both thermal energy and light into electricity at the same time.

Our time on campus showed us countless examples of sustainable practices in action: A 32 - unit solar thermal array as well as two solar photo - voltaic systems (which convert sunlight into electricity and generate more than 30,000 kWh annually), and two wind turbines that produce 10 million kWhs of electrical power annually — meeting 60 % of the electrical needs for the Morris campus!

The photovoltaic systems are scheduled to produce about 6,750 kWh of electricity annually, while the solar thermal panel has the capability to pre warm enough domestic hot water to provide 85 % of the annual demand.

It can produce 50 kilowatts of electricity and the equivalent of 222 kilowatts of thermal energy.

Add that to that the fact the electricity from solar thermal plants — which produce energy at 13 - 17 cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh)-- is competitively priced but still higher than power generated by natural gas, and you may question how many solar thermal plants will be built in the near future.

BrightSource's LPT 550 Technology BrightSource «s LPT 550 solar thermal technology produces electricity the same way as traditional power plants — by creating high temperature steam to turn a turbine.