Sentences with phrase «turbines supplying power»

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It can respond to increased power demands faster than a turbine can spool up, and it can also save excess power and then supply it when needed.

Building turbines and photovoltaics at the same location can reduce grid and battery costs and level out power supply

The researchers envision thousands of underwater turbines producing as much energy as 10 nuclear power plants and supplying one third of the state's electricity.

General Electric (GE), a world leader in industrial power generation technology and the world's largest supplier of gas turbines, considers gas - fired power generation a key growth sector of its business and a practical step toward reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

The government's review of the UK energy supply published today (26 / July) highlights the dreadful performance of wind power, with over 1830 turbines with combined capacity of 2GW reducing fuel consumption in (and emissions from) UK power stations by tiny and irrelevant fraction of one per cent.

GE has completed the acquisition of LM Wind Power, a leading independent supplier of wind turbine blades.

This steam in turn powers turbines, which are used to produce the electricity that supplies the surrounding community.

The turbine burns diesel fuel to drive the generator, which in turn charges up a 28kWh battery pack that supplies power to the electric motors.

The power unit of the new 911 GT2 is based on the six - cylinder boxer engine of the 911 Turbo, with air supply by two exhaust gas turbochargers featuring variable turbine geometry (VTG).

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With the new (Grasmere) turbines wind could supply up to 80 % of Albany's power needs.

Off of the shore of Block Island on the Rhode Island coast, five wind turbines are operating and supplying power...

On the other hand; wind, geothermal, bio-gas and hydroelectric power new and efficient technologies are also improving significant; and lager capacity and efficient wind and water turbines have been improvised and are adding to the total world's energy in supply.

This trend has not gone unnoticed by Bergey Wind Power Company, the world's leading supplier of small wind turbines with installations in all 50 states and more than 90 countries.

But Siemens, a supplier, gave some examples for a typical combined - cycle natural gas power plant, one that burns the fuel in a gas turbine to drive one generator, then makes steam from the exhaust to drive a second generator.

Conversely, taking advantage of battery storage also confers benefits when ramping down a wind turbine, smoothing out the electrical flow into the grid by drawing on batteries to supply power to the grid more evenly.

«Wind power in Australia is a proven and mature technology that can be readily deployed, and the intelligence and reliability of GE's wind turbine technology makes it a natural fit with the requirements for long - term renewable energy supply in NSW.»

The study finds that the growing need for a secure energy supply is driving power users to invest in distributed generation, using technologies such as small engines or turbines, fuel cells or photovoltaic systems.

When asked to select from a variety of sources to help the state increase its energy supply, more than 90 percent of the 949 Delaware residents responding to the survey supported an offshore wind option — in which whirling wind turbines as tall as 40 - story buildings would be erected off the coast to generate electricity — even if wind power were to add between $ 1 and $ 30 per month to their electric bills.

Over the next four years, Pickens plans to build 2,700 wind turbines that would supply 4,000 megawatts — enough to power 1 million homes.

When it comes to supplying your house with electricity, your two primary options are to design your own renewable energy system with solar panels and wind turbines, or to tie your house to the local power grid.

And, because solar panels and wind turbines can only supply power when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, those binned reactors had to be replaced by fossil fuels.

Electric power can be supplied by solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays and by solar thermal systems in which the Sun heats a fluid that generates steam to drive a steam turbine.

With a nominal power per turbine of 4.0 MW, the 78 wind turbines will produce enough environmentally friendly electricity to supply 320,000 German households each year.

GE supplied the full EPC for the 1,010 MW net ultra-supercritical power plant including its boiler, steam turbine, generator, and complete set of Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS).

They keep working with an intermittent energy supply and they combine well with renewable energy sources: solar panels or wind turbines could power network nodes only when the sun shines or the wind blows, eliminating the need for energy storage.

Ingeteam, the global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced the launch of its new solution dubbed INGECON WIND FIX2VAR SPEED, an autonomous power - conversion system that increases the Annual Energy Production (AEP), lifetime, and grid - performance of fixed - speed wind turbines.

Concerns have also been raised that the additional power generated by the massive turbines could supply almost the entire capacity of a proposed new interconnector cable that would transport power to the mainland, meaning no more community schemes could link up to it.

Since 2013, the German independent consulting firm highlighted that power curve warranties based on two - and four - beam nacelle Lidar power curve verification already have been successfully created by three of the leading turbine suppliers.

Purchasing offsets for grid - supplied wind power offers both homeowners and businesses yet another opportunity to charge electric vehicles from wind turbines.

«With LM Wind Power, we'll be local in more markets, have greater flexibility in turbine design and supply and increased ability to reduce product costs, all of which are good for competition in the industry and the growth of wind power,» said Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable EnPower, we'll be local in more markets, have greater flexibility in turbine design and supply and increased ability to reduce product costs, all of which are good for competition in the industry and the growth of wind power,» said Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable Enpower,» said Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable Energy.

According to the IESO's daily generator report, the wind turbines could have supplied almost 84,000 MWh * of power, or about 27 % of all the power consumed by Ontario's ratepayers (approximately 83 % of their capacity).

That figure comes from Scott Luft who uses data supplied by IESO (Independent Electricity System Operator) for grid - connected wind power projects and conservatively estimates curtailed wind for distributor - connected turbines to compile the information.

There are two simple and compelling reasons why Iowa is arguably the centre of the United State's renewable energy development — it has more installed wind power (20 % of its supply) than any other state and it manufactures more turbines than anywhere else in the state.

FACT CHECK: wind power contributes about 6 % of Ontario's electricity supply, at four times the cost of other power sources; wind power is not the «lowest - cost» option — the turbines are cheap to build but there are many other costs associated with wind power and its intermittency; wind power can not replace hydro and nuclear — the fact is, coal was replaced by nuclear and natural gas, a fossil - fuel - based power source.

Surplus wind power can be stored as hydrogen and used in fuel cells or gas turbines to generate electricity, leveling supply when winds are variable.

It stores surplus power from the wind turbines and can dispatch the energy in times of low wind generation, helping maintain grid stability and guaranteeing continuous power supply.

GE has completed the acquisition of LM Wind Power, a leading independent supplier of wind turbine blades.

Tips and Tricks for Turbine Supply and Service Agreements Paul Varga, Senior Legal Counsel, Renewables and Power, Enbridge Inc..

The new Transbay Terminal will feature rainwater and greywater catchement systems, wind turbines, geothermal power supply, and a massive rooftop park.

During a no wind event, a compressed air storage method (air compressors driven by turbine to provide compressed air to storage tanks which supply air motor / generator) allows the wind farm 5 - 15 minutes to power down the grid connection and afford the utility company time of notice that the wind farm is offline for the time being.

Texas, the nation's wind - power leader, set a new record for wind generation this morning, when — at 6:37 a.m. — about 19 percent of the electricity on the state's main grid was supplied by turbines.

Turbines in these currents can slow them down and reduce the melting while supplying electric power equal to 133 % of the peak demand of the combined New York City and Long Island areas.

Up to 15 GWe of industrial Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants would supply industrial clusters, while 15 GWe or more of urban Combined Heat Pump and Power (CHP&P) schemes (typically 0.5 — 100 MW) would distribute reject heat from fast - response «aero - derivative» gas turbines, and large heat pumps.

At the time of writing (2009/02/28) there are rebates for installing photovoltaic power on private homes and schools, but no rebates for installing small wind turbines, except in isolated areas not connected to the electricity supply grid.

One of the microgrids is in Kongiganak, where five wind turbines supply the village with about 25 percent of its power needs, and excess wind power goes to the home heating units.

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.

Now hooked - up to the Nexans - supplied interarray and export cables, the daisy - chained turbines will flow power into the Scottish grid.

When completed, Cape Wind's 130 wind turbines will supply almost 75 % of the power needs of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, while the 5 - turbine Block Island Farm will supply enough clean energy to power over 17,000 homes.

Asian independent power producer in Hong Kong arbitration claiming damages against manufacturer and supplier of gas turbines arising out of long term operation and maintenance contract for a combined cycle power plant