The UBS report explains that while nuclear energy has suffered a powerful blow, and it is not clear when and how it will get back on its feet, GE will benefit, despite having built the generators, as its strong gas turbine business, along with its smaller renewable portfolio, will step in to cover the output gap generated from a diminishing inventory of nuclear power plants.

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The engineers found a way to kick-start a radio-frequency device wirelessly using an external power source initially, but running the device afterward on the output of power generated by the inner ear.

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This, of course, still understates the ultimate economic burden of education, its "opportunity cost"--the output that could otherwise be generated by those in school.

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The 10 megawatts of power that will be generated by the Sound of Islay turbine farm pales into insignificance when compared to the output of a large nuclear or coal power station, which according to American hydro energy non-profit the Ocean Energy Council, can produce up to 100 times as much electricity.

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