But two of Ochsner's three diesel generators failed, leaving only a minimum of electrical power.
Equinix invests in redundant batteries and diesel generators to keep its data centers online.
The power plant's backup diesel generators and their fuel supplies were destroyed by the tsunami.
Meanwhile, Abdelazziz lives in a walled concrete compound with thundering diesel generators providing 24-hour electricity.
The steep maintenance costs associated with diesel generators is like adding insult to injury.
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Diesel generators were supplying electricity to the plant, which was stable, the NRC said.
There are millions of diesel generators around the world powering critical industrial and commercial applications.
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Along with electricity, the diesel generators create heat and noise that can be detected by the enemy.
Both communities now make do with inadequate and polluting diesel generators that operate sporadically, the UN says.
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Most slum dwellers rely on diesel generators or an inverter a battery that users charge on the grid.
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To run communications and surveillance equipment, soldiers now must tow diesel generators or giant battery packs behind trucks.
Because power cuts are frequent, many of these entrepreneurs use diesel generators to keep their Internet operations going.
Over a year, the solar-powered microgrid will reduce the running time of the diesel generators from 100% to 40%.
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The back-up power supply includes six diesel generators with ten days of fuel.
But this is not the only problem with diesel generators, which are the primary solutions used to support FOBs.
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As with past attacks, coal-fired plants and diesel generators fill the void to keep the lights on in Israel.
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Many of the rural branches of South Africa's Standard Bank rely on satellite transmission, diesel generators and solar power.
Turin's organisers burned 8m litres of fuel in some 600 diesel generators to ensure the lights stayed on.
The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, one of Delhi's main state-run hospitals, ran its diesel generators for almost two hours.
Kenya already uses up all its 1, 200MW capacity and is compensating for frequent power cuts by installing temporary diesel generators.
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The North Anna Power Station has two nuclear reactors and is reportedly operating on four diesel generators to maintain cooling operations.
The EFOY is also standard equipment as back-up power for federal troops in Germany, because it reduces on-the-move weight compared to diesel generators.
The factory runs on diesel generators and currently makes oral and injectable hormonal contraceptives, which the Muktadirs plan to export to emerging markets.
The factories regularly lost power and had to rely on their own diesel generators, at a cost four times that of regular electricity.
The failure of diesel generators, which power water pumps that are critical to reactor cooling systems, was a leading cause of the current crisis.
The microgrid comprises eight 100-kW grid-tied inverters, the rooftop PV array, the lead-acid battery pack, backup diesel generators, and a Web-based monitoring and control system.
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The tsunami destroyed the diesel generators that provide power to drive the pumps that circulate the water coolant through the reactor that removes decay heat.
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They had to be surrounded with backup equipment like diesel generators and hundreds of pumps and valves meant to squelch problems before they turned into disasters.
With only a minimum of electricity generated by diesel generators to run monitors, ventilators and other medically necessary equipment, a skeleton crew has kept watch over the hospital.
Mr. Norvelle said the four diesel generators at the plant, 40 miles northwest of Richmond, can furnish enough electricity to run vital safety systems indefinitely at the two-reactor site.
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