The effect of the current scandal has been to turn an existing stand-off on power-sharing into a full-blown crisis.
The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth shut down after losing off-site power.
The long recharge time will thus not be an issue, and the electricity will be cheap, off-peak power.
The current model of robo-fly is tethered to a small, off-board power source but Dr Ma says the next step will be to miniaturise the other bits of technology that will be needed to create a "fully wireless flying robot".
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This means the transistors - or tiny on-off switches that power its processors - can be shrunk in size.
My test taxes the computer more than a normal user and involves keeping Wi-Fi on, cranking the screen to full brightness, turning off all power-saving features, keeping email retrieval going in the background and playing an endless loop of music.
In my tough battery tests, where I set the screen to 75% brightness, turn off power-saving features, leave the Wi-Fi on and play locally stored videos until the machine dies, the Surface Pro did pathetically.
In my battery tests, where I turn off all power-saving features, crank the screen brightness up all the way, leave the Wi-Fi on, and play a continuous loop of music, they fell well short of that.
Members of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights protested in the streets last week to highlight her disappearance, and the MDC threatened to break off power-sharing talks with the government if she and other abducted MDC supporters were not released.
In my tough laptop test, where I turn off power-savings software, crank up the screen to 100%, leave the Wi-Fi on to collect email, and play a continuous loop of music, the XPS 12 lasted just 3 hours and 31 minutes.
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Yin, who holds a PhD in atmospheric science, got laid off from a wind-power company in Boulder, Colorado in September 2009.
Jeff Yin, a programmer who got laid off from his wind-power employer in September 2009, started picking words from home for Trada a few months later.
The young inventor envisages PaveGen systems being used to power off-grid appliances such as public lighting, illuminated street maps and advertising, and to be installed in areas of dense human traffic such as city centers, underground stations and school corridors.
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It's not just the fitness club types in Hong Kong attempting to generate a bit of renewable energy, inventor Lucien Gambarota -- the very man responsible for converting all that cardio into voltage -- is showing off some micro-wind turbines for even more power bill relief.
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For some off-griders, it's a matter of having little or no impact on the environment -- literally living off the power grid.
Barely three days later, just when I had finished the usual chores and was about to key in the prospects, the power went off - at 0900.
Louis extended the lead to 2-0 at 8:15 of the second period with a power-play goal off a sharp pass from Teddy Purcell.
We take off-the-shelf IT and Internet technology and transform the power grid and electricity transmission lines into an energy Internet.
Chowdhury, who formerly headed up IT for the Grameen Bank, describes what happened in off-the-grid Bangladeshi villages when her team put solar power and mobile technology into the hands of illiterate women.
Beckham is one of the world's most recognisable names, both for his sporting prowess and numerous off-pitch endorsement deals, and his pulling power could provide a valuable income stream for PSG -- which must conform to European football's financial fair play rules that restrict over-spending by club owners.
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Energinet.dk - the Danish Power Company notes that for short periods, forecasts can be off by as much as 30-40 %, which may result in 350 MW of power that has to be quickly balanced in either direction.
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With a few mouse clicks, the co-worker sent a signal over the Internet that remotely shut off the power to a single fan inside a 10-foot section of ductwork directly above the microphone.
To these ambitious people, there is an acceptable trade-off between money and the power and prestige of office.
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The Sabres also killed off a 4-on-3 power play that lasted 40 seconds.
Franklin had tried to head off a return to such great-power rivalry by constructing an international order founded on great-power co-operation.
It is developing giant off-shore wind turbines, biomass power plants (including projects in Florida and Washington with Duke Energy), and, with its Ausra acquisition, solar thermal power plants.
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Samsung's Magic Eco feature allows users to adjust a monitor's brightness based on different energy consumption levels with four preset energy-saving options to choose from: 100 percent, 75 percent, 50 percent, and Power-Saving Off.
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Energy Management, a 28-year-old energy company based in New England, plans to build a 468-megawatt wind power facility off the coast of Massachusetts: the Cape Wind project.
Shortly after Kovalchuk banged a power-play shot off the post, Del Zotto swatted a shoulder-high pass from the corner by Derek Stepan into the net at 11:49 for New York's third short-handed goal of the season.
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