Beijing was built to show off the power of the emperor and leave visitors in awe.
It's run entirely off the power that's in that fiber, that was originally collected from the sun, through photosynthesis.
For some off-griders, it's a matter of having little or no impact on the environment -- literally living off the power grid.
It has also started a number of efficiency and solar power projects that have taken select manufacturing plants off the power grid.
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But Gandhi herself fell off the power list by failing to put together a coalition that could take over the government after that.
Engineers from Arqiva, which owns the transmitter, had to switch off the power supply to the transmitter to assess the damage to the structure.
While that still sounds expensive, compared to the five cents per kilowatt Ford pays to buy energy off the power grid, it's worth it, Ford says.
Officials plan to let residents back into their neighborhoods by Wednesday afternoon, after they restore electricity to the area, which first requires entirely shutting off the power at damaged homes.
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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.
Brown said the water would be delayed for no more than two hours, just enough time to take the pressure off the power supply during "rush" hour, but that move would not affect residents.
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If every home in the U.S. were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas off the power grid (32 million homes).
Planetary Power plans to follow-up their introduction of HyGen with a truly unique solar hybrid power generator early next year that will again change the game for energy generation both on and off the power grid.
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Instead of hustlers telling credulous investors what returns they could expect, investors told hustlers what returns they had to deliver, based on their own analysis of information made freely available by new media outlets working off the power of the telegraph.
Its research also suggests many UK adults do not have adequate protection from electrical fires - less than half of those surveyed (49%) have a Residual Current Device in their fuse box, a safety device which minimises the risk of fire by cutting off the power in the event of a fault.
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However, with Kovalchuk off the ice, the power play was ineffective, and Clemmensen was barely tested.
When the camera's completely switched off, hit the power button and you'll go straight into camera mode which lets you shoot immediately, then about half a minute later the interface seamlessly goes back to smart mode, which is when you can hit the back or home button to toggle the Android unlock screen (though we'd rather go straight into the home screen).
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The country becomes the first to swear off nuclear power in the wake of the recent nuclear emergency at the Fukushima power plant in Japan.
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"This indicates that the wave power resource off the Outer Hebrides is even better than what was thought to be the case, " said Mr Vogler.
The device is also made out of 65% recycled plastics, and comes with a 0-watt hard switch that lets you cut power completely off from the monitor for zero power consumption.
Sabres scoring leader Thomas Vanek limped to the bench after taking a Christian Ehrhoff point shot off the hip during a power play eight minutes into the middle period and did not return.
The yacht had lost its engine and sail power off the Bahamas, in December 2010.
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That morning in Panyu would usually have been a day off since the state power company doesn't supply the plant electricity on that day of the week.
But the issue is relatively new to the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has levied major fines and suspensions against players for behavior off the field, wields the same power to punish owners.
Once the novelty of power wears off and the agony of austerity begins, these voters could migrate to a Labour Party rendered more Liberal-friendly by a non-tribal leader such as David Miliband (the former foreign secretary and favourite to take over the party).
For all the talk about the federal government protecting the poor and performing essential services, Washington is mostly about paying off those with the most power and influence.
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It took all the region's wind turbines offline for about five hours and it expects to continue to pull the plug on them for a few hours almost every night until well into July, when enough snow in the Cascades and northern Rockies will have melted for the excess run-off (and therefore the excess power) to subside.
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.
The geographical department of Chumbivilcas, for which Santo Tomas serves as the capital, is historically one of the poorest in Peru and cut off not only geographically from the power centers and financial interests of the Pacific coast, but most resources and government services thereof.
To cope, the power companies have shut off generators and power outages have occurred.
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The lady on Delta got irritated at me because I had headphones on as we were taking off and the pilot had clearly said to power off all electronic items.
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