But progress stalled in 1967, which represented the peak in power plant efficiency.
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The Isle of Wight, off the south coast in the Solent, aspires to become self-sufficient in energy over the next few decades through a combination of tidal power, a waste-to-electricity plant and efficiency savings.
In the case of a power plant, that includes the location of the plant and the efficiency with which it transforms gas into electricity.
Lastly, China points to its impressive improvements in energy efficiency and coal-plant cleanliness in recent years, and its increasingly ambitious commitments to invest in renewable energy sources.
Managers tout the Chery Production System, or CPS, which is modeled after the vaunted Toyota Production System, but the factory lacks the clockwork efficiency of a Toyota plant.
Managers tout the Chery Production System, or CPS, which is modeled after the vaunted Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) Production System, but the factory lacks the clockwork efficiency of a Toyota plant.
The rocket engine power plant runs at a 35% thermal efficiency, versus 55% for conventional gas-fired plants.
For a power plant, that includes its location and the efficiency with which it transforms gas into electricity.
"We simply can't compete on cost efficiency with a gas-fired plant, though I think that we will be able to compete with off-shore wind and tidal projects, " says Skilhagen.
There's even a "white tag" market: When I install a more efficient light bulb, I can sell that efficiency gain to the fossil fuel power plant, just as if it's a green tag.
Excluding the engine, where efficiency will reach Italian levels only when a new engine plant is opened, it takes around 21 man-hours to build a Palio in Betim, or about two hours more than it would at Melfi, the firm's most modern Italian plant.
The process works at 90 percent efficiency, and it can be used on a variety of plant waste beyond orange peels.
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In generation, lower procurement costs and improved efficiency levels compensated for 20% lower output, due in part to plant outages.
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