The train also is expected to bring fuel oil from Umm Qasr to Baghdad to power electric plants in the Iraqi capital.
FutureGen would be a near zero-emissions plant that converted coal into hydrogen, to power electric turbines, and carbon dioxide, to be pumped underground.
Thankfully the researchers at hand believe the technology could eventually be used to power electric and hybrid vehicles, which is always the dream, right?
As for the liquid lens, Nippon Electric Glass' version uses low-power electric field to control its liquid crystal molecular orientation, thus changing the focal point.
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The innovative Sanya Skypump pairs UGE's cutting-edge vertical wind turbines with GE's electric vehicle (EV) charging technology to offer completely clean energy to power electric vehicles.
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"Moreover, in places that do generate electricity from renewable sources, it would be more cost-effective to use that electricity to power electric or plug-in hybrid cars than high-speed rail, " O'Toole said.
It seems odd: After all the research Toyota Motor and its partner, Panasonic, have done in the area of advanced lithium-ion batteries, the Japanese carmaker decided that maybe Tesla Motors' crude approach--stringing together a bunch of laptop batteries--is the preferred way to power electric vehicles, at least for now.
Information is as important as the storage of the electric power and the generation of electric power.
The combination of pedal power and electric power gives the Turbo a top assisted speed of 27.9 mph.
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In this case, I looked at the MMD A Electric Power as a benchmark, since there is no MMD for BBB-rated bonds in the electric power sector.
There are five companies on the list that are particularly intriguing: American Electric Power (an electric utility), Exxon Mobil (integrated oil), Gap (apparel), Kimberly-Clark (consumer products) and NextEra Energy (renewable energy).
The Tokyo metropolitan government is trying to break its contract to supply power to the Tokyo Electric Power Co.
These markets allow companies to recover the costs of building power plants that provide electric power during periods of peak demand.
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Also Monday, the monopoly power company, Korea Electric Power Corp.
Also last week, shares of Hopewell's 54.6%-owned power arm, Consolidated Electric Power Asia (CEPA), fell nearly 12% over concerns about delays in its Pagbilao power plant in the Philippines.
New York City, electric power is transmitted by high voltage cables encased in steel pipelines to electric substations where the power is converted to low voltage feeders supplying about 55 distribution networks.
But the bill finding the most support among power companies, including American Electric Power, one of the nation's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is a measure sponsored by Senators Jeff Bingaman, D-N.
But the bill finding the most support among power companies, including American Electric Power (nyse: AEP - news - people ), one of the nation's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is a measure sponsored by Senators Jeff Bingaman, D-N.
In October 2010, the British government gave the green light to building up to eight new nuclear power plants in the country, a year and a half after the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power caused much of the world to turn on the controversial clean burning super fuel.
Big mistake No. 1: Under the 1996 deregulation measure, investor-owned utilities such as Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric were required to sell most of their power generating plants to other private companies, and to become buyers of wholesale electric power.
Both acts would, of course, slow progress and delay the arrival of cheap solar power and electric cars.
In the mid-Atlantic, American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy, Dominion Electric and Pepco Holdings have all proposed massive transmission projects.
Gourmet or premium power refers to highly-reliable electric power supplies that deliver service within a narrow voltage range and without harmonic distortions.
Investors who want to bet on solar power or electric cars do not want to be saddled with rice cookers or restaurants.
But there is another way to power an electric car - hydrogen.
Wrightbus is working with the ISE Corporation of California to deliver the new buses in which hydrogen is used to power an electric drive system.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and CEO of SpaceX, held court on space travel, solar power and electric cars at South By Southwest Saturday.
The hybrid recaptures energy through a process known as regenerative braking -- where the energy normally lost through braking or coasting goes to power the electric motor.
The German Aerospace Centre has tested this idea in an aircraft using a fuel cell to power two electric motors built into the hub of an aircraft nose wheel.
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It runs on battery power for about 40 miles, after which a small gasoline engine kicks in to power an electric motor that extends the EV range for up to 300 miles.
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