Special circuitry enables very low power consumption but large amplified power output from a PC or Mac USB connection.
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Instead, opponents argued, government management was required to counterbalance the power of large corporations.
For example, conventional CHP systems commonly produce enough heat and power for large, mulit-buildings hospitals.
Lawmakers argued that an administration with good intentions could actually end up giving more power to large firms.
Competitive pricing pressure has increased with the buying power of large retailers (21% of Hershey's sales last year were to Wal-Mart, according to Advertising Age, a trade journal).
In the past, the SEC has used its considerable power against large financial institutions to exact very significant penalties that are ultimately paid by the shareholders of those institutions.
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If 5.3 million people used the new tool and cut back their electricity consumption by 10%, they would save the equivalent of a gigawatt of power--enough to power a large city, Cahill added.
The energy released by a large hurricane can exceed the energy consumption of the human race for a whole year, and even an average tornado has a power similar to that of a large power station.
One of its contributors, Tim Worstall, recently took me to task for suggesting that a way for citizens to gain some countervailing power over large global corporations is for governments to threaten denial of market access unless corporations act responsibly.
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Eventually the U.S. will come around, too, since it must replace as much as 50 gigawatts of existing nuclear power by midcentury. (One very large power plant produces a gigawatt.) "Describe to me how it works by 2040 if you don't have new nuclear plants built, " says John Rice, the 48-year-old vice chairman, who started out with Immelt in GE's plastics division.
It takes years to plan and at least six years to build a large power plant.
In addition, there's a large power line in the area of the collapse, he said.
That plan requires large power producers to purchase credits for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted.
Harvest Power also operates large composting facilities in California and the northeastern U.S. In Tullytown, Penn.
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Countries with nuclear power typically build large-scale reactors 15 to 20 km away from heavily populated residential areas.
Today, most big man-made carbon-dioxide emitters, such as a large power station, are known about and their outputs are measured.
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The Indian Ocean furiously hurls itself against the jagged coast and the air shudders with the power of its large explosions.
Solar power similarly despoils large stretches of land while producing minimal electricity.
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It is only in the exploration stage, but has signed long-term contracts for the sale of uranium with large power producers like Exelon.
Large power plants would achieve significant fuel savings and thus greatly reduce their carbon dioxide emissions as a result of such an increase.
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Helping with seed, advice, fertiliser, and offering the small farmer the ability to band together to counterweight the market power of the large buyers.
It also told its volunteers and workers in Kansas City to be prepared to help in the case of power outages or large numbers of stranded travelers.
There's a massive heat sink on the rear and it gets toasty from what we are assuming a large power supply judging from the PC style power cord.
The problem is likely to get much worse with the proliferation of turbines, not just from large power companies erecting them, but private individuals doing so as well.
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These are provincial elections and there is a very large power struggle going on in the south right now between members of Sadr's political block and other groups.
Offshore wind velocities on an average are 30 percent higher and as such it makes sense to install big wind turbines(about 5 MW and above) to harness large power.
After embarking an unfulfilling career at a large power company, Johan decided to return to the energy and sense of purpose that came with working with young people and math.
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What will be the level of investments in electric power given the large drop in equity valuations for the sector after the government announced its measures to reduce end-user electric bills?
But for the most part, large power plants cannot shutdown for just one hour as there are thermal and mechanical concerns that put the plant at risk of being damaged for doing so.
The large power transformers, that control most the power flowing through the grid, are failing at an alarming rate, twice the rate as in 2001, and ten times the rate as in 1980.
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