The agency that operates the state power grid cited colder than usual weather, maintenance problems and a power shortage across the Northwest.
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Construction, maintenance and power transmission requirements will be much more costly than land-based installations, requiring even higher subsidies and consumer pain.
Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, the bill's chief Democratic sponsor in the House, touted the benefits of legislation that would give Americans sweeping new health care rights and the power to sue health maintenance organization (HMOs) and insurers if the treatment is denied.
Electricity workers, angry at lower severance payments, have suspended maintenance, so power cuts may follow.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the long-term cost of solar power (including capital investment and maintenance) comes to 25 cents per kilowatthour.
The 2007 World Bank ESMAP report cited earlier gave its vote to renewables principally because of what the authors saw as a quicker drop in the costs of development and maintenance compared with conventional power sources.
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Right now, the critical barriers to entry for an entrepreneur with a disruptive idea (read: technology which may scale exponentially and unpredictably) are gaining access to low-cost, efficient infrastructure, implementing extremely complex software to maximize compute power and storage, and minimizing maintenance concerns.
An emergency backup generator is only allowed to operate for 200 hours every year and only in the event of an emergency power failure or for routine testing and maintenance.
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Also under international law, an occupying power has the responsibility for the restoration and maintenance of public order and safety.
He argued that, while most entrepreneurial solar engineers were urban-based, most grandmothers would remain in their villages, forming a nucleus of skilled human power that could be relied upon in the maintenance of solar equipment.
Soon after he won power, Mr Blair decided to abolish the maintenance grants of university students throughout the United Kingdom, and to require many students (subject to a means test) to contribute to the cost of their tuition fees.
The government also wants to restart nuclear power plants that have been shut down for scheduled maintenance but are now in limbo.
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Except for the amount of pollutants emitted during the plant construction and maintenance, the normal operation of these power facilities emits essentially no pollutants into the atmosphere.
So it is not surprising that the stock of Fluor Corp. ( FLR, 47) , which provides engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project-management services for refineries and power plants, is down 48% in the last 12 months.
The group are also suing maintenance firm Utility Services Corporation Limited over its inspections of the power line.
It also won a contract to provide power equipment for the Emirates Aluminum smelter complex in Abu Dhabi, and another maintenance contract for a LNG project in Russia.
Generally, the participants at the FERC hearings all expressed a preference for better sharing of information concerning pipeline capacity scheduled for power generation, individual power plant burn rates, fast notification of major operational changes, and coordination of maintenance work to both systems.
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Solar thermal power is low tech, extremely low cost to manufacture, install and use, and requires very little to no maintenance at all.
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Horizon Nuclear Power said a new station could deliver up to 800 high quality permanent jobs, rising to 1, 000 during maintenance and up to 5, 000 jobs during construction.
The new locomotives are designed for easier maintenance, will improve energy efficiency by using a regenerative braking system that will feed energy back into the power grid and will enhance mobility for the people, businesses and economy of the entire Northeast region.
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