Over the years Nortel, Honeywell, Scientific-Atlanta and Siemens all tried--and failed--to devise reliable power line networks.
If they did, he believes the entire western region could enjoy a more reliable power supply.
"This is a highly reliable power source, " said Dennis Hughes, director of property management for the bank.
But the absence of reliable power supplies in all but a couple of cities will probably limit the take-up.
Audiences responded to its cool, ultramodern style while rooting for its heroes, whose only reliable power was their old-fashioned humanity.
The system produces reliable power 99.9999 percent of the time, giving it a reliability rating of "six 9s, " according to the bank.
The city is remarkably well run by Indian standards, with broad avenues, green parks, reliable power and water that you can drink.
With all this reliable power, no wonder the internet search giants like Google and Yahoo have for years built their biggest server farms in the Northwest.
It still has the advantages of offering reliable power, a degree of energy security, and no carbon dioxide emissions beyond those incurred in building and supplying the plants.
The Smart Grid provides reliable power that is relatively interruption-free.
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However, it is important to think about ways to reward nuclear for its unique contribution to the U.S. generation mix as a source of reliable power generation with low greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Over the years Nortel (nyse: NT - news - people ), Honeywell (nyse: HON - news - people ), Scientific-Atlanta (nyse: SFA - news - people ) and Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) all tried--and failed--to devise reliable power line networks.
Gourmet or premium power refers to highly-reliable electric power supplies that deliver service within a narrow voltage range and without harmonic distortions.
Bridge the digital divide by developing adequate infrastructure, in particular, affordable broadband connectivity, widespread mobile technology and reliable electrical power supply.
Goal Zero is the industry leader for renewable and reliable solar power.
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One of the reasons we in the developed world are as rich as we are is our astonishing easy access to low-cost, clean, reliable electrical power.
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They need reliable electric power now and they know that they will not get it under the present energy rationing that exists in Japan or in any non-nuclear future possible in the remaining years of this decade.
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Finally, the U.S. should implement market regulations that fairly reward the value provided by stable and reliable sources of power generation.
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"As innovation in home electrical technology advances, so does the need for safe, reliable and efficient power distribution, " says Joanne Edwards, vice president and general manager, Residential Division, Eaton.
The wind industry has largely been out-competed by natural gas, which has proved to be a clean, reliable and cheap power source for the future without subsidies or even venture-capital funding.
It ran at 90% of capacity in 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration, and Central Vermont Public Service says it's the most reliable source of power the utility has access to.
Jan Verplancke, the chief information officer of Standard Chartered, says that international banks build their large computer systems in the places that have the most reliable communications and power networks and are least prone to natural disasters.
But doing so will mean replacing high-power-density sources that are reliable and low cost with low-power-density sources that are highly variable and high cost.
Nowhere is this more true than with respect to the necessary, if not sufficient, precondition to space power: reliable, ready and affordable access to space.
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In the meantime, the neighbors of Crispus Attucks Park, like the rest of us, wait for the solution that will deliver reliable, clean, renewable power at those times when the utility fails.
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But there is a concession to sceptics about the government's ambitious targets, and the need to secure reliable baseload capacity to ensure power supplies when the wind drops and turbines stop working.
Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is an industry-led initiative with 70 member companies that creates specifications and certification logo programs for using the power lines for reliable home networking and Smart Grid applications.
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