High winds and heavy snow that night knocked out some power transmission lines in New England.
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But the sheer cost of transmission lines will likely provide an impetus to consider alternatives.
Infrastructure needs like pipelines and electrical transmission lines will become more evident as production increases.
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In normal years, snowpack levels are lower and there is spare capacity on transmission lines.
True, siting transmission lines is an exercise in the dark side of American federalism.
The need to modernize our transmission lines and to expand their capacity is irrefutable.
Simply put, reducing demand is cheaper than building new power plants and transmission lines.
The Edison Electric Institute funded a study on underground transmission lines in 2009.
Roughly 70 percent of electrical power generated at a plant is lost in transmission lines.
New chillers, Stirling engines, solar arrays, and transmission lines must be fabricated, shipped, and installed.
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Utilities now receive updates on transmission lines 30 times a second instead of every two seconds.
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Some of the projects involve modernizing old, inefficient transmission lines that just waste too much energy.
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Big developments in long-distance transmission lines, which are promised, could be most valuable of all.
So don't expect a massive expansion of new transmission lines or any expansion of new, "clean" hydropower.
Energy regulators are now grappling with how to ensure fair and open access to electric transmission lines.
Analysts say outdated transmission lines and an unreliable electricity supply have been affecting India for several years now.
The power and utility companies like to have control over the power supply and control over the transmission lines.
But in a settlement AES won the right to move its power over government-owned transmission lines to the more lucrative Russian market.
We take off-the-shelf IT and Internet technology and transform the power grid and electricity transmission lines into an energy Internet.
Wind and solar power also require huge amounts of land and expansive transmission lines to deliver electricity from remote sites.
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The health center was only a few hundred yards from electric transmission lines, but nobody had ever bothered to connect it.
Adapting the electricity grid, for example, to use more alternative energy may require new transmission lines for which approval can take years.
In addition to cell towers and transmission lines, Roshan has constructed and financed playgrounds, sports facilities, e-learning centers, and schools all over Afghanistan.
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It would require improvements in turbine technology, cost reductions, new transmission lines and a five-fold increase in the pace of wind turbine installations.
Meanwhile, Dominion Power is planning to install two separate underground transmission lines, both of which are in its home territory of Virginia.
This typically means that a utility will first assess affected power plants, transmission lines, and substations to determine the extent of any damage.
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In addition, the Administration continues to support transmission planning efforts, which have already resulted in the identification by stakeholders of high-priority transmission lines.
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The most ideal locations are typically remote from areas where demands are highest, requiring large investments for power transmission lines and land right-of-way use.
India is building the country's new parliament building, erecting power transmission lines in the north, and building more than 200km (125 miles) of roads.
He said investment in transmission lines over the last seven years amounted to 30% of what had been spent over the preceding 120 years.
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