The Department for Culture Media and Sport said the new unit would be operational throughout the 2012 Games.

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Southern expects its first unit to be operational by 2017, although there are concerns over delays tied to construction codes.

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Once a new unit is built, the operational costs are nominal and over a 40-year time period, such facilities have proven to be cost effective.

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It is unclear how many people worked for the monitoring unit or how long it was operational.

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While I agree that from an operational and cultural standpoint the executives leading this unit may be best suited to respond to the crisis on a day-to-day basis, a true leader stands in front of his team in both bad times and good times.

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In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.

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