Off-grid energy systems such as photovoltaics, solar water heating, and on-site water collection can keep basic services going.
非常规的能源系统例如光电科技，太阳能热水及就地取水都能运作建筑的基本设施。
Running on solar power gathered from its rooftop supplemented with grid energy, the "Fast Bus" is expected to top out just shy of 40 miles per hour, so it's not ideal for long treks.
通过电能和顶部太阳能装置收集的太阳能共同驱动，这种巴士最快能达到40公里每小时的速度，因此它不适合用作长线行驶。
What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become "prosumers", who produce and consume their own energy onsite?
随着越来越多的人成为“产消者”，就地生产和消费自家生产的能源，那么花了几十年时间和数十亿美元才建成的中央电网的命运会如何？
Although the system would consume energy, it would return energy to the grid via methane generation from composting nonedible parts of plants.
尽管该系统会消耗能源，但它会通过从植物不可食用的部分堆肥产生的沼气将能源回馈给电网。
These efforts will provide invaluable data on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of the Smart Grid, including energy and cost savings.
这些努力会为智能电网的效益，成本效益提供无价的数据，包括能源和成本节省。
She notes that Delucchi and Jacobson included in their estimates an updated grid and various forms of energy storage.
她发现德卢基和雅格布森在他们的设想中有更新的电网和能源存储的多种形式。
For those UK crematoria that hold lots of daily services, the amount of excess heat generated could open up the possibility of selling energy to the National Grid.
对于承担大量日常服务的英国火葬场而言，产生的余热的量可能意味着它们或可将能源卖给国家电网。
Around the world, electric power systems that have added significant amounts of renewable energy to the grid require both costly and creative solutions.
世界上，电力系统为电网带来了大量的可再生能源，而这种电网要求的解决方案不仅造价高而且还得具有创造性。
We'll further devote to green energy, with smart grid being a crucial link.
我们会比以往更深入地投身绿色能源，智能电网将是其中重要的一部分。
The power grid has basically been the same for the better part of a century, says Ian Bowles, Massachusetts' secretary of energy and environmental affairs. That is, until the smart grid.
直到智能电网的出现，这大半个世纪来，整个电网基本上没有更改，马萨诸塞州能源与环境事务秘书长称。
A national (or, better still, international) grid is the essential prerequisite for a largely renewable energy supply.
全国性的电网(或更好的国际电网)是大规模可再生能源供应的前提。
The "grid," incidentally, refers to the entire energy infrastructure.
顺便提一句，所谓的“电网”就是指整个能源基础设施。
We were able to create time- and volume-dependent tariffs, but eventually we'll need to make tariffs that depend on weather, energy availability, grid load, and other variables.
我们能够创建依赖于时间和用电量的价格表，但是以后还需要依赖于天气、供电能力、电网负载和其他因素的价格表。
A blueprint for low-carbon buildings is also being considered, and longer term the NHS could develop its own energy grid supplied by renewables on its land.
计划还考虑了一个低碳建筑物的蓝图，在更长期形式上，NHS将会自己通过可再生能源直接向自己的电网供电。
Similarly, a global change to a new, more distributed power sector - with more renewable energy and a smarter grid infrastructure - could have growth benefits.
同样地，创立全新的、结构优化的全球能源结构——增加再生能源，建立智能化能源网的基础设施——可能会获得长远、可持续增长的收益。
The flow of energy between the grid and electric cars need not be one-way.
电网和电动车之间的电流不一定是单向的。
In Japan, where electricity is expensive, solar power is now fully cost-competitive with power from the grid, says Paul Maycock of PV Energy Systems, a consultancy based in Virginia.
弗吉尼亚州PV能源系统咨询公司（PV Energy Systems）的保罗‧梅科恪列（PaulMaycock）说，日本的电力很贵，太阳能动力如今已完全能与电网电力等价消费。
Such models get some of their energy from the power grid and some from gasoline.
这些车型一部分能量是从电网获得，另一部分是汽油。
Unlike answers to many of the nation's energy problems, improvements to the grid would require no new technology.
不像解决许多我们国家面临的能源问题，对电网进行改进不需要新技术。
This is tech-speak for an intelligent network paralleling the power grid, and for applications that then manage energy use in real time.
这是技术行话，针对的是一种并行于电网的智能网络，并包含一些实时管理能源消费的应用。
Similarly, one of the key technology gaps hampering the U.S. energy grid is a lack of understanding regarding superconductors -- materials that can carry electricity with no energy loss.
与此相同，阻碍美国能源网的核心技术缺陷之一是缺乏对于超导体的认识，这种材料可以没有损失的输送电力。
Also, making sure that we have a new electricity grid to get the alternative energy to population centers that are using them.
还有，确保我们有一个新的电网，使得那些人口中心能够用它作为替代能源。
A smarter grid will not only help people save energy or use it more efficiently, but will also promote the adoption of all kinds of green technologies, including wind, solar and plug-in vehicles.
更为智能的电网不仅能帮助人们节省能源或更有效地利用能源，还能推动使用各种绿色能源，包括风能、太阳能、电动车。
No one is sure just how many Americans live off the national public-utilities grid - relying on generators or alternate energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal.
没人知道究竟有多少美国人靠国家公共事业的网络生活—依靠发电机或替代能源，如太阳能、风能和地热能。
No one is sure just how many Americans live off the national public-utilities grid - relying on generators or alternate energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal.
没人知道究竟有多少美国人靠国家公共事业的网络生活—依靠发电机或替代能源，如太阳能、风能和地热能。
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