Ofgem's review of the market also show that - on average - power companies' profit margins are at their lowest level for two years.
All of which is fine and dandy except that, if rigged to the average coal-fired power station, this process might use a quarter of the energy the plant produces.
W-hour on average today, gas-fired power costs about 5.7 cents, while nuclear cranks out electricity at 1.7 cents or so.
The solar mission in its first phase focused on areas already connected to the grid and had a pricing system that bundled four units of thermal electricity with one unit of solar-based power, which reduced the average per-unit cost of solar electricity.
On average, these one-time power couples were married for 12.5 years, and the settlements reflect that.
Moreover, the former welfare recipients appear to show above-average loyalty and sticking power.
Once completed it is expected to generate 6.4 MWh DC (equivalent to 5MW AC) and be capable of generating enough electricity to power about 700 average-sized homes.
To boost its green credentials, the designers have incorporated 160 square meters of solar panels on the roof, as well as wind generators that can produce 28-30 kilowatt hours of power (kwh) -- the average daily consumption of a family household.
Only last autumn the government had agreed to extend the lives of some nuclear-power stations by an average of 12 years.
Existing coal- and oil-fired power plants must reduce average emission levels of the least 12% of current plants.
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Bottom line, these average, low- to middle-income people didn't have political power.
While Microsoft designed Windows Phone 8 to be compatible with standard Windows 8 development, the power of the average smartphone cannot compare to that of a high-end PC.
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Power and Associates studies Mercedes-Benz scored better than the industry average for initial quality but worse than the industry average for longer-term dependability.
The Fed is fond of a chart that shows how productivity grew by an average of 3.8% during 1917-27, thanks to the widespread adoption of electrical power.
Evidence from the American Bureau of Labour Statistics support the conservative argument that they have used their power to extract a wage premium: public-sector workers earn, on average, a third more than their private-sector counterparts.
Vermonters pay less for power than any other state in New England, an average of 13 cents a kilowatt-hour.
Power prices in New York City are already nearly two-thirds higher than the average price paid by consumers in other U.S. cities during any given month of the year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Operating with a voltage of 1.35V, according to Samsung tests it provides an average 70% power savings (per unit density) over a 50nm class equivalent, 1.5V DDR3-based RDIMM.
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To take one example, the average household's energy bill is projected to rise by hundreds of pounds by 2020 to fund the nuclear-power stations, wind turbines and power cables needed to keep the lights on and carbon emissions low.
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