One of the few things virtually every FOBs has in common is onsite electric power generation.
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Minimal electric power generation use, mainly for emergency backup, peaking, and to handle rapidly swinging loads.
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Nuclear: Nuclear is the energy source for the majority of electric power generation for the long term.
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Cummins is leading global manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, engine-related component products, and electric power generation systems.
The problem with using natural gas for electric power generation displacing coal is that it is misuse of our natural resources.
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At the top of the priority list must be improving the resilience of the nation's electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
Coal: Coal is our most abundant energy resource and therefore should not be shunned in favor of natural gas for electric power generation.
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But to use it for electric power generation is misuse.
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The leaders of Japan wanted electric power generation to power their economic development and nuclear power seemed like a natural for a country without much coal or any oil.
However, these figures are somewhat distorted by a drop in coal shipments, which contributed 44% of total rail shipments last year, as coal demand has been impacted by a switch to natural gas for electric power generation.
Information is as important as the storage of the electric power and the generation of electric power.
Electric-power generation, transportation, industry, agriculture, and residential sectors all emitted less greenhouse gas in 2009 than in 2008.
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Bethesda, Maryland, is developing solid oxide fuel cell generators that will replace reliance on traditional battlefield power solutions and potentially reduce the fuel required for tactical generation of electric power by half or more.
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Yet these two large software companies did not have many users in the electric power industry, especially any focused on power generation and grid management.
To that end, Yergin says that he expects to see natural gas become more dominant in the generation of electric power.
This huge abundance of natural gas is a blessing for Texas in the power generation sector, as electric providers look for alternatives as increasingly strict EPA air quality regulations make it more and more difficult to generate electricity by burning coal.
Subsidiary companies include FortisAlberta, FortisBC, Newfoundland Power, Fortis Generation, Maritime Electric, Caribbean Utilities (59% owned), Fortis TCI, FortisOntario, and Fortis Properties.
The other thing that we have to do is look at things like wind power and solar power and the next generation of electric vehicles.
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"According to our results, a battery electric vehicle, with electricity produced by the power generation mix we currently have in Europe, compares favourably in the magnitude of 10% or so with diesel, " Daimler's chief executive Dieter Zetsche told the BBC.
India's first power generation company was the private Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) started in 1899.
In January GM (nyse: GM - news - people ) contracted to sell the Army a fleet of trucks powered by next-generation power plants like fuel cells and diesel-electric hybrids.
Conrad cites the recent news of Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs buying power plants as a sign that the smart money believes the electric generation business is still undervalued.
Two earlier initiatives, fostering renewable electricity generation at a price cheaper than coal-fired power and promotion of electric vehicles (presumably powered by renewable power) were announced in November (See " Google Goes Green").
This should also be an opportunity for Westinghouse, which has designed the third-generation AP1000 reactor to shut down safely even in the event of complete loss of electric power.
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