As in Germany, unreliability in meeting power demands has necessitated importation of nuclear power from France.
The power demands of the chips that are currently used in mobile computers drain batteries quickly.
The cells could then reduce peak power demands air conditioning would be making on the electricity grid, leveraging their own economic value.
In particular, reducing the power demands of a chip design philosophy traditionally attached to large batteries or power supplies has been a challenge.
Steven Kerekes, a spokesperson for the Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade organization, points out that every country has unique power demands and resources.
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Transmeta's biggest weapon against Intel is its technology, which uses software to take some of the power demands off the chip and automatically adjusts performance to the requirements of particular applications.
SunPower's five-year growth plan will lower the cost of solar power to 12 to 18 cents per kilowatt-hour, positioning solar energy as a key peaking energy resource to meet our growing power demands.
We're resigned to the fact that the constantly increasing power demands of modern gadgets will always outstrip slow increases in the energy density of batteries: however, high energy density is not the only factor that goes into making a good battery.
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Using that above mentioned circuitry, lightly modified to accommodate RTS output and sufficient power demands, and the addition of a simple python script to translate that fluctuating index into real-time ticks, Ames was able to breath new life into an antiquated piece of Americana.
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So, why did the company feel the need to make touch a mandatory component of Haswell-running Ultrabooks, given the added cost and power-demands associated with the hardware.
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Opponents (never mind ordinary Indonesians) had little power to make demands, neighbors had little incentive and world leaders little interest.
"With nearly 10 billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential growth, we've reached a point where the space, power and cost demands of traditional technology are no longer sustainable, " said Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer, HP.
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The hunt for acquisitions is being driven by the huge capital demands facing power companies over the next quarter century.
With such demands for power, some of it only for a fraction of a second, warship designers are keen to have a single system doing all manner of things.
First, we must include data center expansion in power management and growth plans (this is in addition to other demands for a smart power grid to support activities such as charging a possible expansion of the number of electric vehicles).
In the long run, he sees millions of electric car batteries as storage for renewable energy and a way to balance demands on the power grid.
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The integration of China and other emerging economies into the world trading system has, in effect, more than doubled the global labour force, and by curbing workers' bargaining power it has restrained pay demands in most developed economies in recent years.
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Both sources are superior to corn ethanol (nearly everything is), but they are incurably intermittent, which makes them of marginal value in a world that demands always-available power.
Dedicated graphics aren't uncommon in laptops, but fully featured Windows 8 tablets are a brave new world -- most manufactures don't seem to be willing to risk the inevitable power drain the extra visual oomph demands.
Yet the rise of Shia power in Iraq may start to encourage demands for greater enfranchisement.
Denver's Pepsi Centre became the first American arena to offset 100% of its electricity demands through purchases of wind power.
The new nuclear power station will provide only a fraction of Pakistan's growing electricity needs, but supporters of the country's nuclear programme say nuclear power is the answer to increasing electricity demands.
Ditto for power companies that have to meet the demands of their commercial and industrial customers, all of which would be exacerbated by the increased global demand for either oil or natural gas.
Restoring the electric grid after a severe power outage is a massively complex exercise that demands logistical expertise, highly-skilled technical workers and specialized equipment.
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Reforms undertaken partly to meet demands for EU membership have shifted power from threat-obsessed generals to civilian institutions, and to a new, more self-consciously Muslim elite rooted in Anatolia rather than Istanbul, Turkey's Western-looking commercial and intellectual capital.
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.
In some ways it was an awakening to a problem that we kind of knew was out there, but it really came home to us that our future job growth, our future tax based growth was tied to our ability to move power, not only economically, but also reliably and on the capacity demands we needed.
Fifth, the rising pressure to improve sustainability demands that companies show how they are using all resources, including power, as efficiently as possible.
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Pakistan has officially opened its second nuclear power plant as part of its programme to meet the country's future electricity demands.
"International sports bodies and media organisations wield a lot of power and it cannot be easy for individual event organisers to push back at their demands, " the report says.
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