Interestingly, Lithuania's nuclear power plant in Ignalina (4) provides a major source of electricity for the region.
If the price of uranium were to increase ten fold, nuclear power would not a viable source of electricity.
That means output from hydroelectric plants will be down, cutting off a possible source of electricity for the state.
Yet wind is far from a perfect source of electricity, since the wind blows when and where it will.
They're being used in main hospitals as backup systems and in rural clinics as a primary source of electricity.
Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to use the movement of the heart as a source of electricity.
The two companies believe Focus Electric owners will embrace the idea of powering their cars with a cleaner source of electricity.
Imported non-subsidised coal is the second-most cost-effective source of electricity in Europe.
In July, Denmark announced plans to deploy the world's most extensive smart-grid infrastructure, which could make distributed energy the country's primary source of electricity before long.
He said he was confident Guernsey made the best decision to go ahead with the plant, as it would generate a new source of electricity for the island.
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Wylfa is due to close in 2010 and as yet there has been no decision on whether a Wylfa B or an alternative source of electricity will be built.
Some applaud it as a lower-carbon source of electricity.
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It is also an "enabler" for renewable energy, providing a source of electricity that can step in to fill the gap when the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining.
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However, one thing to keep in mind about this bonanza of renewable energy information: Hydropower is still the major source of renewable electricity (83.8 percent of renewable generation and about 16 percent of total generation in 2009).
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For several years now, the company has taken an active role in lobbying for more government spending and stronger regulations to compel a move away from using coal as the largest source of our electricity generation.
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Far from becoming a vast new source of baseload electricity fuel or even exports as liquified natural gas, a lot of the shale gas will essentially serve as a reserve in times of shortage, he said.
Even with all of the production tax credits, loan guarantees and a battery of other direct and indirect subsidies, nuclear power remains the most expensive source of conventional electricity on the grid once capital costs are plugged into the equation.
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As more governments look to civilian nuclear power as a source of clean electricity, tighter controls and other new schemes are needed to help stop would-be cheats or terrorists from exploiting or stealing some of the proliferation-prone technologies and materials for bomb-building.
Driven by falling turbine prices and the rush to take advantage of production tax credits (which were set to expire but were renewed by Congress in early January), wind energy was the fastest growing source of new electricity generation in the United States in 2012.
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Safety features are designed to keep any source of heat or electricity from igniting this explosive brew.
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When solar entrepreneur Edward Fenster looks across the roofs of photo voltaic panels his company has installed on thousands of homes, he sees not just a source of clean green electricity but also security.
"As much as it's an effective, common-sense source of some sustainable electricity, it's also a great way for people to engage with the issue of sustainability ... to feel like they are part of the solution in a very immediate, fun and visual way that doesn't make you do anything you wouldn't already be doing, " said Miller.
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Standing between 60 million Brits and a source of cheap heat and electricity is likely to get one trampled.
The light source provides eight hours of electricity per dose of saline water, and the lantern comes with a dedicated water bag for mixing the solution.
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The biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions is electricity generation.
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If it were fully exploited, the state's production of electricity from this renewable source would more than double.
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"They would develop a new source of income if they could sell clean electricity to Europe, " he told CNN.
It results from the 1.6 billion people that do not have any access to electricity whatsoever, the 2.4 billion that have almost no access to electricity and still burn wood and manure as their main source of energy, and the 3 billion new people that will be born by mid-century who will need electricity.
Electricity will be the primary power source of the car, although when that runs low a gas-powered mode will enable driving for hundreds of additional miles.
And, by promising to capture 90% of its carbon, SCS Energy can get away with burning the cheapest but dirtiest source of baseload fuel (coal) in the most expensive retail electricity market in the country.
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