They will also be paying more to utility companies for running air-conditioners as the sizzling summer continues.
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The company has also branched out into air-conditioners, which it hopes will become China's next consumer-appliance fad.
But the government is desperate to keep the lights burning and the air-conditioners humming in Beijing during the Olympics.
India's priority is to provide its people with electricity, and one day air-conditioners.
The rain and river water in the city state's reservoirs is being mixed with recycled waste-water from air-conditioners, sinks and toilets.
Sales of everything, from school satchels to air-conditioners, are at a trickle, and the newspapers are full of advertisements for zero-interest, no-deposit luxury flats.
When Whirlpool set up factories to make refrigerators, air-conditioners, washing machines and microwave ovens in China in 1994, it assumed that it was racing against other foreigners.
His two-bed house, with a fridge and two air-conditioners, is luxurious by the standards of most of his compatriots but would be thought modest in the West.
CFCs are a smuggler's dream: odourless and colourless, they can be used in everything from air-conditioners to foam, and their replacements never quite match up to them.
The designers of the plant at Chena, however, managed to slash their capital outlay by substituting mass-produced parts from air-conditioners for the bespoke components of most geothermal plants.
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If all goes well, it may even fulfil an old dream to irrigate swathes of farmland in northern Sudan, while sending electricity to run the thirsty air-conditioners of Khartoum.
They could also make and sell consumer electronics, like localized versions of MIT Media Lab OLPC laptops and PCs, and white goods, like televisions, air-conditioners, fans, rice cookers and refrigerators.
Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the household machinery, the air-conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale.
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Whatever the reason, the government is likely to reassess its next phase of electricity reform, which includes privatising the generating and distribution companies, in order to persuade New Zealanders that their lights and air-conditioners will not fail again.
Iraqis rely on their generators to power their lights, refrigerators, and air conditioners - especially now, when temperatures regularly top 110 degrees every day.
It has done well in Europe, where drivers have begun to buy cars with built-in air conditioners.
Late that morning, as the mercury hit the mid-90s and air conditioners cranked on across the region, electrical grid operators anxiously watched the demand needle.
Utilities, however, are concerned about being able to recover the investment needed to switch to this new technology, and about potential backlash when customers see on their bills that they are paying much more to run their air conditioners on so-called "critical" days--like the dog days of August.
But he had a guess: Air conditioners are usually last-minute purchases.
Some economists also argue that people who have delayed replacing big-ticket items like air conditioners and dishwashers aren't likely to hold out much longer and could soon start buying.
The assessment came with a warning: Operating procedures are available to maintain power in the unlikely event that a combination of severe conditions a power outage and delayed transmission projects occur at the same time as a prolonged heat wave with high humidity that keeps air conditioners running nearly non-stop.
Once a home is wired, utilities could turn down power-gobbling appliances, like air conditioners, ahead of summer brownouts.
Energy consumption would drop by 80 percent since memory-based systems consume less energy and require fewer air conditioners.
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Closely held Ruba Group of Pakistan and Haier Group, its Chinese joint-venture partner in the plant, have made air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators there for seven years.
These substantial Mittelstand companies include such famous names as Miele (white goods), Behr (air conditioners), Stihl (chainsaws) and Trumpf (laser-cutters), which each have a turnover of between euro1 billion and euro2 billion and employ between 5, 000 and 15, 000 people.
Nam, 59, will need to pick his spots carefully, while pushing--where he can--a diversification into more commercial sales, such as display screens and air conditioners for offices and plants.
His 100, 000 cell samples need freezers, air conditioners (and backups for both), robotic handlers, repairmen, alarms--and electricity for it all.
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