Sentence examples for centralised power generation from inspiring English sources
This has led to alternatives being sought for centralised power generation, which is prone to outages (due to long distance transmission), is a substantial contributor to global carbon emissions, has large transmission losses and is often not a practical solution when supplying remote communities.
The conventional power generation is typically from CHPs and de-centralised combined heat and power plants (DCHPs), while renewable generation is primary based on WPPs contribution.
Almost all the electricity currently produced in the UK is generated as part of a centralised power system designed around large fossil fuel or nuclear power stations.
He would also reintroduce a less market-oriented centralised pool-trading system for electricity (abandoned by a previous Labour government as a failure) and force utilities to unbundle power generation and retailing, to improve transparency.
In a briefing paper sent to clients and investors this week, the Zurich-based UBS bank argues that large-scale, centralised power stations will soon become extinct because they are too big and inflexible, and are "not relevant" for future electricity generation.
The number of generation units is comparably high, but they have a rather low individual power output compared to large centralised power plants.
And how about power generation?
Jenkins said: "All around us, we are moving from centralised power to distributed power.
And third, falling use of centralised power is likely to make some existing infrastructure redundant.
Power generation would need to stop.
