Sentence examples for costly grid from inspiring English sources

Reference [2] ascertains that stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system configuration offers an economical substitute to the costly grid extensions in rural areas in the world.

But realistically, generating more power from centralized coal projects like Tata Mundra rarely helps the rural poor, who cannot access the electricity without costly grid extensions -- extensions that may never happen.

Borno state is the most costly grid-based state to electrify in Nigeria with an approximate cost of US$2.9 billion, while the least expensive grid-based state to electrify is Edo state at US$73 million.

That may not sound great, but the power from traditional cells is about five times as costly as grid electricity, so GreenSun's system sounds like a winner for places that are not yet connected.

But this also requires costly power grids to carry the electricity to the distant cities. Unexpectedly, it has also drawn the ire of some environmentalists, who love renewable energy but hate the mirrors (or wind farms) that ruin landscapes.

Some high profile brownouts have shown just how costly an aging grid can be.

This operation is reasonably costly in a large grid, and the snapshot tends to become outdated in a short time when the grid is comprised by a large number of nondedicated, heterogeneous, widely-dispersed resources.

The national electrical grid requires costly repairs and upgrades, however, and power outages are frequent.

This transition need not be difficult or costly given a national grid.

This procedure works in any number of space dimensions and offers an alternative to (more costly and complicated) adaptive grid techniques.

Today, the lion's share of solar cells are based on crystalline silicon, which is about three to five times too costly to compete with grid electricity, Zweibel says.