Sentence examples for prevent power from inspiring English sources

National Grid also used one of two new powers designed to prevent power cuts.

The machines are meant to prevent power failures, but to many neighbors they are unsightly and intrusive.

The New York Times recently reported that data centres use "thousands of lead-acid batteries" to prevent power disruptions to their operations.

He and others at I.B.M. are studying how to predict and prevent power failures, optimize performance, reduce costs and conserve energy.

National Grid spent millions of pounds seeking to prevent power shortages on Wednesday after using all but one of its "safety nets".

Nobody has proposed capping prices at a level that would prevent power producers from making extraordinarily high profits; why should this reduce the supply of power?

He was apparently referring to the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions and prevent power-plant pollution from drifting through the East Coast states.

However, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said the exemption was essential to prevent power-intensive companies moving overseas to escape rising prices, in a move that would not only hit British industry but lead to "carbon leakage" – where emissions are simply transferred from one country to another.

In June, he voted to put in place a system in the Western states that prevented power prices from climbing sharply, a system that Enron and others contested.

Critics have accused it of being compromised by the fact it has a financial interest in supplying ever larger volumes of power rather than encouraging demand reduction, which is another way of preventing power shortages and keeping the lights on.

If the station is rejected, PG&E has a Plan B for preventing power failures, the company's chief executive, Mr. Glynn, said, "Everyone will pray that the weather doesn't become extreme".