Essays about: "power deficit"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 53 essays containing the words power deficit.

  1. 41. Improving Power Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Integrated Role for the Mining Industry?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Anton Smit; [2011]
    Keywords : Mining; electricity; sustainable development; demand side management; resource dependency; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a severe infrastructure deficit, particularly in the power sector and this is broadly recognised as a barrier to poverty alleviation, economic growth and sustainable development in the region. At the same time, the region is rich in natural resources and the mining sector, which already makes a significant contribution to national economies is currently expanding and this growth is expected to continue. READ MORE

  3. 42. Organization and Control of A local Market Based Concept towards Onsite Distributed Energy Resource Based Electricity Supply in Urban Swedish Residential Buildings

    University essay from KTH/Industriella informations- och styrsystem

    Author : Aquil Amir Jalia; [2011]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The concept of ‘prosumers’: of promoting consumers of electricity with a joint generation role has led to an unprecedented increase in attention for exploring distributed generation from a systems perspective. Amongst these, households occupy a significant proportion of the end use electricity consumption in most developed countries. READ MORE

  4. 43. Wake Measurements Behind An Array Of Two Model Wind Turbines

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Jan Bartl; [2011]
    Keywords : Wind turbine; wake; wind farm; wake interaction; velocity deficit; turbulence;

    Abstract : During the last decades the exploitation of energy from the wind has become one of the most promising renewable energy technologies. The main strive in today’s development of wind turbines is to increase the efficiency of the turbine and to build bigger rotors that are able to extract more power out of the wind. READ MORE

  5. 44. Democratic Deficit in the EU : Towards Parliamentary Democracy?!

    University essay from Sociologi

    Author : Rusudan Nadiradze; [2011]
    Keywords : Democracy Deficit; European Parliament; European Union;

    Abstract : Nowadays, the western societies are based on parliamentary democracy. Therefore, weak legislative power of the European Parliament is alleged for the democratic deficit in the EU. READ MORE

  6. 45. Added Turbulence and Optimal Power Distribution in Large Off-Shore Wind Farms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Thomas Alexander Clevenhult; Fredrik Himmelman; [2010]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Wind power is subject to intensive research in the development of using more renewable energy. With a growing number of countries aiming at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, increasing investments are being made in wind turbines and wind farms. An intriguing option is to build large wind farms at sea. READ MORE