power generation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpowerandgeneration
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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generation
noun
uk/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
all the people of about the same age within a society or within a ...
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(Definition ofpowerandgenerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such circulation occurs in side arms of cooling lakes used for waste-heat disposal frompowergeneration.
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The latter will include nuclearpowergeneration, undersea activities, defence and space exploration.
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The substitution of gas as a domestic and industrial fuel and, more recently, forpowergenerationis one example.
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Typical examples relate to nuclearpowergeneration, railway travel, or the genetic modification of organisms.
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The circulation described above occurs in the side arms of cooling lakes used for the disposal of waste heat frompowergeneration.
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State-owned enterprises forpowergenerationetc. would also be of this kind.
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Therefore, it may be difficult to use a fusion electricpowergenerationsystem in the case without foam.
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However, generally power plants with inefficient units that employ old technologies of coal combustion andpowergenerationare the ones that emit the most.
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This service market includespowergenerationequipment, aircraft engines, medical imaging systems, and locomotives, just to name a few.
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The use of gas forpowergenerationalso required significant development.
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Demand for water for hydropowergenerationand for other industrial uses is also increasing substantially.
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If supplied electrically, this would significantly increase the requiredpowergenerationand storage requirements.
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Netting out the economic impact onpowergenerationsuggests that reforestation would lead to large losses in power generation, in the range of from $250 to $1,100 per hectare.
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Each year, domestic activities such as incineration, waste-water disposal, andpowergenerationoccur within the same general areas.
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Besidespowergeneration, other benefits include construction of a bridge and roads in the project area, and creation of more runoff in the river during the summer months.
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The fault tree method is a systematic, descriptive form of analysis that has been widely used for quantitative analysis of the safety and reliability of nuclearpowergenerationsystems.
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Netting out these effects on the productivity of hydroelectricpowergenerationsuggests that conversion of pasture to forest would lead to large losses inpowergeneration.
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Primary industries andpowergenerationrequire many years of investment and concentration of capital, which means they need to be subsidised.
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The money from the levy was given topowergenerationfrom cleaner and greener means.
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