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31Fossil-fuel power station — A working coal plant in Rochester, Minnesota The St. Clair Power Plant, a large coal fired ge …
32Wind power in the European Union — The market for European wind power capacity grew in 2006, according to statistics from the European Wind Energy Association. 7,588 MW of wind power capacity, worth some €9 billion, was installed in the European Union (EU) in 2006, an increase of… …
34Fossil fuel power plant — A fossil fuel power plant burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum (oil) to produce electricity.Fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the… …
35Geothermal power in Iceland — Because of the special geological situation in Iceland, the high concentration of volcanoes and geothermal energy are very often used for heating and production of electricity. The energy is so inexpensive that in the wintertime, some pavements… …
36Solar power in India — India is both densely populated and has high solar insolation, providing an ideal combination for solar power in India. Much of the country does not have an electric grid, so one of the first applications of solar power has been for water pumping …
37Population and energy consumption in Brazilian Amazonia — DeforestationThe Brazilian Amazonia supports the world’s largest contiguous area of untouched tropical forest. However, recent estimates show deforestation rates of 10,000 to 30,000 km²/yr for the period of 1991–1999 and the loss of approximately …
38Labour power — (in German: Arbeitskraft , or labour force) is a crucial concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy. He regarded labour power as the most important of the productive forces. Under capitalism, according to Marx, the… …
39Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Systems — are designed to provide electrical generating capacity to remote communities and facilities that are not linked to a power grid. In remote communities previously, diesel engine linked generating sets have often been the sole source of power as… …
40Low carbon power — comes from sources that produce fewer greenhouse gases than do traditional means of power generation. It includes zero carbon power generation sources, such as wind power and solar power, as well as sources with lower level emissions such as… …
