EW looks at wind-turbine generator systems
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Fifty-one electric utilities are planning wind-turbine applications. DOE and NASA are sponsoring wind-power projects. About 39% of captured wind energy can be converted to electricity. Bonneville's 1st wind turbine, world's largest, has begun operation.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1981
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Railroad R & D emerges from the laboratory
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Improvements in railroad car design can reduce electric utility fuel transportation costs. New developments include rail cars with high-speed radial trucks, aluminum coal gondolas, and unit-train operations.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1981
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Staggers Rail Act encourages long-term coal-haul contracts
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Staggers act deregulates railroads, legalizes long-term contracts, requires effective and equitable rail transport. Rates to be determined by market competition.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1981
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- Abstracts: featuring chip C4, camera systems accommodate HDTV, NTSC formats. Ericsson, Sony pool expertise, form new company
- Abstracts: In refrigeration: cool with style & taste. As temperatures cool, cooking's hot. DTV debuts in shifting market
- Abstracts: Flat cable & connectors. Digital motion control. Flat cable and its connector systems; advances in cable designs and connector configurations spark a host of new design options
- Abstracts: Canada looks to more nuclear, hydro. Sales: weather pushes electricity sales of 3% despite economy; revenues are up 18%
- Abstracts: Capital expenditures. Capital expenditures by region. Financial: bonds sink as revenues, rates rise higher