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A production subsidy encourages suppliers to increase the output of a particular product by partially offsetting the production costs or losses. [12] The objective of production subsidies is to expand production of a particular product more so that the market would promote but without raising the final price to consumers.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Artificial water basin for swimming For other uses, see Swimming pool (disambiguation). Backyard swimming pool Olympic-size swimming pool and starting blocks at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia A swimming pool, swimming ...
When a solar water heating and hot-water central heating system are used together, solar heat will either be concentrated in a pre-heating tank that feeds into the tank heated by the central heating, or the solar heat exchanger will replace the lower heating element and the upper element will remain to provide for supplemental heat. However ...
NASA patented a type of solar-powered Stirling engine on August 3, 1976. It used solar energy to pump water from a river, lake, or stream. [1] The purpose of this apparatus is to “provide a low-cost, low-technology pump having particular utility in irrigation systems employed in underdeveloped arid regions of the earth…[using] the basic principles of the Stirling heat engine“.
In Spring 2012, Mosaic financed five solar power plants through their zero-interest investment model. 400 people invested over $350,000 in these projects which created 73 kW of solar energy for local community organizations—saving the organizations more than $600,000 on their utility bills while producing over 2,700 job hours for local workers.
PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (lit. ' State Electricity Company ', abbreviated as PLN) is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which has a monopoly on electric power distribution in Indonesia and generates the majority of the country's electrical power, producing 176.4 TWh in 2015.
Solar renewable energy certificates or SRECs, for example, tend to be more valuable in the 16 states that have set aside a portion of the RPS specifically for solar energy. [9] This differentiation is intended to promote diversity in the renewable energy mix which in an undifferentiated, competitive REC market, favors the economics and scale ...
An 11m solar electric version has been produced with a 16 kW motor and a top speed of 8-9 knots, featured in Wooden Boat magazine number 185. [16] SB Collinda was the first solar powered vessel to cross the English Channel (in 1997). [1] Solar Sailor [17] shuttles passengers in Sydney harbor Australia.