Traduction de «source d'énergie autonome » (Français → Anglais) :

(b) a self-contained battery system designed to supply sufficient power, automatically on failure or shutdown of both the primary and the emergency sources of electrical power, to operate, for a period of at least one hour the equipment described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) and, for a period of at least four days, the equipment described in subparagraph (iii):

Notes that the Member States, within the framework provided by the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, are currently acting independently in promoting RES within national administrative frameworks that differ widely, and that this is exacerbating their uneven development, while the potential for developing renewables varies on account of technical, non-technical and natural circumstances, given the differing regional competitive advantages; points out that a functioning internal market could contribute to compensating RES variability and the uneven distribution of natural assets; believes that most areas can make contributions to ...[+++] the deployment of RES; notes however, the need to incentivise investment in RES where they have the greatest potential, in order to ensure efficient use of public funding;

5.2. A dedicated power source shall have a lifetime of at least five years. After 90 % of its lifetime an appropriate warning shall be shown.

The provinces have their own sources of revenue, including natural resources, energy, income tax, property taxes and commodity taxes.

We have had discussions with Kip Smith about the possibility of using one of their first-produced 250 watt stand-alone systems to go into that area and use micro-hydro, wind and solar - in other words, use different sources to produce the basic energy supply, and then use the Ballard fuel cell as a redistributor of the power, using it more as a battery system for distributing that power in the community.

Mr. Rahim Jaffer: Also, I would imagine that the power corporation in the Northwest Territories is quite self-reliant when it comes to maintaining its own power sources and, depending on who relies on their services or where they get their services from, who you would rely on.