History Central power stations became economically practical with the development of alternating current power transmission, using power transformers to transmit power at high voltage and with low loss.

An electric current ran through my body. An electric current that would be enough to re power my neighborhood.

A constant voltage, direct current power source is most commonly used with GMAW, but constant current systems, as well as alternating current, can be used.

Such a renewed energy balance would impact the current global balance of power.

Direct current power can be supplied by batteries, fuel cells or photovoltaic cells.

The challenge, then, is to reduce our current reliance on fossil and nuclear fuels for base load power.

The current national anthem of Georgia was accepted in 2004, when Saakashvili came to power.

The current crisis marks an important step in China s evolution as a great economic power.

By contrast, subsidizing current, ineffective solar power or ethanol mostly wastes money while benefiting special interests.

Solar power can be produced on the required scale but is too expensive under current technologies.

If Poland s current leaders want to re play nineteenth century balance of power games, they should understand where the real weight of power in Europe lies.

The current project pipeline also implies less than 50 utilization for wind power equipment manufacturers in 2010.

Today, its composition does not reflect the current international system in terms of either demographics or power.

Palestinian negotiators have always had to balance three issues historic rights, current realities, and the price of using their negative power.

Most important, according to the authors, if current trends continue, Asia could soon surpass North America and Europe in global power.

My father was born in Rangoon long before the 1962 coup that brought the current regime to power.

It is quite clear that our critics therefore continue to support the dominance of the current power structure.

The current skewed power structures in the world body cannot be condoned on any conceivable grounds of democracy.

For critics, it was considered essential to avoid, by all means, further institutionalization of current asymmetrical power relations.

Current global climate policy is unsustainable the UK s commitment to boosting offshore wind power is only the latest example.

Another obstacle is many Taliban leaders opposition to Afghanistan s current constitution, which was adopted after the Taliban lost power.

The current regime in Syria, in its ruthless quest to remain in power, refuses to acknowledge peaceful protesters' demands for freedom and dignity.

Indeed, the challenge facing all of the region s current winners is to translate today s gains into credible, long term power.

The challenge, then, is to reduce our current reliance on fossil and nuclear fuels for base load power. The answer may be under our feet.

One can also expect that the current worldwide economic crisis will not help to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants and new uranium mines.

The current dynamic isn't a conflict of sectarianism but a willful and cynical sectarianization of a regional power struggle. Iyad El Baghdadi ( iyad_elbaghdadi) January 13, 2016

Any electrical device an appliance, an extension cord, whatever must be able to tell the power outlet, Hey, power outlet, I'm drawing too much current. Shut me off now, before I start a fire.

Most current projections of a shift in the global balance of power are based primarily on one factor projections of countries GDP growth.

The current approach rests on three premises the link between concentrated economic power and stability the North South axis of capital flows and the centrality of the US dollar.

For example, the current struggle against transnational terrorism is a struggle over winning hearts and minds, and over reliance on hard power alone is not the path to success.

The current version is a turboshaft engine, producing 36 MW, using the Trent 800 core to drive a power turbine which takes power to an electrical generator or to mechanical drives such as waterjets or propellers.

Some forms of DC (such as that produced by a voltage regulator) have almost no variations in voltage, but may still have variations in output power and current.

So, as the Obama administration struggles to implement its smart power strategy in the current revolutionary conditions of the Middle East, it is worth noting that the US is not alone in confronting the difficulties of combining hard and soft power successfully.

Even Japan s strategically myopic current government seems to understand that Russia needs to play some role in achieving a new balance of power in Asia.

The current stockpile of nuclear weapons represents more than a million times the explosive power of the bomb whose destruction of Hiroshima so grieved him.

A spokesman of the committee, Lieutenant Kanoré stated that although they have dissolved the current institutions, they have no intention of holding on to power.

There are two main types of CCVs, circulating current type or blocking mode type, most commercial high power products being of the blocking mode type.

Of course, this is partly because of the changes in the relative economic and political power of the US and China over the past decade, and especially during the current global economic crisis.

Take a look at these guys, they're growing in power, and by the way, this was done a while ago before the current economic crisis, and that's probably going to get steeper.

Although the current president, Hu Jintao, is due to step down in 2012, he will continue to hold a degree of power through the military, so the succession of power to the next generation will not be completed until around 2015.

The current crisis has come to be called a balance sheet recession of global scope and tremendous depth and destructive power because of its origins in the balance sheets of the financial and household sectors.

On the other hand, intra regional ruptures were an indication of the deterioration of Latin America s current collective negotiating power, despite the inclusion of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in the G 20.

The current political game in the US is one in which both Republicans and Democrats compete for corporate money, which they then deploy in expensive campaigns to preserve or increase their power.

Based on current trends, central banks reputation increasingly will be in the hands of outsiders feuding politicians, other (less responsive) policymaking entities, and markets that have over estimated the monetary authorities power.

So what is the best US and Western policy? A negotiated end to the current warfare could leave President Bashar al Assad s regime in power, albeit with a different face in charge.