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... plants , which make use of hot water . OTEC is an electric - power generation method that would use sea surface temperatures of about 86 ° F ( 30 ° C ) as the high - temperature source , while hot water geo- thermal power plants use a ...
... plants , which make use of hot water . OTEC is an electric - power generation method that would use sea surface temperatures of about 86 ° F ( 30 ° C ) as the high - temperature source , while hot water geo- thermal power plants use a ...
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... plants with a capacity of 500 megawatts or more and all new power plants to use closed - cycle systems , thus prohibiting the use of once- through cooling systems . This regulation may be waived if it can be shown that there would be no ...
... plants with a capacity of 500 megawatts or more and all new power plants to use closed - cycle systems , thus prohibiting the use of once- through cooling systems . This regulation may be waived if it can be shown that there would be no ...
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... plants leaves spirally set on twigs . In the genus Emblica , the twigs appear as doubly pinnate leaves ( i.e. , they are compound , not from a central point , like a fan , but from either side of an axis , like a feather ; in this case ...
... plants leaves spirally set on twigs . In the genus Emblica , the twigs appear as doubly pinnate leaves ( i.e. , they are compound , not from a central point , like a fan , but from either side of an axis , like a feather ; in this case ...
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