Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

minihidráulicos, de biomasa

English translation:

Most of the generating devices are small scale hydro, biomass, efficient co-generation..

Added to glossary by Blanca Collazo
Sep 16, 2012 18:14
11 yrs ago
Spanish term

minihidráulicos, de biomasa

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Finance (general) this is an investment contract
Estoy confundida con esto: "...la mayor parte de los activos de generación sean **minihidráulicos, de biomasa,** de cogeneración eficiente.....

What I have is:
...most of the generation (generating?) assets are small hydroelectric, biomass, efficient co-generation and...

Is it small hydroelectric biomass or : 1. small hydroelectric and 2. biomass

Also, I want to use mini-hydroelectric, but what I have seen in my research is small hydro...

Thank you for your responses.

Proposed translations

14 hrs
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Most of the generating devices are small scale hydro, biomass, efficient co-generation..

types of generation device at renewable energy plants - there is lots of evidence on line to support that "small scale hydro" is a viable option and from what I can see it is used regularly
Example sentence:

ara el resto de instalaciones de régimen especial que no sean fotovoltaicas, es decir, energía eólica, termosolar, minihidraúlica, cogeneración, biomasa o residuos, las fases del proceso de conexión a red son las siguientes:

For other installations within the special system which are not photovoltaic, in other words, wind energy, thermosolar, small scale hydro, cogeneration, biomass or waste, the phases for connecting to the network are as follows:

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16 hrs

That most of the generating devices be minihydraulic, biomass-based, of efficient cogeneration ...

The presence of "sean" indicates that the sentence is in the present indicative, hence the wording as given.

The term "minihydraulic" is generic (as in minihydraulic power pack) but has been used in this specific context as the reference below shows. Cogeneration is a term used in the sustainable energy field, see the Wikipedia reference.


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Note added at 22 hrs (2012-09-17 16:40:40 GMT)
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The phrase is actually only part of a complete sentence so my answer should really begin with "..." instead of "That".
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