energy-hungry

Google, or other internet firms running hot and energy-hungry servers, may be attracted to the big cool rock in the north Atlantic.

As a rule, it's better to look for an "evaporative" unit, rather than the more energy-hungry "reverse-cycle" (refrigeration) units.

All true enough, though it's an irony that some of the most energy-hungry hotels I've ever stayed in are members of this group.

Many see this as entirely sensible, avoiding the need for crematoria to have expensive and energy-hungry cooling towers.

Iran is a major supplier of oil to energy hungry China, and despite the sanctions Beijing continues to do business with Tehran.

Technological advances have opened up massive new gas fields in North America, creating opportunity for Asia's energy-hungry countries.

It involves the struggle by the world's largest and most energy-hungry economies to get hold of the natural resources they need.

Iran, for its part, remains a loyal supplier of resources to energy-hungry China (also the basis for Beijing's current interest in Africa).

If completed, the deal would allow GDF to expand its footprint in energy-hungry Asia Pacific while pursuing its strategy to reduce debt.

Energy-hungry China has signed a flurry of deals to search for and develop oil and gas in former Soviet republics, Africa and elsewhere.

The drive to consume clouds the road ahead in Liulin, where a coal fired power plant helps fuel an energy-hungry China.

Self-interest makes it worry about its energy-hungry model and fearful that people may rebel over poisoned rivers and filthy air.

But the oil could also flow east to energy-hungry China, or -- a more controversial possibility -- to southern markets via Iran.

The car factory at Viana, about 30 kilometres east of Luanda, is a sign of energy-hungry China's growing presence and influence in Africa.

Rich economies are far less energy-hungry: the oil intensity of OECD countries has steadily fallen in recent years.

It has vast solar and wind power to export to energy-hungry northern Europe.

Energy-hungry China has already provided tough competition for Western oil majors in Africa.

Unlike Gazprom and Saudi Aramco, CNPC is not blessed with mineral wealth so vast that it can keep its energy-hungry country supplied.

All of which is only going to add to our domestic energy consumption, as air-conditioning units are energy-hungry beasts.

And for people in the developing world, PCs are too bulky, expensive and energy-hungry.

Coal makes up almost half of all rail freight in this energy-hungry nation, leaving little room for containerized cargo and other goods.

Iran is energy-hungry China's third largest source of crude oil imports.

The deal, which creates a benchmark for energy-hungry Asia, is above the previous peak set in 2008-09 at $125 a tonne.

Energy hungry and coal deficit