Sentences with phrase «electricity imports for»

The only way to solve this problem is to allow the use of green electricity imports for the fulfilment of national targets.

Ottawa, Ontario, June 29, 2016 — Robert Hornung, President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) issued this statement following the release of a report by the global economic consulting firm The Brattle Group titled, Enabling Canadian Electricity Imports for Clean Power Plan Compliance — Technical Guidance for U.S. State Policymakers.

Not exact matches

The NPP's promise to pay all arrears owed contractors in 100 days, pay all customers of DKM, reduce corporate tax from 25 % to 20 %, reduce import duties on raw materials and machinery for production, reduce drivers» insurance levies and cost of driver's license; and instant reduction of electricity tariffs and transport fares were all not captured in the budget.

It currently estimated that Ghana imports about 185 megawatts of power from Cote d'Ivoire and according to the electricity sector players, Côte d'Ivoire generates thermal power at the cost of 9 cents per kilowatt hour and sells it to Ghana for 11 cents.

For example, increases in capital gains tax (from 10 % to 25 %), withholding tax (from 15 % to 20 %) and the introduction of the Energy Levy (10 %), VAT on Electricity (17.5 %), VAT on Financial Services (17.5 %), Special Import Levy, etc..

EPS acting general manager Aleksandar Obradovic said in a statement that he has ordered the EPS trading unit to prepare for the possible need for electricity imports.

I have done it for average person not affluent, and for consumer energy figures which exclude energy transform losses in converting to electricity, and exported energy but also exclude imported embodied energy which is important for people bleating about China's emissions.

For example, an «energy security fee» of $ 3.50 per barrel of imported oil would raise approximately $ 15 billion annually; reduced fossil fuel subsidies as proposed by the administration could generate upwards of $ 35 billion over ten years; a utilities electricity fee could raise at least $ 2 billion annually, as included in the Kerry - Lieberman American Power Act; and royalties on new offshore continental shelf drilling could raise more than $ 100 billion over twenty years.

For example: products that are manufactured from electricity produced by coal would be subject to import duties.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

Leaving aside the Indian government's stated determination to end coal imports in the next few years (at least for the large public sector), what's happening to actual demand for coal - fired electricity.

Advocates of an expansion of Australian coal mining are constantly claiming that India is desperate for imported coal to supply urgently needed electricity.

As a result, the government has had to import more diesel, borrowing about $ 30 million this year alone to make up for the electricity shortfall, hurting its budget and increasing climate - warming emissions in a catastrophic feedback loop.

Like other analysts, BCG hasn't understood that within a decade, the choices for these nations with soaring vehicle populations will not be electricity from coal vs. imported gasoline but rather electricity from a evolving power grid vs. fuel made by liquefying domestic coal, with 2 - 3x the CO2 of coal - fueled plug - ins.)

Comparing us with the UK and its need to import solar electricity from Libya for example illustrates that we really do not have much of a problem here.

As a recent report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative highlights, grid costs become prohibitive for coal in rural areas when the investment needed to build a thermal power plant is combined with the cost of building electricity grid extensions and importing fuel.

Dynamic efficiency gains in the nation's model energy code can mean billions of dollars in utility bill savings for home and commercial building owners / occupants, more stable electricity grids, reduced reliance on energy imports and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

The French will agree and the French will build nukes but I bet those nukes will be in France and the UK will finish up importing electricity by wires across the channel at whatever price the French choose until «exportland for electricity» cuts in.

The pie chart above includes a category for «Electric Generation (imports)», which I assumed covered electricity produced out of state.

Endowed with vast reserves in the Thar lignite field and facing a severe energy shortage, Pakistan is betting on domestic and imported coal for electricity supply in the coming years.

Rather than encouraging the building of more efficient power plants, the California regulatory scheme prevented building new efficient power plants by forcing utilities to rely on the unreliable availability and predatory prices for imported electricity.

However, that does not account for the possibility of importing electricity from wind resources in the Plains or solar resources elsewhere in the state or region.

For example, this amount equals 58/100 of 1 percent of the total electricity imported into New York in 2000.

Since scarcely any electricity in this country is generated from oil, utilizing the grid to power the transportation sector can begin to be accomplished at once — without increasing demand for imported energy.

SA's plan to import electricity from Victoria a threat to stability: AEMO The Australian Michael Owen 21 January 2017 A plan for South Australia to import more baseload power from Victoria to ease its power crisis has been suspended by the national electricity market operator because of a «potential stability issue» linked to the state's -LSB-...]

The problem is both the high cost per BTU and importing it from countries that hate us, neither of which is a great concern for electricity unless you're worried about CO2 production and I'm not concerned about CO2 production which I consider a huge net benefit to agriculture and, in the future, a handy source of carbon for the fabrication of durable goods.

Interestingly, beyond this, despite considerable rhetoric about moving beyond debates about carbon - pricing, the report recommends that in order to avoid adding to the Federal debt, it would be necessary to impose new taxes, including increased royalties for oil and gas extraction, a tax on imported oil, a tax on electricity sales, and a «very small carbon price» (presumably from a modest carbon tax or unambitious cap - and - trade system).

Meanwhile, he said, the add - on sends a price signal for either the addition of generation or improvements to the grid to import more electricity into the zone.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) identify and evaluate the strategies or projects with the greatest potential for reducing the dependence on imported fossil fuels used for the generation of electricity, including increased use of specified sources of renewable energy; and (2) submit to certain congressional committees updated plans for each insular area.

Years ago, its brains trust determined to shutter its safe and reliable fleet of nuclear power plants by 2022; hypocritically, Germany still imports plenty of nuclear generated electricity from France and will do for decades to come.

The lawsuit, filed with with ATP's sister organization, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), argues that the RPS unconstitutionally discriminates against coal power by regulating commerce outside state borders — which makes it tough for utilities to import electricity from out - of - state coal plants.

(The report profiles electricity production and opportunities for saving power in 24 of those states — all except Virginia, which, though it imports a lot of foreign coal, is not a net coal importer).

Of course, state reliance on imported coal for producing electricity creates more than economic problems.

This deal has had implications for future power plant construction planning, because import of electricity from Bulgaria, at 3 - 3.5 cents per kWh, is actually cheaper than the incremental cost of producing electricity from a new thermal - electric power plant (about 5 cents per kWh).

Among the ISO's new report, it concluded that power system reliability is «heavily dependent on LNG and electricity imports,» and «more dual - fuel capability is also a key reliability factor, but permitting for construction and emissions is difficult.»

The country is reliant on imported fuel for electricity generation.

In - state generating facilities accounted for about 68 percent of total generation, with the remaining electricity coming from out - of - state imports.

France can import much natural gas from the north sea fields in exchange for nuclear electricity.

California has been very self - satisfied about their energy generation for decades, but get their «no coal in Cali» merit badge by importing coal generated electricity from 4 corners power plants in Ariz / NM and by importing PNW hydro power.

Heavily reliant on oil imports and with an annual energy deficit of 3,478 GWh as of 2009, electricity in Lebanon is for the most part generated by hydroelectric and thermal generation at present and in addition, there are power reliability issues «such as load shedding, technical losses, and the aging of power plants», which again the addition of dispatchable renewable energy facilities is intended to counteract.

Despite its relatively high cost, natural gas, mainly imported as LNG, also is likely to experience considerable growth as a fuel for electricity generation.

The cost of electricity from renewables continues to fall in Europe and Asia as the numbers of wind and solar installations grow in both continents, cutting demand for imported gas and coal.

BC's natural gas exports will be hit with a big CA carbon tax, even though the BC natural gas supplies displace demand for higher - emitting oil products and coal - fired electricity imports.

Gas and gas / oil duel - fuel generators accounted for 44 % of NYISO electricity output in 2015, while nuclear generated 31 %, and hydropower (mostly imported from Canada) accounted for 18 %.

For the first time in decades, the nation's treasured trade surplus is gone, eroded by soaring imports of fossil fuels needed to replace the 30 percent of the nation's electricity once supplied by more than 50 nuclear reactors idled since last March's disaster.

Firstly, ignoring the discriminatory nature of the arrangement, the Court noted that consumers and suppliers were required to purchase certificates for imports of electricity or had to pay a fine if they failed to do so.

And secondly, it can change its laws to permit imported green electricity to be used for its national targets (the Advocate General barely touches upon this issue in paras 108 - 109).

This made it more difficult for them to import electricity (paras 68 - 70).

«Currently, diesel power plants generate approximately 60 percent of Samoa's electricity, making the country dependent upon imported fossil fuels,» Rapa J. Young, solar project team leader for EPC, noted in a statement.