Sentences with phrase «electricity imported from»

As New England and the upper Midwest states have imposed cap - and - trade schemes or renewable energy mandates, electricity imports from Canada have doubled to about 1.6 % of American electricity consumption.

«Wind energy's major cost declines have, and will continue to be, critical to opening up new opportunities throughout Canada — whether it is to support the coal phase - out, or to fill an emerging power supply gap as nuclear power plants are refurbished in Ontario, or to help the northeast United States reduce its reliance on fossil - fuel powered generation through clean electricity imports from Quebec or Atlantic Canada.

Not exact matches

TORONTO — Ontario will import enough electricity from Quebec to power a city of more than 200,000 people under a seven - year agreement signed Friday, but the provinces won't say how much Ontario is paying Hydro Quebec.

NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.

Those electricity imports helped to stave off potential blackouts as electricity production in the Pacific Norwest suffered due to a drought reducing output from hydropower in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Over a seven - year period, Ontario will be allowed to import up to two terawatt hours of electricity annually from Quebec — or enough energy to power a city of roughly 200,000 people.

And while he likes to proclaim himself as a national leader on climate change, he is flooding the state with imported fracked gas, giving billions of dollars to old nukes, and is getting only 3 to 4 % of the state's electricity from renewables,» noted Hawkins.

Other Ghanaians expecting government's proposed one million dollar per constituency, one - village one - dam, One - District One - Factory, DKM customers, the scrapping of energy sector levy, reduction in electricity tariff and transport fares, reduction in Corporate tax from 25 % to 20 %, and 3 % Special import levy among others have also been pushing government to kick start the processes leading to their implementation.

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..

On the other hand, the money Samsø spends on electricity — about $ 5 million a year — now stays at home instead of being used to import energy from the larger neighboring islands.

Electricity is generated entirely from thermal plants using imported fossil fuels.

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.

Eighty - two percent of its electricity is derived from coal, almost all of which is imported from Wyoming, 24/7 Wall Street reports.

The state also has a five - year - old law banning power companies from importing coal - fired electricity by setting steep carbon emissions standards.

Approximately seven per cent of our electricity comes from imports or other sources

Well, yes: last year Ohio imported one - fifth of its electricity from other states.

The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.

So, they are importing electricity from other grids while at the same time curtailing RE generation.

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.)

The 17 % of SA electricity from local coal power will end March 2016 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/10/7/resources-and-energy/jobs-go-alinta-closes-sa-sites Never fear the SA - Vic Heywood Interconnector will be uprated by 190 MW in July 2016 so as to help imports of east coast coal power.

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.

The result: Though CSP requires the direct normal irradiance (DNI) found in abundance in the world's sunny high deserts, even importing generation from high - DNI deserts in Spain and Morocco, CSP with thermal energy storage could become an economically competitive option, due to its ability with storage to fill the gaps created by intermittent generation.Imports of thermal solar from Spain and Morocco would entail building HVDC (high Voltage Direct Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - distance.

When solar electricity is being generated, less electricity from other sources such as natural gas or interstate electricity imports is required.

Cape Windâ $ ™ s proposal to build Americaâ $ ™ s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide three - quarters of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands from clean, renewable energy — reducing this regionâ $ ™ s need to import oil, coal and gas.

(Reuters)- Europe will import its first solar - generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in an interview on Sunday.

That means we'll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil.

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.

Less than 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so using electricity as a transportation fuel would greatly reduce dependence on imported petroleum, thus contributing to our national security.»

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.

So we know what the result will be: not a «clean power» utopia, but less power that is more expensive, supplemented by importing electricity from our neighbors.

They clearly can not replace the electricity from their nuclear reactors with electricity from wind and solar, so they are building new coal - fired power plants and importing coal from the US: that's the «smutzig» part.

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).

100 % of the coal used to generate electricity in Michigan is imported from other states.

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.

IEEFA finds India's wind and solar energy costs have fallen 50 % to as low as $ 38 per megawatt hour (MWh) over the past two years, with renewable energy bids in new auctions costing 20 % less than the cost of wholesale electricity from existing Indian coal generation, and 30 - 50 % less than the required cost to justify new imported coal or liquefied natural gas capacity.

The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal - fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is extracted, captured, converted, and used if it is to meet the urgent challenges facing the energy system, of which climate change and energy security are the most pressing.

Using electricity produced from diverse domestic resources, PHEVs can reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil.

The opponents have painted grim pictures of prices hikes, blackouts, increased use of coal, with more emissions, and massive imports of nuclear electricity from France and gas from Russia.

A key decision variable is how much of the state's renewable electricity must be generated within its borders, since California currently imports a quarter of its electricity from outside state lines.

As a result, Turkey is importing electricity, and signed an agreement with its neighbor, Bulgaria, which will allow Turkey to purchase 33.7 billion kWh of electricity over the 10 - year period from 1999 to 2009.

In the context of California, regulators worry that a carbon price will induce the further import of carbon intensive electricity from surrounding states (which do not currently carry a carbon price) thereby increasing the carbon emissions of those states and eroding a portion of the reductions achieved in California.

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).

Permitting more renewable electricity to be imported — say, from Arizona — could lower costs.

Natural gas currently generates two - thirds of the country's electricity, but domestic gas resources are set to begin depleting rapidly and almost all imports come from a single country, Myanmar, leaving Thailand vulnerable to supply disruptions.