Sentences with phrase «power generation cost»

Renewables should be used in a way that achieves minimum grid power generation cost and maximum grid stability.

Power generation cost using solar panels depends on getting as much electricity out of the panels as possible while keeping the manufacturing costs low.

That would be in line with conventional power generation costs of today and might make it more economically attractive.

For the white paper on power generation costs, researchers used data from existing studies to enhance a formula known as the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE).

We would see a lot more off - grid PV powered buildings, but solar power generation costs would still be too high for most utilities.

The data is certainly valid for comparison purposes, but it leaves out some important aspects of power generation costs.

LONDON / NEW YORK, September 14 — Renewable power generation costs are already lower on average worldwide than those of fossil fuels and clean energy plants will become even more cost - competitive by 2020, a new sensitivity analysis published by the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds.

Then in the 1970's, factors such as the oil embargo, inflation, and an increase in natural gas prices led to higher power generation costs.

Not exact matches

By avoiding an unnecessary overbuild of power generation to meet peak demand, this kind of optimization can also help reduce costs.

The Ontario Energy Board ordered the Ontario Power Generation to cut the «excessive» costs associated with pensions and benefits from its nuclear business» administration, operations and maintenance budget.

Tri Alpha, a company in southern California, is hoping their method of spinning magnetized plasma inside a containment vessel will be a lower - cost method of power generation than ITER.

Despite recent sharp declines in the market price of natural gas, utility - scale solar and wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

In December last year, government increased the cost of electricity and introduced new taxes in the petroleum sector all in a bid to improve power generation.

The project which is estimated to cost $ 100 billion, and if completed would be the world's largest hydroelectric plant is more than twice the power generation of the Three Gorges Dam in China.

Hydropower a decade ago was the leading source of power, contributing more than half of the country's electricity generation capacity — which perhaps explains why the cost of buying power is now high following the reversal in the country's power generation capacity.

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Obagmey stated that though the plant will not transform Ghana's power generation systems, it will stabilize power production and help reduce cost significantly.

In addition to energy efficiency measures, the audits shall identify opportunities for cost - effective on - site renewable generation and high - efficiency combined heat and power.

«Mr. Speaker, as a government, we are committed to achieving a least - cost power generation infrastructure through accelerated private sector participation.

The Governor outlined his vision for the Energy Highway in his 2012 State of the State Address, calling for «a private - sector funded $ 2 billion «Energy Highway» system that will tap into the generation capacity and renewable energy potential in Upstate and Western NY to bring low - cost power to meet the tremendous energy needs in Downstate New York» and for the repowering of old and dirty plants to stop pollution in urban neighborhoods.

As computer chips approach the physical limits of miniaturization and power - hungry processors drive up energy costs, scientists are looking to a new crop of exotic materials that could foster a new generation of computing devices that promise to push performance to new heights while skimping on energy consumption.

But that, too, has its problems — not just of power loss and heat generation over long distances, but also of public acceptability and cost.

«As far as we can tell, our technologies with both the silicon anode and sulfur cathode are among the most cost - effective solutions and therefore show promise for commercialization to make the next - generation of lithium - ion batteries to power portable electronics and electric vehicles,» said USC Viterbi graduate student Rong.

He argued that the amendment is needed to spur adoption of distributed sources that increase grid reliability while reducing costs by cutting the need for new baseload power generation.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Thus, external costs in effect subsidize fossil - fuel power generation, either directly or via indirect effects on the society as a whole.

Strategies for replacing light bulbs vary from place to place, depending on regional energy costs and the power - generation mix (i.e., coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables).

And they may enable a new generation of brighter, low - power, low - cost lighting devices that could challenge the dominance of light - emitting diodes (LEDs) in the future and help meet society's ever - escalating demand for greener bulbs.

The findings show the nation can cut carbon pollution from power plants in a cost - effective way, by replacing coal - fired generation with cleaner options like wind, solar, and natural gas.

«We're focusing on low - cost terrestrial power generation,» Britt says.

«With development, the cost of these hybrid systems will decrease and become increasingly competitive, hopefully playing a larger role in power generation in the future,» the researchers wrote in their conclusion.

A 1000 - megawatt plant would take three years and cost 500 billion pesetas — around half the price of Spain's first - generation nuclear power stations of similar output.

Specifically, the tax on power generation includes a fixed cost of $ 5 per ton of carbon dioxide, plus a variable tax based on the pollution and environmental damage to the community where the plant is located.

«The second tax to power generation has a strong market signal effect, because you are adding the cost of negative externalities to the electricity generation,» he explained.

He said coal power generation is no longer socially acceptable in many parts of the country and most electric power companies prefer natural gas and renewables because they cost less.

However, its future potential uses are significantly limited by scarcity and cost, as well as the fact that platinum readily binds with carbon monoxide, which «poisons» the desired reactions, for example in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which are the leading contenders for small - scale and mobile power generation not based on batteries or combustion engines.

For example, the researchers found that in a high - wind scenario in the Southern Africa Power Pool, strategic siting and grid interconnections would reduce the need for conventional generation capacity by 9.5 percent, resulting in cost savings of 6 to 20 percent, depending on the technology that was avoided.

The goal is to enable power generation from low - temperature geothermal resources at an economical cost.

Though recent research had demonstrated the potential of some protonic ceramic fuel cells to offer environmentally sustainable and cost - effective electric power generation, those cells» high electrolyte conductivities failed to produce anticipated power outputs.

Their findings, as depicted in a series of maps illustrating the cost of each generation technology on a county - by - county basis throughout the U.S., are featured in a new white paper titled «New U.S. Power Costs: by County, with Environmental Externalities.»

The NuScale Power Module's cost per kWh is competitive with other sources of base load electricity generation, and less than the cost per kWh of large nuclear units.

Development and commissioning of cost - effective and reliable new generation VVER power units competitive in the world market;

So, while $ 566,320 may seem like a lot for a previous - generation Vantage, especially knowing how the new one costs $ 150,000, its twin - turbo V8 is down on power compared to the N / A V12 in the GT12.

The Kindle Fire HDX 7in has an even higher resolution display at 323 pixels per inch screen and a Snapdragon 800 processor, which is three times the processing power of the previous generation Kindle Fire, costs $ 229 and ships on 18th October.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

«8.5 The nuclear power industry: a tactician behind the CO2 based global warming In my view, the CO2 based global warming theory was contrived to revive a nuclear power generation industry that suffered from high cost infrastructure and from a bad public image after the disastrous Chernobyl accident in 1986.

(PS in terms of costs of replacement to maintain total generation capacity, solar power is also quite cheap — maybe 2 to 3 cents / kWh, or maybe even less, depending.

Unlike with wind and solar, large volumes of cooling water are a necessity for nuclear power generation, which should also be factored into the costs.

While most estimates have suggested offshore wind could be cost competitive with other forms of power generation somewhere around 2025, record setting projects like this suggest we may even get there ahead of schedule.

The next generation of lighting, LED bulbs, seems to have overcome many of the issues that CFL bulbs have, and offer extremely long lifespans, low power consumption, dimmability, and a much better color temperature range, although at an initially higher cost.