Sentences with phrase «renewable electricity policy»

Use of economic instruments in the German renewable electricity policy.

«The Next Generation of Renewable Electricity Policy: How Rapid Change is Breaking Down Conventional Policy Categories.»

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This contract, BART's first - ever PPA for utility - scale solar power, resulted from a renewable energy procurement process that BART launched in May 2017 as part of the organization's Wholesale Electricity Portfolio Policy («Policy»).

It came with a suite of complementary policies that included a low - carbon fuel regulation, a ban on coal - fired electricity and a private sector power call for clean and renewable electricity.

EDMONTON — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the first round results of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program:

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the coPolicy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the copolicy makers across the country.

The poll also found strong support for other policies that would help accelerate Canada's transition to clean energy, including federal support to help provinces use more renewable electricity, switching buildings and vehicles to clean power, and measures to cut the carbon emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

The white paper on Electricity Market Reform has mapped out a new policy to encourage the billions of investment that we need in all three families of low carbon electricity generation — renewables, nuclear and clean coElectricity Market Reform has mapped out a new policy to encourage the billions of investment that we need in all three families of low carbon electricity generation — renewables, nuclear and clean coelectricity generation — renewables, nuclear and clean coal and gas.

But while the Town of East Hampton's policy goal of serving 100 percent of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2020 is commendable, «the details have not allowed us to move forward with the kind of operational capacities we need.»

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

The Market - Power Renewables Act and the Renewable Energy Credit Act: ALEC and other Koch - funded State Policy Network groups like the Heartland Institute haven't had much success with their attempts to repeal state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) laws through the ALEC / Heartland Electricity FreRenewable Energy Credit Act: ALEC and other Koch - funded State Policy Network groups like the Heartland Institute haven't had much success with their attempts to repeal state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) laws through the ALEC / Heartland Electricity Frerenewable portfolio standard (RPS) laws through the ALEC / Heartland Electricity Freedom Act.

A renewable portfolio standard is a state policy that requires electricity providers to obtain a minimum percentage of their power from renewable energy resources by a certain date.

According to a study from the Blue - Green Alliance (a partnership between the Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers) and the Renewable Energy Policy Project, requiring that 20 % of our electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across theRenewable Energy Policy Project, requiring that 20 % of our electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across therenewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across the country.

Merkel's assessment that the renewable sector was not capable of filling the energy gap if Germany was entirely rid of nuclear power was directly in line with the coalition's newly unveiled «Energy Concept» — the ambitious energy policy with a 40 - year trajectory that called for, by 2050, greenhouse gas cuts of at least 80 %, increasing renewables to 80 % in electricity supply, and a 50 % reduction in primary energy consumption compared to 2008 levels.

In addition, four New England states have established policies to secure a percentage of their electricity from renewable resources such as wind.

Because of the balance of powers under the constitution the United States has so far avoided the economically disastrous rush to control of CO2 emissions and move to renewable energy seen in the UK and Germany The resultant increase in electricity prices is now forcing these countries to reconsider their entire energy policy.

(An article by Michael Liebrich of Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) earlier this year looked at the policy options for integrating higher amounts of renewables into electricity networks in a cost competitive way.)

California has promoted solar power through a series of state policies, including a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that requires electricity providers to obtain 33 % of the power they sell from eligible renewable sources by 2020.

«I am an independent advocate for affordable electricity for all rate classes, and an electricity market and policy analyst,» Stacy said in his April 2014 testimony on the bill that froze Ohio's renewable energy standard.

In return, these policies benefit not only clean energy businesses, but all North Carolina electricity consumers — even those who do not use renewable energy or energy efficiency — through lower overall energy bills, healthier communities, higher local tax bases, and jobs.

In Spain, every renewable energy job the government's climate alarmist policies created was offset by two jobs lost in other sectors of the economy that were punished by soaring electricity prices.

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Because German law requires renewable energy to be used first on the German grid, when Germany exports excess electricity to its European neighbors it primarily comes from coal plants... «If you want to use fluctuating renewable power, you have to upgrade the grids across Europe,» says Daniel Genz, a policy adviser with Vattenfall.

Germany, a world leader in aggressive renewable policies, faces an industrial exodus and economic recession, with electricity prices that have risen approximately 60 percent since 2007.

The report outlines how interconnection policies influence electricity markets and renewable energy development through regulation of transmission access and ratemaking, dispatch procedures, technology requirements, system planning, and interconnection procedures.

But to fully capitalize on the potential of electric vehicles for reducing climate - altering carbon emissions from the transport sector, an analyst recently explained in Issues, new investments are needed in large - scale electricity storage and new public policies are needed to encourage recharging when renewable energy sources are providing the power.

RPS policies apply to 55 percent of total U.S. retail electricity sales (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2016) and are largely responsible for driving recent investment in renewable energy generation in New England, New York, the Mid-Atlantic, the Upper Midwest, and along the West Coast.

Dr. Cochran analyzes policies and market designs that create an enabling framework for emerging energy technologies (e.g., renewable energy, demand response, and distributed generation), with a focus on best practices for grid integration of renewable electricity.

Simply opening up electricity markets to competition would be far better than these hobbled - together policies of regulation, tax incentives, and renewable - friendly rate structures, but at least these standard - issue policies are designed around incentives rather than edicts.

Policy support, technology advances and a maturing supply chain are making offshore wind an increasingly viable option for renewables - based electricity generation, harnessing the more consistent and higher wind speeds available offshore.

These countries also share experience with technical and policy issues related to the integration of renewables into existing electricity networks.

Chile's renewable energy potential promises multiple benefits for the country, according to latest IEA country review Energy policy review applauds Chile for significant progress in the electricity sector and urges more ambition on energy efficiency and sustainable use of firewood 23 January 2018

There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market demand for lower - carbon energy from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.

: The current Federal, State and private sector policies that are now increasing the fraction of electricity generation from Intermittent Renewables must be stopped / reversed in order to avoid / mitigate very severe micro and macroeconomic impacts and National Security ramifications involving skyrocketing electricity prices as well as dramatically reduced power grid reliability and resilience.

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By creating the right policy and regulatory conditions, international clean energy access initiatives can help other countries benefit from greater access to electricity through distributed renewable energy.

These policy actions include new legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into account.

The policy is expected to create an incentive for consumers to switch to suppliers of carbon - free electricity or invest in onsite generation from renewable sources.

Feed - in tariffs (FITs), along with renewable electricity standards, are one of the most widely adopted renewable energy support policies around the world.

Instead, it complements DC's existing sustainability policies — such as a robust renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that requires the district's utilities to source 50 % of their electricity from renewable sources by 2032.

In addition, Section 211, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109 - 58) provides that the Secretary of the Interior should, within 10 years of enactment of the Act,»... seek to have approved non-hydropower renewable energy projects located on the public lands with a generation capacity of at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity».

This century, the government of the United Kingdom has adopted an energy policy designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels, especially coal, to generate electricity and replace them, as much as possible, with renewables, especially wind.

Posted on May 1, 2018 · Rice economist Peter Hartley explains how current policies and the reliance on renewable energy are causing instability in the electricity grid.

In addition to driving more renewables and reducing emissions, an increased RPS policy can reduce wholesale electricity prices, act as a hedge against high, volatile natural gas prices, and add up to 3,000 jobs per year.

More specifically, how can we shift policy and regulation to scale up distributed renewable energy — for example, solar home systems or village - scale solar power systems — that could help many of the world's poorest get access to electricity for the first time?

Subtitle F: Transmission Planning -(Sec. 151) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish a federal policy for transmission planning that calls for regional electric grid planning that facilitates the deployment of renewable and other zero - carbon and low - carbon energy sources for generating electricity to reduce GHG emissions while ensuring reliability, reducing congestion, ensuring cyber-security, minimizing environmental harm, and providing for cost - effective electricity services throughout the United States.

Tags: electricity, generating capacity, policy, regulation, renewables, RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standards), states, taxes, wind

Both moves into renewables and nuclear represent a major change in Polish energy policy, diversifying away from the country's traditional coal - fired power base, in a bid to fill an electricity shortfall and meet EU emission standards.

FactCheck Q&A: are South Australia's high electricity prices «the consequence» of renewable energy policy?