Sentences with phrase «u.s. electric generation»

Hydropower produced between 6 - 9 % of total U.S. electric generation between 1998 and 2009, depending on water availability.

Since 2010, EIA said, U.S. solar capacity increased 418 percent from 2,326 megawatts, accounting for 0.2 percent of total U.S. electric generation, to today's 12,057 MW, or 1.13 percent of U.S. generation.

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Electric power generation from coal and natural gas plants is responsible for 40 % of U.S. carbon emissions.

In contrast, the U.S. grid relies predominantly on steam electric generation, making restoration much more difficult, and a recovery as fast as Quebec's «is highly unlikely.»

If today's European carbon prices were applied to the U.S., most utilities would not automatically install new power generation technologies, according to a study by the Electric Power Research Institute.

Southern Co. and its partners have dug 27.5 meters down into that soil to reach bedrock and are now filling up the hole to provide a stable foundation for what is likely to be the first of a new generation of reactors in the U.S.: two new AP - 1000 models at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant that stand next to two older pressurized water reactors, which came online in the 1980s.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, electric power generation accounts for nearly half of the nation's water usage; it takes on average 21 gallons of water to produce one kilowatt hour of electricity.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

Advancing next - generation battery and energy storage technologies for electric and hybrid cars and the electrical grid are critical to help reduce America's reliance on foreign oil and lower energy costs for U.S. consumers.

Not only does the Generation EQ promise to usher in a new sub-brand of electric Mercedes on a dedicated new platform, but when the first production version arrives in U.S. showrooms, it'll look damn close to the crossover we've seen in Paris.

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NASHVILLE — Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at the second - generation LEAF.

NASHVILLE (Aug. 17, 2017)-- Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at the second - generation LEAF.

NASHVILLE (Aug. 17, 2017)-- Less than a week after its global debut, the next - generation Nissan LEAF begins making public appearances at National Drive Electric Week events across the U.S. Consumers in eight cities will get an up - close look at t...

Sleek and aerodynamic, the Concept points to the potential styling direction of Honda's next - generation fuel cell electric vehicle which launches in the U.S. and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe.

Honda Environmental Leadership Honda's diverse portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles has included numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions including the first EV leases in California (1997 Honda EV Plus), the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX), five generations of the Civic Natural Gas (first introduced in 1998) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards.

The new - generation Nissan LEAF will begin making its first public appearances next week at National Drive Electric Week events in eight U.S. cities.

Right now, nuclear only represents 2 % of China's electric power generation, compared to 19 % in the U.S. and 75 % in France.

Starting this month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is including monthly estimates of small - scale distributed solar PV capacity and generation by state and sector in EIA's Electric Power Monthly.

Overall, utility - scale solar systems make up about 1.1 % of the total U.S. electric generating capacity, while distributed generation PV systems provide another 0.8 %.

A December report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said U.S. power generation from renewable sources, along with natural gas, would produce enough electricity to offset retirements of U.S. coal and nuclear units over the next 10 years.

In fact, the EIA recently reported that coal's share of U.S. electric power generation fell below 40 % for the last two months of 2011, the lowest level since 1978.

This past Tuesday, the 2018 Nissan Leaf — an entirely redesigned second generation of the pioneering electric car — officially went on sale in the U.S.. It's quicker... read more January 28, 2018 by John Voelcker

Despite the potential collective loss of millions of dollars in electric generation, the U.S. wind energy industry has voluntarily committed to changing how turbines are operated during the bats» fall migration season, slowing blade rotations to fewer than 1 - 3 revolutions a minute, depending on blade length, thereby reducing the risk of collision.

EIA recently launched a new U.S. Electric System Operating Data tool, which provides hourly electricity operating data, including actual and forecast demand, net generation, and the power flowing between electric Electric System Operating Data tool, which provides hourly electricity operating data, including actual and forecast demand, net generation, and the power flowing between electric electric systems.

... ``....3 minutes ago «The Rise of Wind Power in Texas — Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/…... Apr 14, 2017... Wind generation accounted for nearly 23 percent of power generation for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the first quarter of...»... 6 minutes ago «Iowa — State Energy Profile Overview — U.S. Energy Information... http://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IA Mar 16, 2017... Iowa, the largest producer of ethanol in the United States, had 25.9 % of... Wind provided 36.6 % of Iowa's total electricity generation in 2016,...»... ``....

As a result, natural gas has increased its share of electric utility generation over the past decade from 22 percent to 32 percent, overtaking coal as the major source of U.S. electricity generation.

Nearly half of U.S. electric power generation comes from coal.

Together, the Access Northeast developers serve 70 % of the region's electricity consumers and the pipelines involved already connect directly to 70 % of the region's gas - fired electric generation on their existing corridors,» said Bill Yardley, Spectra Energy's president of U.S. Transmission Storage.

[1] Louisville Gas and Electric Company and the Kentucky Utilities Company have, according to E.ON U.S., «a joint generation capacity of 7,600 MW» [megawatts].

According to the study, «renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, in combination with a more flexible electric system, is more than adequate to supply 80 % of total U.S. electricity generation in 2050 while meeting electricity demand on an hourly basis in every region of the country.»

The new 2018 Nissan Leaf, a thoroughly updated and redesigned second generation of the world's highest - selling electric car, went on sale in the U.S. on January 23.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance calculates that renewable energy investment in the U.S. rose 17 per cent to $ 44 billion (U.S.) in 2015, accounting for more than two - thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the grid last year.

Past mandates and subsidies have increased wind's share of generated electric energy to 0.8 % of total U.S. generation and geothermal's share to 0.4 %.

Looking at just emissions from the electric power sector, emissions in Minnesota dropped by slightly more than the U.S.. However, since 2009, the state has made little to no progress on emissions even as electricity generation by wind increased by 92 percent.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

According to the January 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report, 373,807 Americans now work in solar electric power generation, while 101,738 people work in wind.

In the U.S., solar power was the # 1 source of new electric generation capacity added in 2016 with a share of 39 %.

Like the ITC for solar, the 2.3 cents per kilowatt - hour PTC has been a crucial support for the wind industry, making it the second - biggest source of new electric generation in the U.S. for many years now.

The new - generation Nissan LEAF will begin making its first public appearances next week at National Drive Electric Week events in eight U.S. cities.

«Since 1990, U.S. emissions have increased more slowly than the average annual growth in population (1.2 percent), primary energy consumption (1.1 percent), electric power generation (1.9 percent), or gross domestic product (3.0 percent),» said the report, titled «Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005».

It is this fuel - mix diversification argument that every pro-nuclear U.S. Electric Utility CEO makes «front and center» in their support of developing nuclear generation (base load) resources.

General Motors: $ 105.9 million for the production of high - volume battery packs for the GM Volt (the cells will be from LG Chem, Ltd. and other cell providers to be named), plus another $ 105 million for the construction of U.S. manufacturing capabilities to produce the second - generation GM global rear - wheel electric drive system.

Electric power generation is responsible for 29 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

While a shift in electric generation to natural gas from coal has played a significant role in recent reductions in U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, more will need to be done for the U.S. to meet its goal of reducing GHG emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

National Energy Technology Laboratory, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants: Coal's Resurgence in Electric Power Generation (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy, 1 May 2007).

Notable mandates: Acted for a U.S. retailer as it made the move into Canada; represented an electric generation regulator during arbitration in a $ 500 - million dispute over contract termination and force majeure claims

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