Sentences with phrase «u.s. electricity grid»

''... Under the average U.S. electricity grid mix, we found that producing a midsize, midrange (84 miles per charge) BEV typically adds a little over 1 ton of emissions to the total manufacturing emissions, resulting in 15 percent greater emissions than in manufacturing a similar gasoline vehicle.

It will link the three U.S. electricity grids — the Eastern, Western, and Texas grids.

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And China, Russia and North Korea are all trying to break into the grid, potentially to disrupt the U.S. electricity supply the way Russia has in Ukraine in recent years.

And more is needed to protect overseas bases, which are vulnerable because other countries» civilian electricity grids are as vulnerable as those in the U.S.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

With a population density one - sixth that of Germany, the U.S. grid must traverse tremendous distances to bring electricity to its people and industries.

Webber and co-author Robert Fares, a Cockrell School alumnus who is now an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, analyzed the impact of home energy storage using electricity data from almost 100 Texas households that are part of a smart grid test bed managed by Pecan Street Inc., a renewable energy and smart technology company housed at UT Austin.

«The U.S. society and economy are so critically dependent upon the availability of electricity that a significant collapse of the grid precipitated by a major natural or man - made EMP [electro - magnetic pulse] event could result in catastrophic civilian casualties,» Rep. Trent Franks (R - Ariz.)

Even the electric utility industry recognizes that where residential electricity costs reach 15 cents per kilowatt - hour — or roughly 16 percent of the U.S. retail electricity market — solar is already as cheap as grid electricity.

The U.S. electricity infrastructure is sorely in need of modernization; whatever our choice for generation, we must invest in a newer, more efficient electricity grid.

A new survey of consumer attitudes released today by Accenture indicates that U.S. consumers are more interested in smart grid applications that save them money and automate the management of their electricity use, rather than giving them direct control over heating, cooling and appliances as prices fluctuate during the day.

As long as countries like China or the U.S. employ big grids to deliver electricity, there will be a need for generation from nuclear, coal or gas, the kinds of electricity generation that can be available at all times.

Innovators gather in DC this week to discuss how to modernize the U.S. electric grid in the face of a changing electricity sector.

This year's milestone shows that renewables are becoming a major source of electricity in the U.S. and can no longer be considered «alternative» energy, said Christopher Clack, CEO of the power grid modeling firm Vibrant Clean Energy and a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher.

While the electricity mix of the U.S. grid varies by region, the average mix in 2016 provides an energy source for the LEAF that is environmentally beneficial.

But several factors have changed grid economics, among them the falling price of both natural gas and renewable energy (fuels that are often used in microgrids), environmental rules and declining use of electricity in the U.S.

The tool features nearly real - time demand data, plus analysis and visualizations of hourly, daily, and weekly electricity supply and demand on a national and regional level for all of the 66 electric system balancing authorities that make up the U.S. electric grid.

The fact that the United States has a much dirtier electricity grid that relies more heavily on fossil fuels for electricity generation means that short - term opportunities for new wind energy development will be larger in the U.S..

4:40 PM ENERGY TECH AND SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS This panel will feature American businesses that are implementing solutions to reduce GHG emissions and increase resilience in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportations systems, and in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroad.

«We commend PJM, the largest grid operator in the U.S., for recognizing the importance of fuel security because it is the foundation for a reliable and resilient electricity grid.

The existing commercial biomass power generating industry in the United States, which consists of approximately 1,700 MW (megawatts) of operating capacity actively supplying power to the grid, produces about 0.5 % of the U.S. electricity supply.

«Key to achieving our greenhouse - gas emission reduction goals in Canada and the U.S. is cleaning our shared electricity grid and using that non-emitting electricity to power other sectors.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which monitors and regulates grid stability in Canada and the U.S., estimated in a report last April that net Canadian electricity exports under the Clean Power Plan could grow three-fold between 2020 and 2030 as demand for renewable power grows in states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and jurisdictions in New England.

NERC, which is responsible for assuring the reliability of the grid in the U.S. and Canada, has issued two reports that include a sober warning about potential problems if we rely too much on natural gas for electricity.

The timing and magnitude of adding wind - and solar - powered electricity generators to the U.S. grid are sensitive to federal policies, especially federal tax credits that are currently scheduled to expire or diminish by 2022.

«Unlike in the 1970s, today only 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so plug in hybrids enable the transportation sector to tap into the array of vast domestic and much easier to secure energy resources which power our grid, and thus can increase vehicle fuel choice and greatly reduce our dependence on hostile suppliers of oil.»

Since the 1980s they have influenced governments to spend billions in public funds and subsidies to advance its corrupt science, along with subsidizing a massive building program of solar panels and wind turbines providing so little electricity it actually has endangered lives in Europe and threatens the integrity of the U.S. electrical grid.

The power grids in the U.S. — there are actually three of them — are enormously complex, but they're traditionally based on a simple idea: Electricity moves in one direction, from a power plant to homes along high voltage transmission lines and lower voltage power lines that distribute electricity to individual homes and neiElectricity moves in one direction, from a power plant to homes along high voltage transmission lines and lower voltage power lines that distribute electricity to individual homes and neielectricity to individual homes and neighborhoods.

It is based on grid operators» real - world experience and over a dozen studies by grid operators showing renewables can reliably supply 20 % to 40 % or more of U.S. electricity demand.

Tom Weis, Ride for Renewables, has been cycling from Colorado to Washington to promote a 100 % U.S. renewable electricity grid by 2020.

They modeled a range of electricity systems for the year 2050, including moderately decarbonized grids with emissions intensity that would be 60 % to 80 % below that of the U.S. grid today.

The grid is a network of power plants and transmission lines that work together to deliver electricity to consumers across the U.S. Because electricity is always in demand, the grid is constantly operating, and grid operators carefully manage its energy output to meet demand by turning power plants on and off.

Like the proposed U.S. national grid, the Europe - wide grid would use high - voltage direct - current lines that transmit electricity far more efficiently than existing lines do.

There are important reasons natural gas is the United States» primary fuel for electricity generation — and will be in the years to come, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): 1) Natural gas is abundantly available — thanks to America's energy renaissance; 2) Natural gas» affordability has made it competitive in the marketplace; and 3) Among all the fuels used for power generation, natural gas is the definition of reliability — uniquely positioned as a fuel to furnish key attributes that ensure the health of the modern electricity grid.

Having already achieved 20 % renewable electricity through contracts with local utilities in Europe and the U.S. that are bringing more renewables to local grids, the company has an interim target for reaching 40 % by 2020.

Scientists in California have modeled a solar - heavy / wind power electricity grid, without nationwide HVDC, that could reliably deliver 80 % of U.S. electricity needs.

Indeed, a study by Perry's own National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that today's renewable energy technologies are «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,» provided that the grid itself adopts technologies to increase flexibility.

According to the U.S. DOE, just 25 % of the electricity goes towards powering the devices when they are on; the rest of the time those devices are drawing energy off the grid even if they aren't doing anything.