Sentences with phrase «about higher electricity»

The Liberals are also under pressure from the opposition Progressive Conservatives, who have capitalized on the anger of some voters about higher electricity costs, changes to the province's sales tax and rising government spending.

Presently, various industries are becoming aware about the high electricity consumption and the adverse effects it has on the environment.

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As a result, Bitcoin's electricity consumption could rise as high as 120 terawatt - hours by the end of the year, about as much as Norway and more than double its current appetite.

Given the high cost of producing one Bitcoin in the UK, which apparently is about 8,400 dollars, the majority of the funds raised will cover the cost of electricity, as the company plans to 1280 Bitcoins.

Investment in energy - efficient practices including insulating wine tanks, installing an on - demand Gylycol system, replacing air compressors with on - demand VFD units, new more efficient pond aerators, and retrofitting high - efficient replacement lights in the winery resulting in electricity use decreasing by about 22 %.

Dear Mr High Commissioner, it won't probably occur to you that what you call corruption or SOLI is just a way to survive in a country where the media is not financed by Government or by a Stock Exchange floating shares, but by individuals trying to balance poor revenues from advertising in a Country declared HIPC until some few months ago and with a very high operating cost (think about the electricity for exampHigh Commissioner, it won't probably occur to you that what you call corruption or SOLI is just a way to survive in a country where the media is not financed by Government or by a Stock Exchange floating shares, but by individuals trying to balance poor revenues from advertising in a Country declared HIPC until some few months ago and with a very high operating cost (think about the electricity for examphigh operating cost (think about the electricity for example).

Asked about Schultz's comment that Connecticut is not an inexpensive place to do business, the governor said electricity prices are high, but that the state's workforce is among the best educated.

The yellow section, which has small, interlocking protrusions about 50 nanometers high, also absorbs light — and the researchers showed that xanthoperin, the pigment that gives it its yellow color, can be used to convert light into electricity.

Fischetti: Right, if you think about a long trough that reflects sunlight, it concentrates the sunlight along a pipe that runs parallel to the long trough and concentrate [s] the sunlight like a magnifying glass, [which] heats the fluid inside this pipe really hot, so the hot fluid circulates out to a somewhat traditional power plant where it's allowed to expand into high pressure gas that turns a turbine which generates electricity.

High up - front expenses plus relatively low efficiency makes the cost of geothermal electricity about double that of coal, which sells for around five cents per kilowatt - hour.

The combination of high - profile movies about urgent topics and the feeling of urgency in the world at large is set to give the annual September rite an unprecedented electricity.

Bradley also said that although the Outlander PHEV is the highest price Outlander available, when comparing the cost of electricity to the cost of diesel, the 3 year costs of the PHEV are about the same as the 3 year cost of the diesel Outlander version.

With 1.5 AM (air mass) solar light, it generates 1W or more of electricity (it offers conversion efficiency of about 3.6 % or higher).

Electricity is locally produced by a photovoltaic power station that covers about the 60 % of the annual consumption; heating and AC systems use a heat pump powered by photovoltaic panel, thermal solar panel produce up to 100 % of the hot water used in bathrooms; during winter a pellet (compressed wood) high efficiency heating system can guarantee a comfortable warm temperature in all the houses.

http://www.sgcc.com.cn/ywlm/mediacenter/corporatenews/10/329789.shtml It's about Time to Construct Global «Electricity High - speed Network» Released on: 2015-10-13

As if providing high school students with invaluable, real world business experience while raising public awareness about energy conservation was not enough, Tru Light also helps rural communities in need of electricity.

Some Indians are appalled talking about the inequity of, for example, electricity consumers in the U.S. not wanting to pay $ 100 - $ 200 a year in higher energy bills under a climate policy.

As an aside, I'd love to see an increase in the small - scale harnessing of hydo - electricity by Power Companies, or by anyone else — there's such an older small Pacific Power plant right up the road from me which has a small dam about 1200 ′ higher, actually located in a Wilderness Area — the original Wilderness boundaries were expanded a little.

To build out its carbon - neutral portfolio, the town struck deals to purchase the output of wind projects including the High Winds and Shiloh wind farms in Solano County, which provided about 12 percent of the town's electricity in 2013.

(Remember that solar farms generate electricity at about 20 - 25 % of «nameplate» capacity on average, while combined - cycle gas plants nationally average 50 - 60 %, and can achieve 70 % or higher.

The researchers estimate electricity prices were about $ 10 / MWh higher on average due to withholding during the study period.

Solar power provides about 0.2 % of world electricity, and that is only because of very high subsidies.

(This is part of a class of issues surrounding the health risks of various electronic technologies — electromagnetic fields, «dirty» electricity, high - voltage power lines, etc.) It's possible to work up irrational fear over just about anything.

At the same time, household electricity consumption has been going down by about 1 percent a year since 2005, as higher prices forced Germans to save energy.

Despite EEI's 1989 pledge to reduce atmospheric emissions, annual CO2 emissions from the electricity sector remained higher in 2016 than they were when McCollum testified in 1989, due in large part to ongoing efforts by some in the industry to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Right now, the price of electricity generated from PV solar is about 12.2 cents per kilowatt - hour in the U.S., only slightly higher than the average cost of retail electricity at 12 cents per kWh across the country.

Just about a year ago, our home in Westwood began a march towards zero Carbon consumption, with heating, hot water heating, and even lawn mowing all converted to high efficiency electricity.

«What's important to keep in mind when talking about solar and electricity prices is that solar energy production tends to align very well with the highest energy demand on a utility's system.

And in Germany it seems to be primarily industries that are worried about being non-competitive internationally because of much higher electricity rates.

As the graph below shows, Germany and Denmark have the largest amount of solar and wind power and the highest electricity prices in Europe, which are about three times higher than those in the United States.

Together, renewables and nuclear provided about 33 % of overall U.S. electricity production in 2015, the highest share on record.

We estimate that electricity prices were about $ 10 / MWh higher because of gas - fired generators» higher input costs.

• Twenty high - impact countries in Asia and Africa account for about two - thirds of all people without electricity access and three - quarters of those using solid household fuels.

She overcame lasting injuries as a result of a serious car accident, but still felt the stress oh high electricity bills — that is, until she heard about the chance to become a community solar subscriber.

This is about more than just higher electricity rates.

Investments in electricity transmission and distribution (T&D), vital to a low - carbon future, account for the highest share of the World Bank and ADB's recent and approved financing for energy supply, around half of the volume of financing and about 40 percent of the number of projects in both banks.

And they are projecting that you look out 10 years from now and it's basically going to be about the same electricity demand in the state that we have right now, but with a much higher percentage of solar, bit higher percentage of wind.

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.

Grid operators predict that in ten years, we'll have «about the same electricity demand in the state that we have right now, but with a much higher percentage of solar, bit higher percentage of wind.

If you care about climate, you care about pollution, why would we be spending billions of dollars to put ourselves in greater jeopardy in terms of more pollution, more accidents, higher electricity prices.

The CES draft also concludes that Millstone's closure «Would drive up capacity and energy prices, resulting in higher electricity rates in Connecticut,» which already has the second highest electric retail rate in the country at about 20 cents per kilowatt hour.

To sum up: if you live in an absurdly sunny place, with sky - high electricity rates and TONS of solar rebates and tax credits, you shouldn't even think twice about installing solar panels.

Global GHG emissions from electricity are about 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would have been if the 1970s rollout rate had continued.

And as for the homeowner paying high gas bills:»... The U.S. currently burns about 13 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas for electricity generation, which means that by the end of the year wind power will be reducing natural gas use for power generation by 4 - 5 percent».

Sivaram and Kann's analysis starts with a very basic fact about solar panels: They generate their electricity during the day, ramping up to a peak in the afternoon, when the sun is high in the sky.

The upward skew in carbon use over the income range comes about because higher - income households don't just drive more, they also fly more (burning jet fuel), they tend to own bigger (and sometimes multiple) houses to heat and cool, and they buy and use more products that require electricity or industrial fuels to manufacture, deliver and use.

We're talking about a world where California gets more than 50 percent of its electricity from renewables in 2030 (up from 25 percent today), where zero - emissions vehicles are 25 percent of the fleet by 2035 (up from about 1 percent today), where high - speed rail is displacing car travel, where biofuels have replaced a significant chunk of diesel in heavy - duty trucks, where pastures are getting converted to forests, where electricity replaces natural gas in heating, and on and on.

The difference between the DRA in Gomboc and the electricity records in Plant is that the former revealed electricity consumption patterns at a much higher level detail, such that stronger inferences could be drawn about the precise household activities giving rise to those consumption patterns (e.g., marijuana grow operation).

The building also recycles all its rainwater — up to 5.5 million gallons a year — and uses high - efficiency light fixtures, HVAC equipment, efficient glazing and reflective roofing that combine to cut electricity consumption by about 30 percent.