Sentences with phrase «about the electricity system»

With the promise of federal investment, the often rocky discussion between provinces about electricity system integration might just become a bit smoother.

This shift, combined with the other transformations in the energy ecosystem require new ways of thinking about the electricity system and power generation that can be supported by the existing grid infrastructure.

Not exact matches

Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

The agreement is expected to save Ontario's electricity system about $ 70 million in costs over the seven years, but the two government's cited «commercial sensitivities» for refusing to say how much Ontario will pay for the electricity.

Florida homeowners found out about this the hard way after Hurricane Irma, where the utility told residents with rooftop solar systems that they couldn't draw power from their panels while workers were restoring power due to the risks of sending errant electricity on the grid.

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 %.

Speaking of cell phone connectivity, what about home security systems that don't rely on electricity or telephone lines?

On Social infrastructure, President Mahama said with the efforts employed about eighty percent of Ghanaians have access to electricity and with the expansion of water systems Accra for instance currently has a hundred percent access to water, the first in the history of the country.

The system consumes about 40 per cent less electricity than current compressor - based air - conditioners used in homes and commercial buildings.

The Westlake — MacArthur Park project was funded by a federal grant of $ 4.46 million, and the hope is that the two - megawatt system will save as much as 400 megawatt - hours per year — the electricity consumption of about 40 average homes.

Presently, information and communication systems consume about 10 percent of the electricity in Germany.

Grid parity is when the cost and reliability of that solar panel system is about the same as that of buying electricity like most people do today — from the local utility's power grid.

Some brain scientists believe that our fear systems are prepared to learn about threats — snakes, spiders, or heights — that have been major obstacles to survival over the millions of years it has taken the modern brain to evolve, which explains why it is easier to develop phobias about snakes than about threats that are statistically much more likely to kill you, such as electricity.

Imperial is planning to recruit about ten faculty, six postdoctoral researchers, and seven Ph.D. students to work on the project, with skills in process engineering, civil engineering systems, electricity distribution modelling, and resource flow analysis.And it is likely that similar research may be funded.

The biodigester - sanitation systems also provide a fuel source in a place where only about 10 percent of the population has access to electricity, and about 70 percent of the energy used comes from wood and charcoal, which costs around 25 - 50 percent of a household's income.

What's most critical to understand about the nervous system is that it runs on electricity, which means it conducts wattage.

The fact - based drama tells about how electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse competed to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

Not only does it deliver a big power boost, it can also serve up superior fuel economy, as its plug - in hybrid drive system can go for about 30 miles on electricity alone.

These are a function of the Chrysler Uconnect 8.4 system that provide the driver with information about the Pacifica Hybrid, including: a dynamic visual of how power is moving in the minivan, whether moving from the battery to the wheels or back due to regenerative brakes; a chart of a driving history, including a breakdown of distance driven in electric mode and hybrid mode by day; and a page allowing the driver to schedule when the Pacifica Hybrid charges to make the most of off - peak electricity rates.

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.

Over the course of the past fifteen years, David Altmejd has been working through questions about the relationship between the human body and larger energy systems of physics, electricity and biology.

If the electricity system isn't about zero CO2, there's no way to get there.

Sensors on the powerline monitor and gather data about local system activity and are fed back to our control centre for analysis and planning of Nova Scotia's future energy needs... As we add more renewable energy to the grid, batteries can provide the utility with more flexibility to reliably address peak electricity demand with stored energy.

Not long ago, we wrote about blueEnergy, a non-profit organization that is building hybrid wind and solar systems to power homes, schools and rural clinics in rural Nicaragua where nearly 80 percent of the population lacks electricity.

In explaining the value of BrightSource Energy's concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) capability, the company's Vice President for Government Affairs and Communications Joe Desmond described a 2006 California «heat storm» during which «the California ISO reached its all - time maximum demand» and had «about 3,000 megawatts of wind available,» but «the amount of wind delivering electricity into the system when it hit its peak demand was 1 percent.»

Interestingly, only days before, the IESO (Independent Electricity System Operator) posted their 2016 - 2020 nine - page Strategic Plan which said the opposite of the CanWEA / GE study and its claim about not «compromising grid reliability.»

«Managing Flexibility Whilst Decarbonising the GB Electricity System» http://erpuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ERP-Flex-Man-Full-Report.pdf is an excellent recent report about what UK would need to do to meet the emissions targets for its electricity system anElectricity System» http://erpuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ERP-Flex-Man-Full-Report.pdf is an excellent recent report about what UK would need to do to meet the emissions targets for its electricity system and theSystem» http://erpuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ERP-Flex-Man-Full-Report.pdf is an excellent recent report about what UK would need to do to meet the emissions targets for its electricity system anelectricity system and thesystem and the cost.

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Hear the experts talk about what they are doing to facilitate the expansion of wind's participation in the electricity system, while ensuring its ongoing safety and reliability.

About the geographic model: The night sky image is a visual representation of WEO electricity access projections that were allocated to population centers in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of technology, Division of Energy Systems Analysis (KTH - dESA).

While there are about 274 million households worldwide that lack access to electricity, Mills» study focuses on the «poorest of the poor,» or about 112 million households, largely in Africa and Asia, that can not afford even a mini solar home system, which might power a fan, a few lights, a phone charger, and a small TV.

First, the city installed a large ground - mounted solar array — a 420 - kilowatt solar electric system that supplies about 8 percent of the plant's electricity needs.

«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.

Just think about our agricultural system and our roadways or how we heat our homes or consume electricity.

A standard way of thinking about the cost of electricity is «total system levelized cost» — basically, how much a power producer would have to charge for electricity to earn back the money spent building a new generating facility.

That adds up to greenhouse gas reductions of about 400 tonnes a year, and is in - line with BC Hydro's ongoing efforts to help remote B.C. communities — too far away from the electricity system to be serviced by the 98 % clean energy generated by BC Hydro — reduce their fossil fuel emissions.

In the IESO's Media Centre, reporters will find timely and relevant information about the IESO, Ontario's power system and the wholesale electricity market.

The most important thing to understand about the federal government's new National Energy Guarantee is that it is designed not to produce a sustainable and reliable electricity supply system for the future, but to meet purely political objectives for the current term of parliament.

When the Premier made her announcement about reducing hydro bills, she also claimed «Decades of under - investment in the electricity system by governments of all stripes resulted in the need to invest more than $ 50 billion in generation, transmission and distribution assets to ensure the system is clean and reliable.»

But everyone agrees the current system is wasteful: only about 30 % of electricity from the average power plant reaches the wall socket of the user.

Interestingly, beyond this, despite considerable rhetoric about moving beyond debates about carbon - pricing, the report recommends that in order to avoid adding to the Federal debt, it would be necessary to impose new taxes, including increased royalties for oil and gas extraction, a tax on imported oil, a tax on electricity sales, and a «very small carbon price» (presumably from a modest carbon tax or unambitious cap - and - trade system).

Are we about to reach a «tipping point», whereby a transition to a renewable electricity system becomes unstoppable, and the end of fossil fueled power becomes a medium - term certainty?

Several years ago I worked with Woofenden on an article related to our system on our farm for a HomePower magazine, the leading national magazine about renewable energy for which he's the wind electricity editor.

Strides are being made: some of the huge wind farm complexes under construction in China will each produce as much electricity as several nuclear power plants, and an electrified transport system supplemented by the use of bicycles could reshape the way we think about mobility.

Canada already has one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world, with about 80 % of its electricity production coming from non-emitting sources.

When you examine the Independent Electricity System Operator's data you quickly learn why the Ministry no longer brags about earning revenue from exports or keeping costs down for ratepayers.

He only cares about understanding electricity systems.

Remote electricity systems, and even large cities concerned about storms and terrorist attacks, are increasingly looking to microgrid technology to meet their energy needs.

At noon, delegates heard more about Alberta's plans from the Alberta Electric System Operator's (AESO) Michael Law, who spoke about the renewable electricity program principles and objectives.

The CERAWeek conference turned its attention to the nation's electricity system, with lots of talk about renewables, power storage, wholesale markets and the like.