Sentences with phrase «about their electricity consumption»

Both Albrecht and Garwacki argued that the new rate design will not take away customers» incentive to be more efficient about their electricity consumption.

China is worried about the electricity consumption used by the Bitcoin mining industry.

Not exact matches

While wind and solar power have grown in recent years, renewable sources accounted for just 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and about 13 % of electricity generation in 2015.

The trains alone consume about 1.2 billion kWh of electricity a year, which is roughly the total power consumption of every home in the country's largest city, Amsterdam.

In 2014, renewable sources of energy already accounted for about 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and 13 % of electricity generation.

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.

But geothermal accounts for only about 16 terawatt - hours a year in the United States, less than half of 1 percent of total electricity consumption.

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.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope that piped - in sunlight will put a serious dent in the amount of energy used to light commercial buildings, which accounts for about 10 percent of all electricity consumption in the United States.

The $ 20 million project will cut the typical Charlottesville - area customer's electricity consumption by at least 4 percent, or by about 40 kilowatt - hours, company officials estimate.

As about one fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's resources.

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.

So, while I'm skeptical about the strict definition of Jevons and electric cars — namely efficiency — I do think there's something there in the idea that costs get masked within overall electricity consumption.

With an average consumption of 597 watts, and coming on round 386 times this month alone, it's added about $ 6 to my electricity bill this month.

Four EU countries not especially rich in hydropower got about half their 2013 electricity consumption from renewables — Spain 45 %, Scotland 46 %, Denmark ≥ 47 %, Portugal 58 % — with excellent reliability and no additions of bulk storage.

Using air conditioners and electric fans to stay cool already accounts for about a fifth of the total electricity used in buildings around the world — or 10 % of all global electricity consumption today.

She had then called the reactor lifetime extension compromise «a reasonable technical solution,» noting that at the time, nuclear power accounted for about 22.6 % of net electricity consumption.

Electricity consumption in Switzerland has grown at about 2 percent per year since 1980, and continues to grow today.

The CO2 Scorecard report, by contrast, examined changes in electricity at the regional level using data from grid operators, which showed researchers greater detail about where natural gas had replaced coal or renewables; where renewables replaced coal; and where electricity consumption simply declined because of reduced demand.

The United States clearly is using less coal: Domestic consumption fell by about 114 million tons, or 11 percent, largely due to a decline in the use of coal for electricity.

Since 2000, electricity consumption in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has risen at nearly 2 % per year and usage is expected to continue to rise steadily at about 1.4 % per year between 2008 and 2025.

Those units would annually generate approximately 17 terawatts (TWh) of electricity — about 3/4 % of annual electricity consumption in the UK — and produce 150 % of C02 emissions of coal generation and 300 % of gas generation.

PHEVs would increase residential consumption of electricity by about 30 - 40 percent.

Actual world electricity consumption is about 1/3 of that again, or 13,000 TWh per year, right now (the remaining energy consumption is primarily transportation and home and industrial direct use of fossil fuels).

In fact, the use of air conditioners and electric fans already accounts for about a fifth of the total electricity in buildings around the world — or 10 % of all global electricity consumption.

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.

Today's air conditioners use only about half as much electricity now as in 1990, and continued advances in energy efficiency could reduce the energy consumption impacts substantially.

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.

In this second edition of the International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, we analyze the world's 16 largest economies, comprising more than 81 % of global gross domestic product and about 71 % of global electricity consumption.

This was equal to about 17 % of the total electricity consumed by both of these sectors and about 12 % of total U.S. electricity consumption.

Oil subsidies accounted for 44 percent of total consumption subsidies (about $ 145 billion), followed by electricity subsidies of just over $ 100 billion.

According to this http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html nuclear energy avoids about 60 fatalities (global average) per TWh from electricity consumption, 90 in China, and 15 in USA.

Minnesota's energy policy emphasizing renewable energy is mostly an electricity policy, which represents only about 40 percent of the state's total energy consumption.

In September, coal - fired electricity output and steel production, together representing about 75 percent of overall coal consumption, declined by 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, and further dropped by 2.8 percent and 1.3 percent in October.

That makes electricity the car's primary fuel, reducing gasoline consumption by about 85 %.

A single 8 - MW turbine is capable of generating enough electricity for about 8,000 European households, so that the power generated by this complex will cover the annual power consumption needs of about 1.3 million homes.

As New England and the upper Midwest states have imposed cap - and - trade schemes or renewable energy mandates, electricity imports from Canada have doubled to about 1.6 % of American electricity consumption.

Read more about the province's efforts to reduce electricity consumption through energy efficiency.

ENERGY OVERVIEW Proven Oil Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 2.9 billion barrels Oil Production (2002E): 818,000 barrels per day (bbl / d), of which about 763,000 bbl / d was crude oil Oil Consumption (2002E): 483,000 bbl / d Net Oil Exports (2001E): 335,000 bbl / d Natural Gas Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 27.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Natural Gas Production (2000E): 1.32 Tcf Natural Gas Consumption (2000E): 1.17 Tcf Net Natural Gas Exports (2000E): 0.15 Tcf Coal Reserves (2000E): 474 million short tons (Mmst) Coal Production (2000E): 0.33 Mmst Coal Consumption (2000E): 1.47 Mmst Electric Generation Capacity (1 / 1 / 00E): 24 gigawatts (GW) Electricity Generation (2000E): 82.8 billion kilowattthours (bkwh); conventional thermal 52 %, hydroelectricity 41 %, nuclear 7 %

water that falls on hills and mountains HYDRO ENERGY RESOURCE Total resource: (about 15 times total world hydroelectric production Technical potential: about: Total world electricity consumption: 16 400 TWh Prefixes: 15,8 % of world / fall measurements.

Reading «between the lines» the article suggests that a 4kW solar installation is large enough to generate more power than many households» annual electricity consumption (and I would agree with this; especially for those people who were aware of, and cared about, their energy consumption).

The Guardian, recently ran a story in the normally breathless fashion about how tidal power over 1,000 kms of the UK coastline could supply 11 % of the UK's electricity consumption.

The current UK energy consumption is about 9 EJ / yr (with perhaps 15 % of that as electricity).

Environmental concerns have led to new efficiency standards for domestic appliances, and smart meters may regulate our electricity usage from afar, while we are constantly told to reduce our consumption of everything and there is serious discussion about how procreation should be limited to save the planet.

Gerke estimated that carbon emissions from the power sector — remember, we are only talking about electricity, not total energy consumption — must be down by around 0.3 percent.

When we talk about energy consumption, all attention goes to the electricity use of a device or a machine while in operation.

In Al Mamzar park swimming pool we are paying about Dh500, 000 annually for the consumption of the electricity.»

The group feels that by integrating energy management into a devices that homeowners feel has other value - and on this you can watch youtube videos, sign on to facebook, play games, and so on - consumers won't be as likely to forget about or be overwhelmed by watching their electricity consumption.

According to figures from the German Federal Ministry, the 22,962 wind turbines operating at the end of 2012 provided only 7.3 percent of the nation's electricity and about 1.8 percent of the nation's energy consumption.

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).