Sentences with phrase «access to electricity grids»

First, the Commission wants to cancel priority access to the electricity grids for wind turbines and solar panels.

As the Nobel Committee notes in its press release: «The LED lamp holds great promise for increasing the quality of life for over 1.5 billion people around the world who lack access to electricity grids.»

The LED lamp holds great promise for increasing the quality of life for over 1.5 billion people around the world who lack access to electricity grids: due to low power requirements it can be powered by cheap local solar power.

According to the World Bank, 100 % of registered homes in the United States have access to the electricity grid, so it is unusual for a cell tower to be «off - grid,» and thus require a distributed source of energy in order to operate.

Not exact matches

While we do pay to access the electricity grid and for metered usage of it, just like the Internet, we don't pay yet again for individual uses of it.

Through greater integration of their grids, these provinces could cut more carbon pollution faster and gain access to lower - cost electricity.

«So this year, 2017, and 2018, a total of 660 communities in the Upper East will be connected to the electricity grid, to expand electricity access to all in the region,» he added, receiving a rousing applause from the gathering.»

The technology could offer a reliable source of electricity for some of the 1.5 billion people around the world without access to a supply grid.

Solar power is giving millions of people access to electricity for the first time — could they bypass traditional fossil fuel grids altogether?

For a study of the technology, the researchers enlisted street vendors who had no access to grid electricity.

The reality is that many of those people, and millions of others like them throughout the developing world who have NO access to electricity, will NEVER have access to fossil - fuel - fired electricity because no one is ever going to build the centralized power plants and the grid to deliver electricity to them.

And in fact, I do think it would be a good idea for the billions of people all over the world who have never had access to electricity to have access to cheap, efficient, mass - produced off - grid solar power — power they can generate for themselves, without being beholden to big utilities.

Off - grid solar is already providing electricity to communities in rural Africa, India, the Caribbean and elsewhere who will never get access to grid power from nuclear or any other form of large, centralized generation, because the resources to build either the grids or the giant power plants do not exist, nor do those communities have the wealth to purchase grid power.

The transmission line, proposed by Atlantic Grid Holdings, would allow 7 GW of electricity from offshore wind farms access to the grid.

Even though people without electricity access often pay a lot for their energy sources, such as kerosene and candles — sometimes more than they would pay for the same service if they had electricity access — the upfront costs for off - grid systems may still be higher than most consumers are willing or able to pay.

In turn, this reduces the investment cost in the supply of electricity required to deliver universal energy access, making off - grid renewable solutions more affordable to households.

Over the period to 2030, new connections to the grid bring electricity to over half of those that gain access, and offer the most cost - effective means of access in urban areas, but decentralised systems are the most cost - effective solutions for over 70 % of those who gain access in rural areas.

The foundations for this departure from orthodoxy have been laid by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has essentially admitted in a series of energy access papers that the majority of those without electricity today will never be wired to the grid (PDF).

Over the last three decades, according to the World Bank, China has achieved universal access to electricity — 600 million people have been lifted out of poverty and connected to the electricity grid.

A growing community of energy access entrepreneurs are trying to bring off - grid products to market in Tanzania, India and other countries with large populations without electricity.

This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks.

It also emphasises the need to encourage low - income communities to participate in community energy projects, and guaranteed, fair and non-discriminatory access to energy markets and the electricity grid for community projects.

Montes notes that in the emerging age of dominant renewables, «access to and control over electricity grids will be the predominant determination of local, national and regional power.»

Times News Network: The Centre aims to achieve «electricity for all» by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021.

The International Energy Agency reported last year that 240 million people in India lack access to electricity, and by the Indian government's count there were 18,452 villages lacking grid connections in April 2015.

The Minister noted that people were on a steep learning curve and would need to move quickly to harness the possibilities of the industry, including funding, planning, accessing electricity grid connections and choosing the best technology available.

LONDON, 13th November 2014 — Rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks, new research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) shows.

GENI focuses on extending access to electricity (through the grid) while tapping renewable sources to create the electricity.

Of course, 300 million Indians still lack access to electricity, while hundreds of millions more experience frequent shortages due to an unreliable grid.

Pairing renewable decentralised energy systems (off - grid systems and mini-grids) with filtration technologies can provide both accesses to electricity and safe drinking water (Target 6.1).

Typical examples include: the expectation of high return on investment (short payback period); high capital costs and long project development times for some measures; lack of access to capital for energy efficiency improvements and feedstock / fuel change; fair market value for cogenerated electricity to the grid; and costs / lack of awareness of need for control of HFC leakage.

In Nepal, for example, the SREP supported project is providing access to electricity and facilitating productive end uses of energy at the «bottom of the pyramid» in rural locations, which are beyond the «last mile» of the grid.

This would ensure a «level playing field» for competition in the electricity and heat industries by guaranteeing non-discriminatory access to the high - and low - voltage grids, by setting transparent tariffs based on full costs and providing clear licensing rules for new players in the markets.

Every village in India now has some form of access to electricity whether it be through an on or off - grid solution, according to prime minister Narendra Modi, however, there are still millions of households across India, both urban and rural, without access to electricity.

The country's 2003 electricity act mandates power for all, but the United Nations estimates 400 million of India's citizens are still without access to an electric grid.

We make fuel cell systems that generate electricity from renewable biomass for people without access to an electric grid.

While renewables have an important role to play in providing off - grid electricity to domestic users, it is impossible for an economy to develop without access to affordable, reliable, grid - based electricity.

The report highlights: Trends in domestic energy demand and supply prospects to 2040, broken down by fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil - fuel subsidies

Without access to affordable, reliable, grid - based electricity, which coal provides, it is impossible for economies to grow and develop.

Beyond trying to make a profit, MKOPA serves an important role in rural Africa where there is poor access to the grid: Its solar home systems are the leading way to electrify rural areas in Kenya where more than 30 % of Kenyans still lack electricity access.

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

They claim that this will «provide direct access to power at cost and without the additional charges and costs associated with transmission, of power including; grid costs, poles and wires, electricity retailer margins to supply to the end user.»

If we want to deliver on energy access goals in Rio, and we want the poor to benefit from electricity we can not wait for the grid, and we can not rely on fossil fuels.

... Around the world, nearly 1.3 billion people live without access to electricity, many of them far from the ever - expanding electric grid.

Bigger, cleaner supply: A regional grid makes it easier to access flexible generation from a larger pool of resources, which will make it easier to meet electricity demands when renewables are not as plentiful (like when solar generation declines in the evening).

With more than 300 million people living without access to electricity, India's off - grid electricity market is large and widespread.

Off - grid solar solutions have really begun to take off in Sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 600 million people lack access to electricity, and particularly in East Africa.

The Swedes, like the Belgians and the Germans among others, have opted for a feed - in system: green electricity produced domestically is given priority access to the grid, by requiring distributors of electricity in Sweden to surrender green certificates, which Swedish producers of electricity obtain for production of green electricity.

They must operate off the grid, without access to water, electricity or sewage plants, and fit into poor urban settings.

Offering open - use terms, near real - time access, and APIs, Finland's electricity grid operator says it's the first European country to open up national electricity data.