Sentences with phrase «as electricity demand»

As electricity demand grows and federal regulation shuts down coal - fired power plants, SaskPower has concluded that wind energy is a low - cost source of new supply that can be reliably integrated into the grid.

A cold front moved through West Texas, and the winds died in the evening just as electricity demand was peaking.

If nations hit their reduction targets, global carbon dioxide emissions would level off, even as electricity demand continues to rise.

Not exact matches

Plattsburgh residents had seen their electric bills surge as rising total demand forced the purchase of more expensive, non-hydropower electricity.

Through slow, grassroots methods such as community meetings and bill inserts, Ontario's utilities have largely succeeded in informing the province's residents about what smart meters are, and how to shift electricity demand to lower their bills.

Coal prices in general were driven even lower in 2016 due to low natural gas prices and warmer - than - usual winter temperatures that cut down demand for coal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

It described a scenario whereby gas begins to replace coal and oil as a transportation and electricity - generating fuel and satisfies a dominant share of new demand.

As of 2017, electricity demand for bitcoin mining rose to about 20.5 terawatt - hours a year, according to BNEF.

Toward debtor countries American diplomats work through the World Bank and IMF to demand that debtors raise their interest rates and impose taxes and austerity programs to keep their wages low, sell off their public domain to pay their foreign debts, and deregulate their economy so as to enable foreign investors to privatize local electricity, telephone services and other infrastructure formerly provided at subsidized rates to help these economies grow.

As we noted in a previous report, a proposal to the New York Public Service Commission has been submitted by Orange and Rockland Utilities for a Tesla Powerpack system that could see a 70 % reduction in the demand charges on customer electricity bills.

The Saudis could ramp up production by about a million barrels per day as they begin to burn crude to meet electricity demands during the summer months, he said.

These additional costs come as gas is already under pressure due to flat - to - declining electricity demand and increasing renewable energy adoption in states like California and Texas.

If God distributes power as we distribute electricity, then we can see how he could delegate power without losing any of it, and still maintain the control that orthodox theology demands.

Perhaps we can come to terms with the exploitations of the past, but should we complacently stand aside as the sacred mountain of the Navajos is strip - mined and the ecology of their region destroyed in order to produce more electricity to meet the insatiable demands of us Californians?

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has announced that the country will enjoy stable power supply in the coming weeks as Ghana's electricity generation capacity now exceeds demand at peak periods.

Mr Okyere said GRIDCo had forecast peak demand to be at 2,523 MW for 2018 based on factors such as VALCO's operation of two potlines, the power supply to Burkina Faso and network expansion and rural electrification programmes for Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Company.

This is the most valuable part of the curve, as electricity prices are highest at the period of highest demand.»

Such grids will enable utility companies to monitor energy use in minute detail, allowing them to alter the price of electricity as demand changes.

As more wind energy is added to the grid, power companies have to match increasingly variable electricity supplies to intermittent demand.

Utilities can substantially reduce their disruption costs, as well as social costs, by continuing to supply at least a small amount of electricity to serve HP demands during outages.

Managing electric loads is already a challenge for utilities, which have to respond to electricity demand as lights, televisions and computers are turned on and off throughout the day.

Wellinghoff's goal is to enable a near total transformation of the electricity sector, allowing for renewable resources, such as the sun, wind and flow of rivers, to meet a greater proportion of U.S. electricity demand.

These, Warshay notes, are particularly popular outside the U.S., «where energy usage is significantly lower than here,» as the outsize electricity demands by American users would generally overtax the capacities of the first round of home - size heat and power models being marketed in Asia and Europe.

The failure of the gas and electricity regulators to agree how to improve matters demands government intervention but as this smacks of «policy» such action has not been forthcoming.

When generators fail, as they did last winter in Texas, controllers lean on «demand - response customers» — large electricity users, like factories, that are paid to be on call, ready to use a little less or even shut everything off at a moment's notice.

What the company calls its «mPower» reactor would be used for smaller grids or limited electricity - demand areas, such as those of municipal districts or for individual industrial use.

Texas experienced blackouts in February 2011, as colder - than - average winter weather simultaneously increased demand for electricity and damaged coal - fired power plants and wind turbines.

How it works: Electric vehicles can double as batteries plugged into the grid, saving up power at night when electricity demand is low.

That way, homeowners will be able to install smaller and cheaper solar power systems while being able to use electricity from the grid only as backup, reducing the electric power demand, or load, on the utility's grid.

Prices for high - grade silicon (that can generate electricity from sunlight) shot up in 2004 in response to growing demand, reaching as high as $ 500 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) this year.

As it stands, eSolar expects to generate five megawatts of electricity with its refurbished 1940s - vintage General Electric steam turbines roughly 25 percent of the time, which coincides generally with peak demand for electricity, Tyner says.

And the power grid could be modernized to use cheaper, greener fuels such as sunlight or wind even on days when the sun doesn't shine bright enough or the wind doesn't blow hard enough to meet electricity demand.

Researchers have increasingly sought alternatives to semiconductor - based electronics over the past decade as the increases in speed and density of microprocessors come at the expense of greater demands on electricity and hotter circuits.

While the U.S. boom in shale gas helped push the fossil fuel's share of total global energy consumption from 23.8 to 23.9 percent, coal also increased its share, from 29.7 to 29.9 percent, as demand for coal - fired electricity remained strong across much of the developing world, including China and India, and parts of Europe.

Such demand response is different from using electric vehicle batteries as a form of storage or backup for the electricity grid, which can put undue strain on batteries as they constantly cycle from fully charged to nearly drained.

If this growth continues, the country is likely to suffer blackouts similar to those in countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, where demand for electricity is outstripping supply.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

The M.I.T. report predicts that even if the world's fleet of more than 400 nuclear power plants grew to be 4,000 such plants that then operated for a century, the cost of the electricity from those facilities would rise by a mere 1 percent as a result of the increased demand for uranium.

Materials chemists have been trying for years to make a new type of battery that can store solar or other light - sourced energy in chemical bonds rather than electrons, one that will release the energy on demand as heat instead of electricity — addressing the need for long - term, stable, efficient storage of solar power.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

It looks at where and when electricity will be generated by wind, solar and other plants, and at the demand from large users such as supermarkets.

In a world with increasing energy demand nuclear fusion can play a role as it has the potential to be a sustainable and powerful electricity source free of CO2 emissions.

For example, it allows you to see how the UK's electricity demand has changed over the past 30 years and where that electricity has come from, as well as comparing the UK's usage and mix to other countries.

Such a transition would require the development of advanced battery and fuel - cell technologies as well as modernization of the electrical grid to manage the increased demand for electricity.

As of June 2015, wind power is providing about 4 % of Canada's electricity demands.

Electricity companies will always have demand for their products, where as telecommunications companies have a little more elastic demand.

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.

Cleantechnica even reports that the output continued to climb thanks to windy weather, reaching a peak of 14.3 GW and making up for as much as 44.5 % of total electricity demand.

With average electricity demand rising annually at 1.5 % -2 % and peak demand rising at around double that rate in some sections of the country (and remember that majority of the generating and T&D capacity is dedicated to meeting peak demand for a few hours each year)... we need to approach the electricity issue not only by considering the generating side of the equation but careful consideration of the rest of the pieces as well.

And as people get richer, they still tend to accumulate more stuff, demand more living space, and use more electricity.