Sentences with phrase «average electricity costs»

The payback period depends on multiple factors such as federal, state, local and utility incentives, average electricity costs and amount of insolation in your area (the amount of sun your array gets over time).

This is surely the point — not whether some consumers somewhere are getting cheaper peak power while paying more for average electricity costs.

Energy efficiency is not a primary concern, because operation is inexpensive — a typical ceiling fan running 24 hours a day consumes about 60 kilowatt - hours a month, for an average electricity cost of about six dollars.

Not exact matches

Crescent Electric studied mining costs based on the wattage used by the three most popular mining rigs (the AntMiner S9, the AntMinerS7 and the Avalon 6) and the days each takes to mine a coin (which range from 452 to over 1,800 depending on the machine), then multiplied by the average electricity rate in each state.

Elite Fixtures has compiled a list of mining costs throughout the world, using averaged data from three mining rigs and average electricity rates in 115 countries as of January 2018.

As Stephen Gandel and Katie Fehrenbacher report this week in Fortune, the average cost of wind energy dropped by about a third between 2008 and 2013; in some parts of the country, it's the cheapest electricity source available.

While the Ontario government's recently updated long - term energy plan said the province's industrial electricity consumers currently face prices lower than that of the average for the Great Lakes region, the plan also showed that the cost will rise to $ 116 per megawatt hour by 2035, a nearly 40 per cent increase from the projected 2017 price of $ 83 per megawatt hour.

The government's Energy Star program reports that on average, supermarkets use 50 kilowatt - hours of electricity and 50 cubic feet of natural gas per square foot per year for an average annual energy cost of more than $ 4 per square foot.

The company paid $ 15 million in electricity costs alone last year; energy costs in Puerto Rico average more than 25 cents per kilowatt - hour, versus the 12 to 15 cents per kilowatt - hour paid on average in the United States.

In 2017, for instance, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the levelised cost of electricity, which is a key comparator of generating effectiveness, is likely to average $ 96 / MWh for new wind plant as opposed to $ 97.4 / MWh for conventional coal.

But in November and December 2005, wind power in Colorado cost less than electricity from fossil fuel, and the average household that switched to wind saved $ 4 a month on its electric bill.

«Using the average U.S. electricity rate of nine cents per kilowatt - hour (kWh), 30 miles of electric driving will cost 81 cents,» the group maintains.

The optimal design configuration at this site produced electricity at a cost 10 percent lower than the average national electricity unit price.

The average person spends over $ 2,000 in gasoline each year; an at - home charging station and the electricity required to charge a smart Electric Coupe is a fraction of that cost.

Based on average driving distances, the EPA estimates annual fuel cost for the Pacifica Hybrid to be about $ 900 — both gas and electricity costs were used in the calculation.

According to averaged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, electricity to power a Leaf would cost the equivalent of an inflation - protected 87 cents per gallon of gasoline if one chose a Leaf over a 25 mpg gas - powered car.

We'll compare a mix of electric, hybrid and internal combustion and calculate their running cost after a year by factoring in the average distance Canadians drive yearly, the average cost of fuel across the country broken down by grade as well as the average cost of electricity in Canada when applicable, and assumes a complete battery recharge from empty.

For every $ 10 increase in a barrel of oil, it is estimated that the average consumer will pay an additional $ 400 per year in energy costs (gas, diesel, electricity, heating oil, etc.).

63 percent of respondents said the United States should move forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do... In the same poll, the public supported — by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent — requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if that would cost the average household an extra $ 100 per year.»

Majorities of Democrats, Independents and Republicans support requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 % of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if it cost the average household an extra $ 100 a year.

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,»

The government then passed a regulation in early 2017, which essentially capped the tariff for any renewable project at either 85 % or 100 % of the relevant region's average electricity supply cost.

For example, an EV driver could save nearly $ 13,000 on fuel costs and use 6,100 fewer gallons of gasoline over the life of the vehicle relative to today's average compact gasoline car.Driving on electricity is cheaper than driving on gasoline.

When the per - kilowatt hour cost of electricity is below average, it is incredibly difficult to make the electricity generated by solar panels cost competitive.

«The study seems an outlier in saying that when «all known costs» are considered, the average U.S. cost of producing electricity from established coal - fired plants is far less than new wind - power generation,» PolitiFact found.

Therefore, electricity reference prices were based on annual average - cost pricing for electricity in each country (weighted according to output levels from each generating option).

In December, a competitive electricity - supply auction in Alberta yielded the lowest - ever price paid for wind energy in Canada (weighted average of $ 37 / MWh) and also made wind energy the lowest - cost option for new electricity generation in the country.

Electricity reference prices are derived from annual average - cost pricing (see below for further explanation of how reference prices are calculated).

New wind energy is now being contracted for as low as 6.45 cents per kilowatt hour in Ontario, well below the average cost for electricity generation of 11.14 cents as of May 1, 2016.

This would also help India, which the IEA expects will still pay more for solar and wind electricity in 2040 than the average generation cost of electricity in the entire system.

I was struck reading that paper by this note from the introduction» Note that if we relax our assumption that each state's capacity match its annual demand, and instead allow states with especially good solar or wind resources to have enough capacity to supply larger regions, then the average levelized cost of electricity will be lower than we estimate because of the higher average capacity factors in states with the best WWS resources»

When solar panels first came onto the market in the early 1970s, the average cost to produce one watt of solar - generated electricity was over $ 100.

Unfortunately, as renewables march towards the 50 percent mandate, consumers may be hit with average retail electricity costs hikes approaching 70 percent.

* In the original June 2005 draft of this paper the reader would have seen an estimate that the cost of powering a hybrid with average (8.5 cents / kwh) residential electricity from the grid would be about one - quarter the cost of powering the same vehicle in its normal operating mode using $ 2 / gallon gasoline.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

That would beat the average cost of 5.8 cents currently paid by the Government for the electricity it uses.

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.

According to an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report, the average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for utility - scale solar reached as low as $ 0.10 per kilowatt - hour, a price decrease of nearly of 73 percent between 2010 and 2017.

For refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, dishwashers, clothes washers, televisions, and room air conditioners, the range shows estimated annual energy cost based on typical usage and national average electricity and / or natural gas prices.

Peak load electricity — the power that consumers draw on in the middle of a hot summer afternoon, for instance — costs a lot more than a region's average cost of electricity.

Even in places where the average cost of electricity is low, that cost varies with the seasons and the time of day.

Thus the use of average - cost electricity from the grid would equate to about half the cost of using $ 2 / gallon gasoline, not one - quarter.

Also, since the average residential electricity cost is 8.5 cents / kwh (and in many areas, off - peak nighttime cost is 2 - 4 cents / kwh) this means that, after taking account of the differential efficiencies of electric and gasoline power, much of a plug - in hybrid's travel would be on electricity that is the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline (or, off - peak, 25 - 50 cents / gallon) as contrasted with the same vehicle's use of today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline.

Germany, which is attempting to go carbon - free, is already experiencing high costs for electricity with German consumers paying four times more than the average American...

On sunny days in Germany in 2012, solar oftentimes met 35 percent of the demand for electricity, driving the wholesale cost of electricity to $ 2.5 cents per kWh, less than the average cost at night when loads are very low.

I have a 6,000 sf home that has 9 tons of Ground Source Heat Pumps and it cost on the average of $ 80 per month for electricity... heating, cooling, and hot water... I know it works.

In IER's report on the levelized cost of electricity, we estimate these «imposed costs» of wind power to be about $ 26 per megawatt - hour — rivaling the average wholesale cost of electricity — when wind displaces natural gas generation.

To put a perspective on the current comparative cost burdens that the state's families and businesses suffered last year, Californians paid 62 percent higher electrical costs than the national average for electricity.

Because energy - rich California used to have electricity costs that were below the 1960 national average of 1.8 cents per kilowatt hour, the state was a large electricity exporter.

In Europe, solar energy already costs less than traditional electricity at 8 cents (Euro average) per kilowatt hour.