Sentences with phrase «by renewable sources»

Our national goal is to be powered entirely by renewable sources by 2050.
We need to build a new economy, one that will be powered by renewable sources of energy, that will have a diversified transport system, and that will reuse and recycle everything.
More electricity generated by renewable sources in 2017 signals strong commitment to addressing climate change and reducing carbon emissions.
By reducing energy use overall, there will be less electricity needs to be covered by renewable sources.
They are dedicated to renewable energy with a quarter of the nation's energy being generated by renewable sources.
Although only a paltry 1 percent of Turkey's power is currently provided by renewable sources, the country's sunny and strategic location, large surface area, and young population give it great potential as a «leading green power nation,» Levent Bas writes this week on business blog CleanTechies.
I anticipate at least 5 doublings of energy produced by renewable sources by then, but no more than 10 doublings.
In fact, the amount of power generated by renewable sources of electricity in the UK was record breaking through much of the 1990sâ?
Thermoelectric (steam - powered) power plants include fossil - fueled units (natural gas, coal, nuclear, and oil) and plants fueled by renewable sources such as biomass and solar thermal plants, which also require cooling.
The reduction, according to Die Welt's Daniel Wetzel, was attributed to the USA's 17 % energy supplied by renewable sources and that 20 % of the electric power was produced by nuclear plants.
Eighteen percent of all electricity in the United States was produced by renewable sources in 2017, including solar, wind, and hydroelectric dams.
Environmental groups on Monday are hailing the adoption by the Public Service Commission of a proposed clean energy standard designed to require half of New York's energy be proposed by renewable sources by 2030.
He has already announced a goal of having half of the state's power generated by renewable sources like wind and solar by 2030, and he has ordered state regulators to draw up rules to make that happen.
But the thinking is that the carbon dioxide emitted by renewable sources will eventually get reabsorbed through photosynthesis, as trees, corn, and other biofuel sources grow back.
The new project by Falu Energi, Vatten and EcoDC AB will be powered by the local grid in Falun, which is exclusively fed by renewable sources including wind, solar, hydro and a nearby cogeneration plant.
«The overriding challenge for our generation is to build a new economy — one that is powered largely by renewable sources of energy, that has a much more diversified transport system, and that reuses and recycles everything.»
Renewable energy's next frontier: heat Unlike power or transportation, heat remains widely under - served by renewable sources of energy 6 December 2016
The Atlanta - based Southern Company, parent company of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, intends to exceed its previously announced renewables totals for 2017 and 2018 and just bought a North Carolina company, PowerSecure, that focuses on distributed generation — smaller - scale local power often provided by renewable sources — along with energy efficiency.
However, in this study, to give a guide as to the additional electricity demand that could be created through electrification of heating, it is assumed - in line with existing Scottish government targets - that just 11 % of heat demand will be met by renewable sources by 2020, increasing to 40 % by 2030.
Lazkano notes that the findings indicate that improved energy storage, while addressing a basic problem of renewable energy, does not necessarily spur the replacement of fossil fuels by renewable sources, as many had thought.
Building energy demands exceeding those captured and / or supplied by renewable sources must be supplemented by non-renewable sources.
Within the energy grid there must be a balance between the load and generation, but because of the varying levels of electricity produced by renewable sources this balance is hard to maintain, and poses one of the biggest challenges to the power sector.
But what makes Cointed special is that all the mining farms are 100 % powered by renewable sources such as hydro and wind power.
Indeed, nowhere are the barricades being stormed more aggressively than in PG&E's home, California, whose mandate for change is more audacious than any other state's: Its law requires that 50 % of utilities» power be generated by renewable sources by 2030.
As I was reading this I couldn't help but think about my state's Minnesota Renewable Energy Standard which requires that 25 % of our electricity be generated by renewable sources by 2025.
In 2015, 26 % of electricity in Europe is already powered by renewable sources.
«My vision of a sustainable community is one in which homes and vehicles are powered by renewable sources, food is grown locally and regeneratively, and the community members hold each other (and themselves) accountable for their carbon footprints.
San Diego, California, aims to be 100 % powered by renewable sources by 2035, and Vancouver, Canada, by 2050.
The viability of a sustainable global economy powered by renewable sources is proving itself around the globe and redefining human potential.
California's investor - owned utilities are moving rapidly into solar and wind energy, driven by a state regulation requiring that 20 % of their electricity be generated by renewable sources by 2010.
Although only a paltry 1 percent of Turkey's power is currently provided by renewable sources, the country's sunny and strategic location, large surface area, and young population
«Emergency power could be increasingly provided by renewable sources», Peter Lauwe of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) told the Clean Energy Wire.
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