Sentences with phrase «cent of electricity»

The target he has set commits the government to obtaining 40 per cent of electricity from low carbon energy by 2020.

Coal currently generates 68 per cent of its electricity from coal.

They estimate that these state - based schemes account for up to 12 per cent of the electricity bill for a large business.

The Scottish government has pledged to get the equivalent of 100 per cent of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2020.

More than 65 per cent of our electricity comes from renewable energy.

Lighting amounts to approximately 20 per cent of the electricity consumption in the world.

The agency is also reporting that 90 per cent of government buildings and business structures were damaged as well as 90 per cent of the electricity infrastructure.

Because of how we heat our houses and run our cars with gas and petrol, 30 per cent of electricity needs to come from renewables.

Fifty per cent of our electricity comes from coal.

It gets over 90 per cent of its electricity from coal though it is attempting to diversify its energy mix.

Low - carbon sources currently provide 30 per cent of electricity, mostly from dams and nuclear power.

Brown said 80 per cent of electricity generated in Canada is emission - free, versus about 20 per cent south of the border.

Alberta has a plan to phase out coal - fired electricity and have 30 per cent of electricity used by Albertans come from renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro by 2030.

Britain has gone from little use of renewable energy to having it account for nearly 10 per cent of its electricity sources, the prime minister will say today at a meeting of energy ministers in London.

Your reader Robert Ormiston - Chant has «been told that Denmark currently has about 3500 wind turbines in service and that they contribute about 2 per cent of the electricity requirement».

(Some PPAs will require the building to buy 100 per cent of the electricity even when it doesn't use it all.)

Oil accounted for about 10 per cent of electricity production in Central and South America in 2012, and about 29 per cent in the Middle East.

In Canada, 65 per cent of electricity generation comes from world class and inexhaustible renewable energy sources.

Scotland currently gets 28 per cent of the UK's renewable electricity subsidy, despite only providing 10 per cent of electricity sales.

Wind is a major industry in Denmark employing around 25,000 people, and wind energy supplies more than 25 per cent of the electricity consumed in Denmark.

He said Queensland's efforts to source 50 per cent of its electricity supply by 2030 would see it follow the path of South Australia, which has been hit by high prices and supply issues.

A two - cent (Euro) per kilowatt - hour reduction on the EEG - surcharge was granted to suppliers that source 50 per cent of their electricity portfolio from domestic renewable electricity («green electricity privilege»).

UK wind power shattered records last week, spinning out 22 per cent of electricity demand for a day.

It means that during the second quarter 91 per cent of electricity generated by OPG was free of greenhouse gases and other smog - causing emissions, thanks to our hydroelectric and nuclear fleet.

Systems can be sized to provide 100 per cent of your electricity consumption at a cottage or campsite, or as a supplement to conventional utility electricity.

Health care conglomerate Kaiser Permanente announced an ambitious clean energy shift in February that will ensure 50 per cent of electricity used at its California facilities comes from renewable energy.

Ironically, its the state governments that receive a guaranteed dividend from the electricity distributors investments that represent 50 per cent of electricity bills, even while they try to blame solar for rising power prices.»

Approximately seven per cent of our electricity comes from imports or other sources

Coca - Cola European Partners has announced a solar farm and a commitment to getting 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources as it advances sustainability in its UK operations.

The bottom lines for Canada are that 35 per cent wind penetration is achievable (we're at five per cent of electricity demand today), system reliability issues can be addressed, new wind facilities will ensure significant electricity production cost savings while reducing emissions, and the cost of supportive inter-provincial transmission investments can be recovered quickly.

Canada has committed to achieving 90 per cent of its electricity from zero - emission sources by 2030, and it's critical that target is achieved.

Colstrip supplies about 9 per cent of the electricity to Avista customers.

Decentralised energy is already a proven technology, supplying 40 per cent of the electricity in the Netherlands.

Back in 2000, the country generated barely 6 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources, mostly hydropower.

The US Department of Energy set a goal for the country to generate 20 per cent of its electricity from wind by 2030.

Simple induction motors in industry and the home consume 43 per cent of the electricity used in Britain, so small gains in efficiency promise substantial cuts in the country's electricity bill.

The country has five desalination plants, which consume 15 per cent of its electricity, and is being forced to consider building a sixth.

If the UK government caves into pressure and lowers its ambitions for onshore wind, it will make more expensive forms of low - carbon generation a necessity to hit the UK's target of producing 30 per cent of its electricity from renewables by 2020.

Fanney says this enables the system to convert 94 per cent of the electricity from the array into thermal energy.

While France, which generates over 75 per cent of its electricity from nuclear sources, avoided blackouts, Italy did not.

Lighting accounts for 20 per cent of the electricity consumption in the US.

A 20 - minute session, including a 10 - minute warm - up in the Infrared Sauna, costs about 5 cents of electricity.

This plug - n - play LED night light is an easy - to - install safety light option for any standard outlet in your home, and uses just 10 cents of electricity per year.

It's a similar story in the US, where oil generates about one per cent of electricity.

Scotland, which has demonstrated a strong commitment to renewable energy, now produces 77 per cent of its electricity from low - carbon sources.

Gas is the source of almost 60 per cent of all electricity in the Netherlands.