Sentences with phrase «cent of energy so»

This optimised charging strategy saves up to ten per cent of energy so as to extend the amount of travel time during which the vehicle runs on electrical power alone.

Not exact matches

More recently, manufacturing output has continued to grow strongly, but shortages of coal have restrained output in energy - intensive sectors so that growth in total industrial production slowed to 5 per cent over the year to February.

As Hannah Arendt points out in The Origins of Totalitarianism, efficiency is so subordinated to control that the totalitarian society can afford to spend 50 to 75 per cent of its energies enforcing control of one sort or another on its citizens.

We also issued 7 year and 10 year cedi - denominated bonds, totaling GH cents 4.7 billion, which have halved the $ 2.4 billion energy debt we inherited, and have helped improve the liquidity of the banks, and the balance sheets of the SOEs in the energy sector.

Mr. Speaker, almost two - years into the implementation of the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2015 (Act 899), Government is successfully executingmechanisms to streamline the operations of SOEs and make them financially viable.The ESLA has contributed to paying VRA and TORs debt owed to banks and trade creditors to the tune of GH cents 1.9 billion.

In 2001, the Climate Change Levy was introduced as a tax on energy use: it was intended to be «revenue neutral» for businesses, so the Treasury reduced the rate of employers» NICs by 0.3 per cent - a move arguably inconsistent with the idea of National Insurance as contributory.

And, as gas and electricity prices rose by over 10 per cent this autumn, so energy bosses were in front of the Energy and Climate Change Committee within a matter ofenergy bosses were in front of the Energy and Climate Change Committee within a matter ofEnergy and Climate Change Committee within a matter of days.

«Over 80 per cent of our energy still comes from oil and gas, so we must think about how to make them more sustainable,» says Ranjith.

Manoj Thota and Kon - Well Wang at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have designed a noise barrier that can reduce acoustic energy by 90 per cent, so traffic noise previously audible at 1.6 kilometres away only travels half a kilometre.

One of them accounts for so - called dark energy, which comprises about 70 per cent of the total energy of the universe and is responsible for its accelerated expansion.

And as an adviser to Germany's Chancellor Merkel over the last decade, he's seen renewable energy grow in that country so that now it provides 27 per cent of the country's electricity.

So if extracting methane requires more than 30 per cent of the energy it yields, using coal would be...

In addition to that, a 2006 study reported by the American Diabetes Association showed that replacing healthy fats with trans fats (so that trans fats accounted for eight per cent of energy intake) led to a very significant weight gain (around seven per cent)- despite the fact that the amount of energy was the same.

Digesting food counts for about 15 per cent of daily energy expenditure, so it makes sense to eat more — not less — frequently.

The runaround coil heat recovery system in the kitchen is 50 per cent more energy efficient and is accompanied by heat induction equipment instead of gas so that the room is less likely to overheat.

A building energy management system (BEMS) can typically control up to 80 per cent of a building's energy usage, so it's clear to see how using access control to optimise the system to suit the variable usage and occupation of a building can streamline energy usage.

The new dietary recommendations for sugars include reducing the amount of «free sugars» (added sugars) we eat, so they make up no more than five per cent of our daily energy (calorie) intake, and minimising consumption of sugar - sweetened beverages.

The TSX energy sector, which makes up 23 per cent of the TSX, has plunged more than 25 per cent so far this year.

But the price of oil never rose as was predicted, so the solar plant never became competitive with fossil fuel - based energy production (Carrizo sold its electricity to the local utility for between three and four cents a kilowatt - hour, while a minimum price of eight to ten cents a kilowatt - hour would be necessary in order for Carrizo to make a profit).»

So while energy emissions will continue to grow at around 2 per cent per annum for years to come, in a couple of years time the fall in emissions from land use change will stop.

The Clean Energy Council warned that a so - called «real» 20 per cent target would be a broken promise that would lead to the decimation of the renewable energy industry and drive up power prices for consEnergy Council warned that a so - called «real» 20 per cent target would be a broken promise that would lead to the decimation of the renewable energy industry and drive up power prices for consenergy industry and drive up power prices for consumers.

Because so little energy is required to cultivate crops such as switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production, and because electricity can be co-produced using the residues of such cellulosic fuel production, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for celluslosic ethanol when compared to gasoline are greater than 100 per cent.

Wind energy developers have a huge incentive to bring renewable generating capacity on line by December 31, 2001 so that they will qualify for a 1.7 - cent per kWh production tax credit that is available for the first 10 years of the each windmillís life.

«It costs close to 20 per cent cost of capital to drill for oil or for gas in the Arctic, so why for Pete's sake are we still seeking energy in the Arctic?»

I doubt that snow or ice absorbs anything like 90 per cent of incident solar energy — so throughout June and July and probably much of May and August the albedo of water is much lower lower than that of ice.

Family room: Because heating and cooling represent about 45 per cent of total energy costs, use a programmable thermostat so you can set it cooler in winter and warmer in summer.