Sentences with phrase «cent of its energy needs»

It is possible to cover 30 % per cent of the energy need of such sites with solar power.

Twenty per cent of its energy needs, it says, will come from such sources, while allowing some flexibility for countries such as France, which is dependent on nuclear power, to count that as part of their contribution to reducing the Continent's carbon footprint.

Not exact matches

The plant's water recovery plant exceeded its designers» high expectations in its first year of service while also providing valuable biogas for boiler heating, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels and ultimately cutting overall energy needs by 15 per cent.

The energy yield from the anaerobic digestion of the starch factory's wastewater is double that which is required for the mill's production, making the factory 100 per cent self - sufficient for its energy needs.

Our world - leading gas infrastructure heats 85 per cent of homes and meets 50 per cent of the UK's non-transport primary energy needs.

A scheme that captures the natural energy in the Severn - the second highest tidal rise and fall in the world - could meet five to seven per cent of UK electricity needs.

But Britain DOES have an energy supply crisis and Hinkley is designed to produce seven per cent of our overall need.

The limiting factor is the energy needed to get to an asteroid with enough mining equipment and return with the mined ore, meaning only 2.5 per cent of asteroids are accessible from Earth.

We only need another 10 years of costs reducing by 5 to 7 per cent a year, and efficiencies increasing by 2 to 3 per cent a year for solar power to compete with all energy sources.

Together, they calculated that the neutrinos needed to deposit only 1 to 2 per cent of their energy in the outer core in order to revive the all - important shock wave.

Together, the two fuels accounted for 73 per cent of the country's energy in 2012 and the ever - rising needs of a growing population mean this figure is unlikely to change any time soon.

Generating 30 per cent of Britain's electricity needs from renewable energy projects is a feasible goal, a senior government adviser insisted in London last week.

The team calculates that for a bioluminescent tree to compete with a street light, only 0.02 per cent of the energy absorbed for photosynthesis would need to be diverted into light production.

«If we are serious about climate change, the 10 per cent of the global population responsible for 50 per cent of total emissions need to make deep and immediate cuts in their use of energy — and hence their carbon emissions,» says Anderson.

The International Energy Agency for example, reckons that the magic of energy efficiency can achieve 49 per cent of the GHG emission reductions needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic changes in global temperEnergy Agency for example, reckons that the magic of energy efficiency can achieve 49 per cent of the GHG emission reductions needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic changes in global temperenergy efficiency can achieve 49 per cent of the GHG emission reductions needed by 2030 to avoid catastrophic changes in global temperature.

With almost 50 per cent of our energy being used by buildings in the UK, and with around 20 per cent of that being needlessly wasted, building performance can create much - needed savings.

Solar technology meets 80 per cent of the school's electricity needs and geothermal heating covers 30 per cent of the energy for the school's hot water.

«The wind turbines, which can produce 100 per cent of energy on one day and zero on another, were not blowing when needed most, providing less than 5 per cent of power and Jay Weatherill's big battery less than 1 per cent.»

A low - cost emissions - free source of electricity generation, wind energy will be essential if the province is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 as clean electricity will be needed to substitute for fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings.

With solar technology only 10 per cent efficient, calculates Lewis (and efficiencies now are often 15 per cent or higher), the entire energy needs of the US could be generated from a 400 - kilometre square of Earth's crust.

AGL Energy says the cash flow from brown coal will be used to help fund its investment in renewable energy needed to meet the renewable energy target, which calls for 20 per cent of generation to come from renewable sources byEnergy says the cash flow from brown coal will be used to help fund its investment in renewable energy needed to meet the renewable energy target, which calls for 20 per cent of generation to come from renewable sources byenergy needed to meet the renewable energy target, which calls for 20 per cent of generation to come from renewable sources byenergy target, which calls for 20 per cent of generation to come from renewable sources by 2020.

Loy Yang, which supplies 30 per cent of Victoria's energy needs, delivered a $ 4.9 million loss in the lastest half (AGL's share), because of the cost of debt overwhelmed cash flows.

The energy union strategy emphasises the need to reduce transport reliance on oil, which supplies about 97 per cent of transport energy needs.

Once completed, the plant will provide 100 per cent of the community's energy needs during the day and diesel generators will only be in use at night.

Wind energy is now as or less expensive than all other sources of new electricity generation and supplies approximately six per cent of Canada's electricity demand with enough power to meet the needs of over three million homes.

Natural gas has a central place in Canada's energy mix meeting over 30 per cent of the country's energy needs.

Facts Hydroelectricity supplies 19 per cent of the world's current electricity needs and over 63 per cent of renewable energy (Figures in 2005) The first hydroelectric power station in history started producing electricity in 1882.

«To reduce the threat of climate change to people and species, the world needs to move to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050.

Remember, this would be just to fulfill the new demand for energy, not to displace the vast existing supply of energy from fossil fuels, which currently supply 80 per cent of global energy needs.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

What needs to be considered is how much of that 42 or 48 cents per kWhr is spent on «energy» and how much on labor.