Sentences with phrase «cheaper power generation technologies»
Utilities should consider a strategy that deploys cheaper power generation technologies to minimise the risk of being caught flat - footed by regulators, should regulation catch up with prevailing economics.
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This would still require a major investment in new electricity generation from renewable resources, particularly wind power because it is a well - established and relatively cheap technology.
However, you don't want to argue for a rational solution — i.e. cheap nuclear power (which also happens to be 10 to 100 times safer than our currently accepted main source of electricity generation, fossil fuel) and also happens to be a near zero emission technology (in fact much lower than renewables given they need fossil fuel backup, and given solar needs about 10 times as much material per TWh on an LCA basis).
New materials technology has boosted the power conversion efficiency of cheap next - generation solar cells.
Specifically, two new programs were created within the Office of Nuclear aimed at developing next - generation nuclear technologies to help deploy cheaper, low - carbon base load power.