Sentences with phrase «clean as that grid»

However, Kavanagh pointed out that electrolysis is only as clean as the grid that feeds it, so if the energy comes from a coal - fired power plant, there may not be any carbon emissions savings.

When you are connected to a grid, everything you use that runs on electricity is, in carbon / climate terms, as clean as that grid.

Not exact matches

As our energy system increasingly switches from fossil fuels to clean power, we will need both more renewable energy supply and greater integration of our power grids.

«While more remains to be done to optimize our electricity system — building transmission lines to carry more clean power to those jurisdictions still burning fossil fuels, investing in smarter grids in our towns and cities, bringing more clean power online — these regulations create a foundation as we transition to clean energy and an economy built to last.»

The rollout of «smart grid» systems and new energy storage technologies can strengthen Canada's reputation as a leader in clean electricity.

I'm keen to see what the driver pairing can do given a clean weekend though as they've been plagued with grid penalties and unreliability since starting this year.

In the coming weeks, Cuomo will role out a separate clean energy standard that will serve as a roadmap to New York's renewable future, where 50 percent of the electrical grid must come from solar, wind and other clean energy sources by 2030.

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

We're connected to the same grid as everybody else... and we'd like much cleaner options than we have.

As the nation's aging power grid is upgraded with cleaner energy sources — spurred by federal and state - level regulations on air pollution, renewable portfolio standards and tax credits — the emissions profiles of EVs across the country are expected to improve.

Former Vice President Al Gore stood before a crowd of renewables investors, analysts and clean energy industry executives and declared the electric power grid in the U.S. as much of a technological dinosaur as landline telephones.

China plans to convert the grid to renewable fuel or clean - coal technology as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2020.

BEIJING (Reuters)- Automakers» latest projections for rapid growth of China's green car market have added to concerns of worsening smog as the uptake of electric vehicles powered by coal - fired grids races ahead of a switch to cleaner energy.

As Puerto Rico rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, we share a vision for a cleaner, more resilient electric grid with solar and battery - based energy storage.

The grids are getting cleaner, and EVs are great to drive, reliable, depreciate slowly and their lifetime costs will be far lower as many will be upgraded / reused.

The Model X's all - electric powertrain, with an EPA estimated 238 - mile all electric driving range, leverages the increasingly cleaner U.S. power grid as a fuel source to significantly increase the environmental benefits of the electric powertrain in 2018, and across future years.

Within weeks society as we know it ceases to exist with massive electrical grid failures, lack of clean water, fuel, or access to food.

Presented as a hanging installation along one wall were eight small - format pictures whose gridded patterns called to mind tea towels or place mats, and were redolent of everyday routines linked to meals and cleaning.

The wood and yellow enamel resemble IKEA furniture and that particular company as a successful example of the modern - grid - factory administering clean design, somewhat like the PICC line.

The focal points of our chat were recent papers in which Jacobson and others proposed how New York State could move entirely to renewable energy supplies by 2050, as well as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo «s ambitious Reforming the Energy Vision (or REV) initiative, aimed at making the state's electricity grid cleaner, more resilient and more affordable.

As Americans, let's start at home by making the United States the most fuel efficient country with the cleanest air, the cleanest water, the most advanced electrical grid, the best educated work force, etc., and let others follow our lead.

But at least things are moving in the right direction, and hopefully future wind projects will go more smoothly, as the U.S. East Coast has a huge untapped wind energy potential that - if exploited properly - could help clean up the power grid with minimal impact compared to most alternatives.

That means that we'll need to convert the underlying electric grid — which now depends on fossil fuels to run turbines — to clean sources, which will be hard, but not as hard as figuring out some other low - carbon replacement for liquid fuels.

By enabling wide - scale production and utilization of clean hydrogen, H2@Scale addresses key issues, such as grid resiliency, energy security, and emissions reductions.

These findings align with PJM's broader assessment of its future grid reliability as more and more coal and nuclear plants find themselves economically uncompetitive in the face of flat demand, cheap and plentiful natural gas, and a rising share of zero marginal - cost clean energy.

The Clean Power Plan is a Potemkin Village plan which simply encourages an already - existing trend towards using natural gas as the primary fuel for powering America's electric grid.

Then, as clean power is produced by the RooflessSolar array, power is transferred to your local utility's grid and distributed to customers across the territory.

«DEEP has seen a significant reduction in grid - connected clean energy costs through its competitive procurements, as compared to the costs of behind the meter programs,» the CES asserted.

When they noticed plug - in owners who had rooftop solar systems, they began to understand, as EV advocates have been saying for years, that «plug - in cars are the only cars that get cleaner as they get older, because the grid gets cleaner.

It's not really a secret at this point that the easiest way for a natural gas developer to get approval for a gas plant is to cite the need to balance the grid as more clean energy projects are built.

To move toward a cleaner energy economy, we must improve our nation's electrical grid, as well as construct the transmission infrastructure needed to connect renewable energy facilities to cities and regions with high power demand.

The fuel cells provide clean energy in about 50 locations globally, functioning as off - the - grid power supplies akin to batteries.

The DOE grid reliability study has yielded a policy request that clean energy advocates are decrying as politically motivated and factually unproven.

In the US — one of the top three global markets for EVs, after China and the EU — the climate benefits of EVs increased again, as the Union of Concerned Scientists found that a cleaner grid has cut the greenhouse impact of EV driving to the equivalent of a 73 - mpg gasoline car.

They will get cleaner yet as more renewable energy comes online and the world's electric grids slowly decarbonize.

Climate Solutions has a vision for the Northwest: that our region can be the first in the nation to have a 100 % clean electrical grid, meaning that all of our energy will be powered by highly efficient and clean sources of energy such as wind and solar.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which monitors and regulates grid stability in Canada and the U.S., estimated in a report last April that net Canadian electricity exports under the Clean Power Plan could grow three-fold between 2020 and 2030 as demand for renewable power grows in states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and jurisdictions in New England.

SOEC can also be applied as a clean and highly efficient solution for storing excess power produced by intermittent technologies when their output exceeds the needs of the electric grid.

China will continue its position as the world's largest installer of clean solar energy over the next five years as they address their very real mandates of reducing severe air pollution and upgrading electricity grid capacity to service their economy.

I - 937 was passed by the voters to diversify and clean up Washington's electric grid by requiring utilities to generate at least 15 % of their electricity from new, non-hydro, renewable sources such as wind and solar.

It means that, as long as we are reducing carbon on the grid, every single electrical device is getting cleaner throughout its life.

As we add new power plants to our electricity grid, new capacity must be based on clean energy sources, rather than gas or other fossil fuels.

EVs powered by the grid currently produce 54 percent less (lifetime) carbon pollution than gasoline cars, which could grow to 71 percent by 2050 as our power supply gets cleaner.

«The commitment to long - term renewable energy purchasing by companies such as Avery Dennison is providing a strong drive in the market to bring more clean energy to the grid,» Vavrik added.

In summary, as more renewable energy is added to the grid, it gives us clean electricity, diversifies our energy mix, and can even help bring quick and affordable power to areas that fossil fuels and traditional grids may not easily reach.

Over the vehicle's lifetime, however, the global warming emissions benefits of driving on electricity far outweigh the emissions costs of vehicle manufacturing; most EVs «pay back» their production emissions within one or two years of driving, a period that will shorten as electricity grids get cleaner.

For its part, natural gas could still play a useful — but more limited — role in the transition to a clean energy system, not as a replacement for coal but rather as an enabler of grid flexibility in support of renewable technologies.

As California strives to increase the amount of renewable electricity on the grid, vehicles that can be powered by this clean energy by way of batteries and hydrogen must be built to realize this zero emission vehicle future.

Many utilities and grid operators have expressed concern that the EPA's Clean Power Plan would threaten electric reliability if enacted as currently proposed.

Calgary, Alberta, November 3, 2016 — Provincial leadership is playing an important role in moving Canada's wind market forward as policymakers look to balance cost - effective electricity supply with growing pressure to clean up their power grids and build sustainable economies — and that is exactly what delegates witnessed first - hand on the final day of the Canadian Wind Energy Association's 32nd Annual Conference and Exhibition today in Calgary.