Sentences with phrase «clean electric grid»

We want to see a migration of services that are now fueled by natural gas, diesel, and gasoline to being powered by this new, clean electric grid.

EVs charging from an increasingly clean electric grid can help reduce transportation sector GHG emissions from 169 to 111 MMT / year, one - third of the 2030 goal.

Solar cells are produced in China, and shipped to countries with relatively clean electric grids.

Not exact matches

The new solar farm will provide power to Sierra Pacific Power Co.'s electric grid that serves Apple's data center and when completed will generate about hours 43.5 million kilowatt of clean energy a year, Apple said in a statement.

Climate - friendly investments will proceed through the government's green infrastructure fund and its forthcoming infrastructure bank — but the budget also allocates dollars specifically to clean energy priorities like smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, stronger building codes, and moving remote communities off diesel.

«The budget also sets aside infrastructure dollars for clean energy, smart grids, energy storage and electric vehicle infrastructure — making sure those essential clean energy investments don't get lost among other priorities.

The 2017 budget pulled out $ 2.8 billion from the fund and earmarked some of that for clean energy priorities, including innovation in smart grids and energy storage, electric vehicle charging and adopting stronger building codes.

The acquisition expands Mustang's exposure to the principal battery metals required for electric vehicles and the clean energy grid.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

The comprehensive redesign and reconstruction will incorporate the latest hands - on interactive technologies and reflect the transformative changes occurring in New York State's electric power industry under Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo from the increased use of clean renewable power resources, smart grid technologies and energy efficiency.

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.

The credits would be paid to solar and wind companies, which would eventually add new clean energy sources to the state's electric grid.

In December 2009, the LIPA Board of Trustees approved power purchase agreements with BP Solar International Inc. and enXco Development Corporation, thereby creating the State's largest source of solar power on Long Island by introducing approximately 50MW of clean renewable energy generated on Long Island onto LIPA's electric grid.

We also need to explore alternative fuels with lower greenhouse gas emission profiles, integrate larger amounts or renewable into the electric grid and develop ways to use natural gas and coal in cleaner ways.

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.

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.

Burning gasoline will never get cleaner, but the overall carbon emissions of electric cars can be reduced by eliminating fossil fuels from the grid.

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 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.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

Brightfield's Solar Driven charging stations generate clean electricity, feed the grid, and charge electric vehicles.

Add distributed battery storage in the form of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles, a smarter grid with long - range DC transmission, and perhaps adiabatic compressed air energy storage in the future and you have a clean, robust electric grid.

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Solar has become a mainstream technology that Massachusetts residents, businesses, and institutions can own and operate; a technology that produces local clean energy, saves money, and lightens the electric burden on the utility grid while reducing the use of fossil fuels» said William Stillinger, President of SEBANE.

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.

«What we really need to focus on in the coming years,» said Neal, «is a visionary process for rethinking North Carolina's electric grid that would be built around distributed resources and clean renewable energy.»

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

We saw a sketch of an electric car drawing power from the wind and storing energy from the grid, a photo of farmer taking off a hay crop while a wind turbine generates royalty income for his family from the same field, an illustration of wind energy at the centre of a clean and vibrant cityscape, and many more examples of how Canadians are becoming more conscious about where our electricity comes from, how we use it, and how our choices can contribute to a more prosperous and sustainable world.

to clean energy; yes to dense, beautiful, and affordable communities; yes to safer streets for everyone from children to the elderly; yes to a walkable, bikable, transit - rich transportation system; yes to electric vehicles, internet - speed ride sharing, and the smart grid; yes to wind, solar, and ultra-efficiency; yes to innovation and science and solutions we haven't even imagined yet; yes to restored, carbon - absorbing grasslands, to oceans no longer endangered by acidification, and to towering Northwest forests regrown to once again capture vast quantities of carbon.

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.

Last week, Senator Kevin de León joined GRID for the installation of an electric vehicle charger for the Figueroa family of East Los Angeles, demonstrating how the pairing of solar power and an electric vehicle through two state programs working in concert can ease a family's energy burden and contribute to clean air.

New white paper describes collaborative approach to grid transformation Vote Solar, a national nonprofit working to advance clean energy in state legislative and regulatory forums, released a white paper today on the critical role of policymakers in the transition toward a modern electric grid.

In addition to generating clean energy, clean DG resources like rooftop solar can make the electric grid more resilient and reduce the need for expensive grid infrastructure.

Dan Boyd from Lovango Cay recently penned an article about how his off - grid solar / wind / battery system has saved him about $ 9,000, compared to what his electric bills would have been without the clean energy system.

EnergyVision 2030 suggests one pathway to advance adoption of clean energy technologies in four core areas — grid modernization, electric generation, buildings, and transportation — and demonstrates that even relatively modest increases of clean energy technologies can significantly reduce emissions while delivering consumer and economic benefits for all.

Rather, area grid electricity tends to come from Clean Hydro - Electric resources, and regional Wind resources may have even more potential.

A 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, Vote Solar advocates for state policies and programs needed to repower our electric grid with clean energy.

(9) a robust, efficient, and interactive electricity transmission grid that will allow for the incorporation of clean energy technologies, distributed generation, and demand - response in each regional electric grid;

Despite recent progress, the push toward a cleaner, more resilient U.S. electric grid faces many obstacles.

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

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.

One way or another, within the decade the West Coast likely going to cohere into a large, unified market for clean electricity, low - carbon fuels, electric vehicles, and smart - grid technology.

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.

«Based on these results, I can more confidently state that there is no technical or economic barrier to transitioning the entire world to 100 percent clean, renewable energy with a stable electric grid at low cost,» said Jacobson, who is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

Deepwater Wind is also proposing an optional energy storage component, which would make Revolution Wind capable of delivering clean energy to Connecticut utilities when it's needed most, during peak hours of demand on the regional electric grid — even when the wind isn't blowing.

We will cut energy waste in American homes, schools, hospitals, and offices through energy efficient improvements; modernize our electric grid; and make American manufacturing the cleanest and most efficient in the world.

More efficient design of offshore wind sites will help maximize renewable energy output, delivering more clean energy to the electric grid in a smaller physical and environmental footprint.

However, in that post, I did not discuss the potential for grid - tied plug - in electric vehicles (whether fully electric or of the hybrid sort) to transform our fossil fuel energy system into a renewable and cleaner one.

The «clean transportation» subtitle of the House bill focuses on plug - in electric drive vehicles, requiring utilities to plan charging infrastructure and grid integration, and establishing a large - scale deployment program for plug - in vehicles at DOE.