Sentences with phrase «coming from electricity generation»

Around a quarter of all carbon emissions come from electricity generation, and almost half of that is used by businesses.

Not exact matches

Under the agreement, Ontario will store some of its surplus electricity — much of which comes from wind power generation — at Hydro Quebec facilities.

According to the Pembina Institute 63.7 % of Alberta's electricity generation now comes from burning conventional coal.

Calpine's deal comes at a time when the U.S. wholesale power generation industry is struggling with margin pressure as cheap natural gas from shale fields in recent years has been driving down electricity prices.

Where the electricity comes from to power the next generation of ground vehicles is also vitally important.

Iowa is third among states in renewable energy generation, and 27 percent of its electricity came from wind power in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Currently, India produces about 201 gigawatts of power, with more than half of its electricity generation coming from coal.

Electricity to power the iPerformance's eDrive electric motor comes from a combination of regenerative braking, generation by the gasoline motor and plug - in charging.

The electricity comes from petrol generation on Gili Islands.

But there's a new generation of inductive bike lighting coming of age right now, which uses the naturally - generated eddy currents from the spinning wheel of the bike to produce enough electricity to drive bright (and energy - efficient) LED bulbs, and which promises to set cyclists free from the dreaded dead battery blues.

Three - quarters of new electricity generation through 2040 will come from clean energy, and the sector's emissions will peak by 2026, a new BNEF forecast says.

Although U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with electricity generation have fallen from the 2005 level, they are projected to increase in the coming decades, based on analysis in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) that reflects current laws and regulations, and therefore does not include proposed rules such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

Even ignoring the impacts on forests, harvest and transportation and looking only at the emissions coming from smokestacks, wood releases around 50 % more CO2 per megawatt of electricity generation than coal!

The RET is for 23.5 % of Australia's electricity generation in 2020 to come from renewable sources.

EPO has identified an initial objective of increasing to 10 % the amount of in - state electricity sales that come from in - state solar energy generation.

According to the Queensland Renewable Energy Plan, last year only about 150 MW of the state's 12,500 MW of installed electricity generation was coming from solar.

As much as 90 % of new electricity generation in last year came from renewable sources, according to preliminary IEA data.

According to data released by the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, of the 208 terawatt - hours (TWh) of electricity generated in California last year, 25 TWh came from solar PV, with slightly more than 1/3 of that coming from distributed generation.

The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation (see figure below).

States where electricity generation still comes mostly from coal include Kentucky, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Industry growth supports the State's Clean Energy Standard, which mandates that 50 percent of electricity generation come from renewable energy sources by 2030.

With an electricity grid supplied by hydroelectric dams across rivers, from the heat of its numerous volcanoes, and from wind and the sun, the small Central American nation expects 97 percent of its energy generation to come from renewable sources this year.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, more than 31 percent of Iowa's in - state electricity generation came from wind in 2015.

25 - 30 years ago (sorry, don't have an exact figure), the electricity authority (Gov run) was called «Hydro - electric» — because at the time ALL the electrical generation for the grid came from hydro sources.

Senator Hillary Clinton has also recently said that «we should strive to have new electricity generation come from other sources, such as clean coal and renewables.»

And while Iowa is a distant second, with 3,700 megawatts of total wind capacity, at least 17 percent of its electricity generation comes from wind.

The Electricity Generation from solar energy is the key to a sustainable and resourceful future for the generations to come.

In West Virginia, 57 percent of statewide electricity generation comes from uneconomic units; the same is true for 33, 29, 24 and 22 percent of the electricity generation in Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively.

While a total of 20 states have coal units that are no longer economic, the five states that are facing the greatest amount of uneconomic coal generation relative to their overall electricity mix are, in order, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, each with at least one - fifth of their in - state electricity generation coming from units that our analysis shows to be struggling economically.

Geothermal electricity generation is in operation in 24 countries worldwide and while it offers a more dependable source of power than solar and wind - since it keys into the constant energy coming from within the earth rather than the inconsistent energy from the elements around the planet - it is limited geographically to areas where access to geothermal sources in possible.

This included a commitment to ensuring that the majority of its renewable electricity comes from renewable onsite generation and power purchase agreements, with less than 50 % from renewable energy certificates.

Apparently you are unaware Alan, that less than 1 % of nationwide electricity generation comes from oil.

As recently as 1999, 77 percent of Alabama Power's electricity came from coal - fired generation.

In - state generating facilities accounted for about 68 percent of total generation, with the remaining electricity coming from out - of - state imports.

In 2014, more than 10 % of the electricity used in the grid covering most of Texas came from wind generation, according to the grid's operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

According to the latest «Energy Infrastructure Update» report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office (FERC), 92.1 % of new electricity generation capacity in the US in January through March of 2014 came from renewable energy sources.

The goal is to diversify France's energy generation (they are very reliant on nuclear, which accounts for about 80 % of their electricity generation) with renewable sources and to have 23 % of France's energy come from renewable sources by 2020.

They an installed capacity of nearly 100 % of their average demand which means that on windy days 100 % of their electricity comes from wind turbines but it also means that all their other power generation facilites must shut down on windy days or they must export the excess power.

The California Energy Commission is expected to approve the new rule when it votes this week, making California the first state in the country to require that new houses come with photovoltaic (PV) Generation of electricity directly from sunlight.

A new study supported by Scotland's John Muir Trust, examines the potential electricity generation from wind power there and comes to the conclusion that a number of popular pro-wind talking points overstate the case.

In order to achieve the ambitious energy transformation set out in the Energiewende, by 2030 half of all electricity supply will come from renewable energy sources; Germany must continue to develop cost - effective market - based approaches which will support the forecasted growth of variable renewable generation.

In 2015, almost 88 % of net electricity generation in Wyoming came from coal and nearly 11 % came from renewable energy resources, primarily wind.

The country is already dependent on natural gas and coal for the majority of its electricity generation, as roughly 26 percent of the country's electricity comes from natural gas, and another 28 percent from coal.

In the United States, about 67 % of total electricity generation in 2016 was produced from: fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), materials that come from plants (biomass), and municipal and industrial wastes.