Sentences with phrase «competitive with»
If new plants can be built on time and on budget, the risk premium could fall, bringing the price of power from new plants down to 6.6 cents per kilowatt - hour — competitive with gas and coal — the report says.
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«They really are in a position right now to be very competitive with respect to the U.S. job market,» says Scherer.
Eliminating this financial risk premium makes nuclear power levelized electricity cost competitive with that of coal, and it becomes lower than that of coal when a modest price on carbon dioxide emissions is imposed,» the report says.
Although undergraduate STEM research has been de rigueur at major research universities, public Minority - and Hispanic - serving institutions like John Jay have historically struggled to provide their students with equivalent experiences and to keep them competitive with their majority peers.
Adding a price on carbon emissions at even a «modest» level of $ 25 per ton would make new nuclear energy competitive with coal and natural gas even if the risk premium remains, the MIT study concludes.
«LHCb has already taken enough data to be competitive with Fermilab,» says Gibson, who works on the experiment.
«Ultimately the cost of fabricating the product makes it difficult to be competitive with current grid prices.»
In some regions, solar panels and wind turbines are already competitive with fossil fuels without subsidies.
At all the major centers for learning across our state, the faculty and administrators understand the importance of emphasizing math, science and engineering to keep Kentucky competitive with the rest of the country and the world.
«To make precollege science and math teaching more competitive with other career opportunities, resources must be provided to compensate teachers of mathematics, science, and technology comparably to similarly trained S&E professionals in other economic sectors,» Challenge declares.
This new transparent film has «hole - conductivity» that is competitive with the best known hole - conducting transparent oxides.
Technological innovations have dropped the price of wind and solar in some markets to be not only competitive with traditional fossil fuel power generation, but sometimes less expensive, said Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president of policy and government affairs for Advanced Energy Economy.
The shape even fed into the name — Solyndra — as well as promising half the installation cost in one third of the time, enabling «grid parity» (that is, a price competitive with electricity from fossil fuel — fired power plants) at some imminent date for the first time in the history of solar power.
«If you get renewables that are actually cost competitive with fossil fuels then it's a very very different world.»
Solar is already competitive with conventional energy in many parts of Germany and will keep getting cheaper, while conventional fossil fuels are more likely to increase in production costs, Channell said.
Postdocs often receive grant money to raise their salaries to an acceptable level, «but it is not competitive with western countries, so there is a continuous drain of Czech postdocs to the west and across the Atlantic.»
Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.
«There have been experimental studies showing men are more competitive with one another, while women are more self - directed and motivated by internal factors,» Aral says.
Unfortunately, MSL positions are highly competitive with only 1 - 2 % of applicants getting hired.
Now that she has her ERC grant — which she applied for convinced that she had what it takes to carry out her idea but doubting that her CV would be competitive with others — she has the opportunity to make her research vision a reality.
We must consider regulatory, tax, and legal reforms that would make our state more competitive with other states.
The hustings was competitive with 3 candidates wanting to stand here, and with joint leader Jonathan Bartley in attendance.
Relief from burdensome rules like being prevented from partnering with the private sector would save taxpayers money and keep us competitive with other state systems and public research universities.»
National Democrats will be reluctant to allocate any resources until he can prove he can be competitive with Mr. Donovan, who is a front - runner in the race for the right - leaning district.
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Local cab companies will meet with Mayor Brown Tuesday to try to come up with ways to make taxis competitive with the growing market of ridesharing.
One insider told us, «Bill and Megyn were very competitive with each other, they were always fighting over guests, stories or bookings.»
«Our plan to slash the punishing Gross Receipts Tax on energy will benefit businesses, consumers, and homeowners, and, coupled with utility deregulation that this Governor and Legislature have championed for years, help make New York more competitive with our surrounding states to attract jobs and new commercial investment,» Senator Bruno said.
John Katko is already competitive with Dan Maffei despite his lack of name identification, which will only improve.
«Will Onondaga County be competitive with like facilities?»
Despite the uproar in New Paltz over granting what critics consider excessive tax breaks for developers, the IDA will continue to offer Pilots, the chairman said, «because the use of Pilots makes us competitive with other counties.»
Sometimes, the selection process was clearly competitive with a detailed evaluation of a number of firms who submitted proposals.
Perez Williams: I think it's also, again, having a challenger that can be competitive with John Katko.
The council's working groups and other efforts will be quickly unfolding in the coming weeks, with an extremely challenging timetable that requires full completion of a five - year strategy by November that can then be competitive with the submissions from the nine other regions.
If Republicans spend another $ 900k this time around, it will be competitive with a potentially lower Democratic turnout from 2012.
Lancman predicted equalizing the tax rate would help mom - and - pop shops in Queens stay competitive with national chains that operate similar type businesses.
Exactly so we should do something so that we're competitive with these other countries.
Most of our local governments and schools are working to save money, hold tax rates steady and make NY more competitive with other states.
«To bring the best young graduates into the profession, teachers» salaries need to be competitive with those for graduates in the private sector.»
But with the decline in prices since, options that worked with $ 4 a gallon gas aren't competitive with $ 2.40 a gallon gas.
NY is already a lost cause for that effort but there are other places in the country that are still competitive with overseas.
New York's income tax can't be made competitive with states like Texas (where regulations are so low fire codes aren't just non-existent, they're actively discouraged in some cases).
Mahoney says an advisory board would keep central New York competitive with other municipalities that have the capability of moving quickly to help projects that need a last minute infusion of cash, and ensure the money would be used for projects that lead to new jobs.
Even so, there are several races that are shaping up to be competitive with candidates challenging unpopular incumbents or seizing on community - based issues to win support from disaffected local voters.
«In general, as the governor has said repeatedly, it is difficult to recruit for these positions because the salaries are not competitive with private sector comparisons and Albany's reputation over the past years is not inviting,» said Cuomo Communications Director Rich Bamberger in an email.
Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino on Monday sought to woo members of the state Conservative Party at the organization's annual political action conference, but acknowledged that raising money to be competitive with Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be a factor in whether he launches a statewide campaign.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has defended the tax break, which he said could help generate jobs and make New York more competitive with states like Florida.
Should Astorino run for governor, he would need the Conservative Party line if he wants to be competitive with the governor.
It may be hard to agree to a delicate weighted balance, especially since a binary negotiation is more overtly zero - sum, unlike a multi-party situation where every group gets some of the preferences and each group has more opponents than members (e.g. historical Lebanon, where the Christian and Muslim confessions were to some extent competitive with each other).
Cuomo has repeatedly insisted he is not interested in raising taxes on New York's wealthiest residents, insisting that to do so at the state level would make New York less competitive with its neighbors, although a federal increase is a fine idea in his book.
The Republicans were competitive with the Dems in their pay - to - play rates at the Albany Country Club in Voorheesville, a few long drives from the state Capitol.