Sentences with phrase «conventional generation sources»

Dealing with the fantasy that wind power is an alternative to conventional generation sources, E.ON says:

For wind power to reduce CO2 emissions in the electricity sector it has be a true «substitute» for conventional generation sources.

Because it can't be delivered «on - demand» (can't be stored) and is only «available» at crazy, random intervals (if at all) wind power will never be a substitute for conventional generation sources (see our post here).

STT is happy to go all out and say that in Australia wind power requires 100 % of its capacity to be backed up 100 % of the time by conventional generation sources.

We expect that as our nation moves towards the recognition that there should be a price placed on carbon, wind energy will become even more competitive with conventional generation sources.»

Not exact matches

The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.

What these critics fail to recognize is that the contribution made by conventional sources of electricity generation represent a historical legacy — they do not reflect modern investments in the electricity grid.

But because it was one of the first technologies to produce power, and its expansion happened in waves throughout the 20th century, it is generally seen as an older source of conventional power generation, Ruby said.

On May 26th, in sunny weather, Germany's 22GW of PV solar - generation capacity supplied 50 % of the country's electricity, and around the world PV looks like it may become a major energy option in the years ahead, accelerating past 50GW of grid - linked capacity, with price parity with conventional sources not far away.

The unpredictable output of Greed Energy requires keeping excessive conventional power generation sources online to ensure a consistent output of power.

Fossil fuels — especially coal in electricity generation and gasoline for transportation — are the biggest source of conventional air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxides (NOx), and carbon monoxide (CO).

The added costs imposed by intermittent energy sources like wind energy include the displacement of lower cost generation (e.g., natural gas), requirement of dispatchable backup generation, reduced capacity factors for conventional generation, increased electric price volatility, and decreased system efficiency.

Canadian electricity generation in 2000 totaled 567.1 billion kilowatt hours (bkwh), of which 60 % was hydropower, 26 % was conventional thermal power (oil, gas, and coal), 12 % was nuclear generation, and 1 % was derived from other renewable sources.