Sentences with phrase «conventional grid electricity»

It's generally assumed that it only takes a few years before solar panels have generated as much energy as it took to make them, resulting in very low greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional grid electricity.

With recent advances in technology, planners can consider many affordable energy options, in addition to conventional grid electricity, to meet the electricity needs of different kinds of consumers.

Not exact matches

«To the extent we gain some electricity output to offset conventional grid - generated electricity will be added value.

This means it covers the direct cost of low - carbon subsidies, energy efficiency and carbon taxes, as well as indirect costs due to strengthening grids, backing up intermittent renewables, compensating conventional generation for lost revenue through the capacity market and savings due to the merit - order effect, which pushes down wholesale electricity prices.

Solar energy is better able to compete with electricity from conventional sources in those states where grid electricity is relatively expensive.

By necessity, conventional firm capacity generators: nuclear, biomass, natural gas, hydropower, etc. will remain the primary suppliers of electricity to the New England grid well into the future.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power its bullfrogpowered facilities use.

To cover the total loss of power when the wind drops or blows too hard, every wind farm needs a conventional back - up power station (commonly gas - fired) with capacity of twice the design capacity of the wind farm to even out the sudden fluctuations in the electricity grid.

In countries such as Kenya, whose economies are growing faster than either conventional, centralized electricity generation or power grids, the potential of microgrids to electrify powerless communities is huge.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

However, as the team points out, it's important to look beyond the installed capacity and examine how much electricity is fed into the electric grid to displace conventional, polluting power sources.

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.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of CrossIron Mills» common areas.

The partnership between the Canadian Red Cross and Bullfrog Power means that Bullfrog's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power the Ottawa head office uses.

Wind farms have the life of a parasite because they freeload themselves onto existing grids paid by conventional efficient energy, need subsidies and drain electricity from the grid when it is too cold.

Earlier this year a team of University of Minnesota researchers looked at the life - cycle air quality impacts of alternatives to conventional gasoline vehicles and found that powering vehicles with corn ethanol or with coal - based or grid electricity increases «monetized environmental health impacts by 80 % or more relative to using conventional gasoline.»

Bullfrog Power ensures renewable electricity is put into the grid to match the amount of conventional electricity used by homeowners.

That means that Bullfrog Power's generators put clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power used by 35 per cent of Southgate's common areas.

Also, I'm betting some of the rate increase for electricity is due to building new conventional grid to connect solar and wind farms.

This programme aims to advance the technology to enable AD to compete with conventional electricity delivered to the grid.

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.

In recent years, as the large - scale deployment of renewable generation gathers pace and the contribution of conventional power generation (gas, coal and nuclear) to electricity supply dwindles, popular concern over grid stability and reliability has grown substantially.

In the US, there has been substantial political pressure over the role of coal in the electricity system, leading to energy secretary Rick Perry to order a study on grid reliability and baseload power, which led to a controversial rule from the US Department of Energy allowing conventional generators to receive costs from suppliers to remain available, even when they are not required by the market.

They are not dependent on grid source electricity, do not need to be plugged in and have the same features as most conventional cars.

Through the partnership, Bullfrog Power's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power that Your Credit Union's locations use.

Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power that the bullfrogpowered Simons locations use.