Sentences with phrase «conventional sources»

It is fast approaching price parity with conventional sources of power in some applications and locations.

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

Indeed, last year investments in renewable energy capacity have for the first time surpassed those in conventional 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.

The experience of nations with significant installed wind energy is that it does not reduce reliance on conventional sources.

These lenders can provide many various mortgage products not available at conventional sources.

Some of the reasons why you would struggle to get loans from conventional sources such as banks are due to the applicant having a poor credit rating or self - employment.

Since 2010 the value of shares of both companies has fallen by over 50 %, due to poor results from their subsidiaries producing energy from conventional sources.

Conventional sources of energy pose significant threats to our current and future global security, environmental quality, health and social well being.

«But it's also an important deposit — several billion barrels of oil in the ground — while more conventional sources of oil that would be relatively easier to extract are either drying up or are inaccessible to international firms such as Total.»

The result of all this is that renewables compete with conventional sources of power, but they do not displace nearly as much coal as cheap natural gas.

But with the greater emissions of shale gas over conventional sources of natural gas, will future shifts result in similar drops in emissions?

«The results are quite impressive, demonstrating luminosity and power efficiencies that rival those of conventional sources including fluorescent and LED bulbs,» says Alejandro Rodriguez, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, who was not involved in this work.

Already, as conventional sources of mortgage credit have been contracting, FHA has been filling the void.

For the first time ever, India has added more production capacity from renewable energy in a year than from conventional sources like coal.

In addition Carbon Tracker, a market friendly group, now informs investors that low oil prices will favor existing production from low carbon and low cost conventional sources.

«The LAT definitely sees gamma rays from the SMC, but we can explain them all through conventional sources,» Caputo said.

Even conventional sources can't seem to decide about the DASH Diet.

Most notable conventional sources are white beans, roasted potatoes, chestnuts, and many others.

Globally, crude production from traditional conventional sources will likely decrease slightly through 2040, with significant development activity mostly offsetting natural declines from these fields.

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.

But in future the Reichstag, which has been the home of Germany's parliament for nine years, will go a step further, entirely abandoning conventional sources in favour of renewables, which will be provided by an outside supplier.

The Contents: Spectra's FAQ about the project tout natural gas as being «the cleanest burning conventional source of energy,» producing «45 % less carbon dioxide than coal and 30 % less than fuel oil when burned.

These investigators clearly viewed conventional sources of decision support tools as being inadequate to meet the requirements of continuous quality improvement:

EPA - mandated emission limits on conventional sources of electricity, especially coal - fired power plants, are so restrictive that current technology can not meet their demands.

In the companies» bids to become energy self - sufficient, the auto industry is looking at both renewable and conventional sources for power.

So the advantage renewables have over conventional sources is even larger in the rapidly growing electricity markets like India and China.

«We're trying to compete with conventional sources of electricity with no subsidies,» says Henry Kelly, assistant secretary for the DoE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Yet all over North America, old buildings fall into disuse, they are subject to demolition by neglect, and often get hit by what I will call «heritage lightning», that strange burning that happens in vacant buildings with no electricity or gas or other conventional sources of ignition.

And then there is climate change: Canada's tar sands are significantly higher in greenhouse gas emissions and more energy - and water - intensive than more conventional sources of energy.

Bob Johnson, director of photovoltaics at research firm Strategies Unlimited, in Mountain View, Calif., says PV cells may drop below their current price by 30 % or more by 2010, even without big technological advances, making the cost of solar energy competitive with conventional sources.

In addition, qualifying for a personal loan is based on your personal finances and credit history, not those of your business, which makes them a popular option for startups and businesses that can't otherwise get funding from conventional sources.

Apache (NYSE: APA), likewise, has a large Permian position, though the bulk of its production currently comes from conventional sources.

Conventional sources of finance rely on the borrower's history (how long it has been in business), its overall financial health including profitability, positive cash flow, and debt service coverage.

She's refused to be shamed, refused to be silenced, and, along with her lawyer, she's exerted more legal pressure on the Trump presidency than most cases that have come from more conventional sources.

Revolving Loan Funds are a popular economic development tool, delivering high risk capital to projects that can not be financed by conventional sources.

Unable to raise enough money from conventional sources, Caldwell turned to last - resort financing.

And the conventional sources of water, the electricity that provides the power for pumps, have failed.

Part of the SMC's appeal for a dark matter search is that it lies comparatively close to us and its gamma - ray emission from conventional sources, like star formation and pulsars, is well understood.