Sentences with phrase «costs of alternative energy sources»

Plus, a price on carbon simply serves to raise the cost of fossil fuel energy and does nothing to lower the costs of alternative energy sources.

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«Energy markets are changing, with lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal, and advances in building energy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said HEnergy markets are changing, with lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal, and advances in building energy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said Henergy efficiency giving us new alternatives for job creating, non-emitting sources of power,» said Horgan.

The B.C. Liberals» refusal to allow independent oversight means British Columbians don't have hard numbers on the cost of this project or how it compares to alternative energy sources.»

Lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal and wind, and advances in building energy efficiency are giving us new alternatives to create as many or more high - quality jobs using non-emitting sources of power.

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.

Air Force energy director Dave King hopes that by 2016, 300 million gallons of that total will come from alternative sources such as biofuels, a move that he argues will increase the stability of the force's fuel supply and reduce its vulnerability to cost fluctuations.

«Over time, the renewable energy from California Flats will provide cost savings over alternative sources of energy as well as substantially lower environmental impact.»

Despite the promise, there is no source of alternative energy that can deliver on the scale and cost basis needed to meet the demands of the marketplace.

A standardized design set in stone and approved by the NRC, that is free of political and legal interference from anti-nuclear activists, would make nuclear power the cost effective alternative energy source that its backers have always argued that it could be.

«Even in the expected event that there are no important breakthroughs in the cost of nuclear power, the potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.

Although technological progress can alter the relative costs of different energy sources, depletion inevitably must raise the costs of fossil fuels leading to their displacement by alternative energy sources.

Frankly I expect that alternative and cost effective sources of energy need to be found to enable the necessary 3 % / year growth in energy and food.

Nick Molho identified the key issues as energy market reform, energy efficiency, increasing renewable technology, and better grid technology: both a «super» grid linking the various European national energy systems together so the fluctuations of alternative sources could be accommodated, and also a «smart» grid where individual users could use power wisely and cost - effectively by the use of smart metering at home and work.

Costs of abatement range from cost saving efficiencies through low cost land management options to high cost alternative energy sources.

This is quite possible but it doesn't come for free: We need to decarbonize our economy by converting to alternative sources of energy, and this clearly involves an economic cost (in addition to the new job opportunities that come with conversion to a new economy).

... what the cost of the Iraq war to date would have funded in the way of research into alternative energy sources?

Because all of the costs have not been accounted for, coal projects like Eskom have been unfairly favored, which means that there has never been a real consideration of alternatives, such as wind, solar and other alternative energy sources.»

The generally increased cost of fossil fuels and of all products and services derived from them would provide a market - based incentive to switch to alternative energy sources.

Solar energy and other alternatives are very diffuse sources of energy, and getting the cost down far enough to put the fossil fuel interests out of business is going to be very, very difficult.

Humanity currently relies predominantly on carbon - based fuels for energy generation, and the costs of alternative sources of energy are in most cases relatively high.

My first thought is that adding the cost of a carbon tax to the already higher cost of UFFs will make less carbon - intensive energy sources that much more attractive, encouraging more switching to alternative energy sources.

Do you support or oppose an energy proposal designed to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of alternative and renewable energy sources, even if it means an increase in the cost of energy?

It may well turn out that not all of the coal reserves are sufficiently extractable to be economically profitable, but to ensure that, we should try to make alternative energy sources as cost competitive as possible.

Generally the costs of reducing GHG emissions by saving energy are lower than by switching to alternative energy sources, in particular biofuels.

Raising the cost of carbon would also make alternative energy sources more cost - competitive, which would lead more consumers and property owners to make the switch.

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Selected Achievements and Contributions • Reduced overhead costs by 58 % by suggesting use of alternative energy sources during rush hours • Successfully reconciled an entry that had been in limbo for 6 months, placing a positive impact on the overall accounts of the company