Sentences with phrase «distribution electricity infrastructure»

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Cities across Canada should sell their electricity distribution companies and invest the proceeds in critical municipal infrastructure, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

Her focus throughout that period has been largely on the technical, infrastructure and economic issues underpinning the electricity industry, covering topics related to generation, transmission and distribution, smart grid / smart homes and the prospects for electric vehicles.

Electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be «climate - proofed» to diminish the risk of future power shortages, according to research by two Arizona State University engineers.

Infrastructure assets are roads, railways, ports, airports, telecommunications facilities, electricity generation, gas or electricity transmission or distribution, water supply or sewerage, and hospitals.

The ONLY way they will ever have electricity is with distributed renewable energy, principally photovoltaics — which are vastly less expensive than building a whole new grid - based electricity generation and distribution infrastructure.

Energy inefficiency, creaking infrastructure (increasing transmission and distribution losses), lowering of water tables and electricity theft all have to be taken care of at once.

Transmission / distribution networks and distributed energy build - out is picking up the pace in the 12th Five - Year Plan, with concerted efforts on: ultra-high voltage electricity transmission lines from west to east, an ambitious oil and gas infrastructure (as the graphic above shows), and distributed solar and natural gas projects.

Then, the final report of the G20 High - Level Panel for Infrastructure Investment reinforces the call for MDBs to catalyze regional investment in the energy sector — particularly in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.

Both sides would gain from, for instance, increased investment in electricity distribution infrastructure.

Until recently consumption of electricity has risen steadily (in Australia and world - wide), this has led to a need from the building of expensive new electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Smart grid communication infrastructure is basically the Internet for electricity transmission and distribution systems, with information technologies embedded throughout the system such as digital meters, remote sensors and data communications devices.

for a start the infrastructure required to supply our electricity would be far far less compared to when power is sent long distances from where it is produced, there are also quite substantial losses just getting the power to those living several hundred kilometers away, for instance I am told that they lose around 14 % of the power produced in the Latrobe Valley just getting it to Melbourne, Solar on the other hand is often far closer to where the power is required, therefore there are less distribution costs and also less losses involved.

Prop 16 stems from a 2002 state law, that allowed «community choice aggregation,» which allows counties or cities to purchase electricity while utilities continue to offer the infrastructure for power delivery — the power lines, distribution equipment, supply natural, and even billing.

Policies supporting investment in renewable energy generation, including measures that support the access for electricity generated from renewable energy sources to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

The infrastructure facilities covered by the new process would include public housing and other developments such as medical clinics, schools and police stations, street lighting, water supply and electricity distribution.