Sentences with phrase «domestic use of renewable energy»

Moreover, China's domestic use of renewable energy supports and complements her push to become a world leader in the manufacture of clean energy equipment, from solar panels to wind turbines and beyond.

Not exact matches

By enrolling in EC Renewable, customers are receiving the environmental benefits from domestic clean energy generation, and helping to encourage the use and development of new sustainable energy facilities like wind and solar.

So far, the high cost of domestic offshore wind projects has made them economically unattractive, despite the availability of federal tax incentives and state policies to promote use of renewable energy.

If Oregon, and the Northwest, truly wants a domestic - as in local - and renewable fuel source, we should be looking to build a cellulosic ethanol industry using waste from the large Northwest forestry and agriculture sectors to produce our liquid fuels (and a bit of electricity) as well as additional electricity from the Northwest's diverse and abundant renewable energy sources to power the electric component of a plug - in hybrid flex fuel fleet.

In 2015 the share of renewables in the country's domestic energy mix increased to 33 %, At the same time, Germany managed to cut down its power consumption in the past year by 3.8 %, despite a booming economy (+1.4 %) which generally translates into a higher energy demand, by using LED technology and energy saving measures.

The manual focuses on three major energy - related issues: energy regulation and power sector reform; increased renewable energy technology penetration for rural electrification; and sustainable use of energy through energy efficiency in industrial, commercial and domestic sectors (including energy efficiency within buildings).

They a) use a legion of lobbyists to push Washington to oppose carbon pricing policies, limit tax breaks to renewable energy, and keep their own generous subsidies in place (remember, Exxon spends more on lobbying than the entire domestic clean energy industry combined).

Development needs of the Estonian energy sector were assessed in order to prepare policy recommendations for enabling the shift from fossil fuel based electricity production to the use of 100 % renewable domestic energy sources and fuels on a national level.

By boosting the amount of renewable, domestic energy sources used to generate the country's electricity, the DOE may be aiming to accomplish two goals: (1) ensure that electric vehicles live up to their full, low - carbon potential, and (2) reduce net oil imports, which are significant.