Sentences with phrase «electric generation source»

Second, many states actively favor renewables in electricity generation, and even in places that don't, the word has gotten out that coal combustion is far deadlier to humans than any other electric generation source — including natural gas.

Tier 1 RECs are derived from the energy production of megawatt - hour (MWh) by RES - eligible electric generation sources which first entered commercial operation on or after January 1, 2015.

Not exact matches

This was the first time any generating source had challenged coal for dominance since the dawn of electric power generation in the 1880s.

Because Two - Mode is a second - generation approach conceived by transmission experts instead of engine specialists, gasoline and electric power sources are more ingeniously combined with fixed and variable gear ratios to achieve higher efficiency over a broader range.

Called as the GR - HEV (Grand Runner Hybrid Electric Vehicle), the concept will be the source of inspiration for the next generation one tonne Triton pickup and eventually to its SUV brother, the Pajero.

Then between 2012 and 2014, Toyota produced an all - electric variant of the third - generation RAV4 using a drivetrain sourced from Tesla, selling 2,489 units total.

That involves an entirely new generation of longer - range electric vehicles and plug - in hybrids; and now, early next month at the Paris auto show — and, according to several sources, teased at a recent meeting with the media at Wolfsburg — the brand will preview the first of those vehicles, likely to go on sale before the end of the decade as a 2020 model.

Are we thinking that all the sources in a «present generation mix» cough up an additional amount of energy when you plug in an electric car?

ULTIMATELY direct solar power generation and microwave Rectennae transmssion from DYNAMO / BOILER collection farms parked in Mercury orbit or at the mercury - Sun Lagrange point is the ONLY serious source of electric power that can drive mankind's aspirations for future milliennia.

The latest report by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) shows both these trends, and shows solar as the largest source of new generation expected to come online in the next few months to meet summer demand.

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

A December report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said U.S. power generation from renewable sources, along with natural gas, would produce enough electricity to offset retirements of U.S. coal and nuclear units over the next 10 years.

In December, however, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) suggested in its 2017 Long - Term Reliability Assessment that power generation from natural gas — fired units and renewable sources such as solar and wind will provide enough electricity to offset closures of coal and nuclear plants over the next decade, at least.

Together, replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation with renewable sources of energy, switching to plug - in hybrid cars, going to all - electric railways, banning deforestation, and sequestering carbon by planting trees and improving soil management will drop carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 more than 80 percent below today's levels.

Petro liquids and petro coke make up about 1 % of the source of US electric generation.

As a result, natural gas has increased its share of electric utility generation over the past decade from 22 percent to 32 percent, overtaking coal as the major source of U.S. electricity generation.

I suspect that, in practice, fridges and freezers will be useful for balancing the short term fluctuations in generation from sustainable sources such as solar photovoltaics affected by intermittent cloud cover while water heating, electric car charging, and municipal water pumping will more nearly match the time spans involved in wind farm generation.

Electricity from coal figures reflect only generation by electric utilities and independent power producers in 2014, not commercial and industrial sources.

A Critique of Brookings Institutution's Mark Muro and Devashree Saha: Rooftop Solar: Net Metering Is A Net Benefit [1] by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment Across the country, more and more electric utility customers are using rooftop solar panels and other small - scale, on - site power sources known as distributed generation (DG).

Indeed, wind energy represents 38 per cent of all new electric generation capacity installed from these sources in Canada in this period — and Canada's coal - fired generating capacity has actually fallen at the same time.

California is the logical choice for performing a large - scale experiment in how best to adopt renewable energy technology as the primary source of electric power generation in America.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

In the U.S., solar power was the # 1 source of new electric generation capacity added in 2016 with a share of 39 %.

Voters also showed robust support across demographics for the Clean Energy Standard, the regulatory program implementing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's objective of reaching 50 % of the state's electric generation from renewable sources by the year 2030 (the 50 - by - 30 target).

25 - 30 years ago (sorry, don't have an exact figure), the electricity authority (Gov run) was called «Hydro - electric» — because at the time ALL the electrical generation for the grid came from hydro sources.

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST (An Interactive Audio and Web - Based Seminar Hosted by Infocast) The Basics Seth D. Hilton Stoel Rives LLP 111 Sutter / CO2 emission from average combustion levels New Generation — Geothermal Geothermal emits some CO2 mostly in condensate evaporation in the cooling cycle Levels / states or countries with capped emissions Repowering existing electric generation facilities New clean energy sources Potential Opportunities for Entities Subject to California's Emission Reduction RequGeneration — Geothermal Geothermal emits some CO2 mostly in condensate evaporation in the cooling cycle Levels / states or countries with capped emissions Repowering existing electric generation facilities New clean energy sources Potential Opportunities for Entities Subject to California's Emission Reduction Requgeneration facilities New clean energy sources Potential Opportunities for Entities Subject to California's Emission Reduction Requirements /

Like the ITC for solar, the 2.3 cents per kilowatt - hour PTC has been a crucial support for the wind industry, making it the second - biggest source of new electric generation in the U.S. for many years now.

He is regarded as a national authority on new source review issues affecting the electric generation and petroleum refinery industries.

In early October, an auction in Saudi Arabia for new electric generation was won by a solar farm pledging to deliver electrons for less than three cents a kilowatt hour, the cheapest price ever paid for electricity from any source in any place.

Competition between natural gas and coal for electric power generation drove price declines in the Appalachian and Powder River Basins (PRB), two key sources for thermal coal, through the summer.

«The story of how California's electric system got to its current state is a long and gory one,» Bushnell wrote, but «the dominant policy driver in the electricity sector has unquestionably been a focus on developing renewable sources of electricity generation.»

Directs the Secretary to conduct programs in partnership with the private sector that address: (1) hydrogen production from diverse energy sources; (2) use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation; (3) safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels, (4) advanced vehicle technologies; (5) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels; (6) development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells; and (7) the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.

The green proposition of electric cars, especially the plug - in variety, is that by promoting the development of electricity generation and energy storage technology development (in the form of energy storage devices such as batteries), electric cars are not only reducing the need for gasoline, but also creates pull factors for the development of grid - connected renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy by creating new electricity demand and provide energy storage solutions to address the problems of the intermittent nature of solar and wind power.

There is a lot of information that does not favor this source of electric generation!

Accurate measurement of these reductions requires one to determine what sources of electric generation in a particular region are being displaced, or not used, because of the demand reduction or clean energy initiative.

Turkey estimates that there are potential indigenous sources for 246 billion kilowatt - hours (kWh) per year of electric power generation (105 billion kWh from lignite, 16 billion kWh from hard coal, and 125 billion kWh from hydroelectric resources).

Despite the increases in wind and solar, the abundance, versatility and flexibility of natural gas results in its increasing more than any other source with about 50 percent of its growth in electric generation markets.

The added costs imposed by intermittent energy sources like wind energy include the displacement of lower cost generation (e.g., natural gas), requirement of dispatchable backup generation, reduced capacity factors for conventional generation, increased electric price volatility, and decreased system efficiency.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO)-- the electric system operator for most of the state — will also contend with the normal challenges of managing this complex system including: dry to moderate drought conditions in much of the state, an increasing amount of variable generation from renewable sources, and the challenge of importing about 23 % of its peak system load from sources outside CAISO.

Authorizing the final segments of the Project will make 7,191 acres of Federal lands within the ROW available to transmit electric power generated from both traditional (i.e. coal - fired and natural gas - fired) generation facilities and renewable sources (i.e. wind generation facilities) in Wyoming and Idaho.

The main reason utilities pick one particular form of electric generation is cost; secondary issues are the adaptibility to the grid and the utility of the power source for baseline, peak usage, etc..

As the amount of wind generation increases, electric power system operators have faced challenges with integrating increasing amounts of this intermittent generation source into their systems.

Across the country, more and more electric utility customers are using rooftop solar panels and other small - scale, on - site power sources known as distributed generation (DG).

This «captured energy» metric further appears to assume that averaged Btu's in each kWh will continue to decline in some forecasted fashion, primarily due to a widespread shift towards renewable form of electric generation; perhaps attributable to a full implementation of the soon deceased «Clean Power Plan» and greater reliance on renewables for electricity (if that term can be accurately used with unreliable sources.)

In particular, he asked about New Hope Environmental Services, which was described by Dr. Michaels in litigation as his sole source of income outside of modest speaking fees; Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which paid Dr. Michaels $ 100,000 and $ 50,000 respectively, according to information Dr. Michaels provided in the course of litigation; and the Heartland Institute, an industry - funded think tank that published a journal on which Dr. Michaels served as contributing editor.