Sentences with phrase «electric power industries as»

We have taken part in the rulemakings central to the restructuring of the natural gas and electric power industries as well as recent initiatives to promote renewable technologies such as wind power.

Across the Americas, Europe and Asia, senior executives gather to listen to expert speakers and network with their peers in electric power industry as they help set the agenda for energy policy and sustainability.

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& # 9660 Wind power: As General Electric, Mitsubishi and others considered investing more than $ 630 million in the U.K.'s offshore wind industry, Canada was casting the whole idea into doubt.

Crude demand sure to fall with low industry growth, people getting poorer (as a result of concentration of wealth in few hands) and increasing CNG and electric powered cars.

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

By: Dylan Slater 23rd February 2018 Of all the trends impacting on the mining industry, none will be as critical as digitalisation, says power management and automation systems Schneider Electric South Africa mining, minerals and metals (MMM) Africa business VP Wilhelm Swart.

Some of the most high - powered businessmen in America — captains of industry such as Jack Welch (General Electric), Bob Wright (NBC) and Nelson Doubleday (owner of the New York Mets)-- play there.

Love it or hate it, Formula E seems to be rapidly becoming the championship of choice for some of the world's largest manufacturers as electric power becomes increasingly relevant to the car industry.

The blackout comes as Puerto Rico legislators debate whether to private the island's Electric Power Authority, which is $ 14 billion in debt and relies on infrastructure nearly three times older than the industry average.

«The model is capturing the fact that you have a lot of low - cost opportunities to reduce coal, from heavy - industry direct use as well as the electric power sector, from facilities using less energy - efficient technology or processes.»

Stokes and other industry observers also expect even larger, megawatt - size distributed power units that are composed of modular 250 - kilowatt stacks to hit the market within two to three years, having recently watched large multinational corporations such as General Electric and Rolls Royce sign supply deals with SOFC cell - and stack - makers.

Former Vice President Al Gore stood before a crowd of renewables investors, analysts and clean energy industry executives and declared the electric power grid in the U.S. as much of a technological dinosaur as landline telephones.

DOE is supporting research into extended reactor life, as are nuclear plant operators through the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), an industry research and development organization.

As the technology evolves and battery prices fall, though, many believe the future looks bright for the electric vehicle industry, which could in turn provide a backup power source for the aging electric grid.

In the «business as usual» scenario, the auto industry followed its current rate of vehicle diversification — utilizing efficient internal combustion, electric and hybrid models, and the power sector utilized mostly natural gas and renewable plants.

Technologies for capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions hold tremendous promise for addressing climate change, but much work remains to ensure timely, cost - effective deployment in key markets such as the electric power industry.

Although most of Holtec's business is derived from the electric power generation industry, the organization is fully equipped to render services to industries as diverse as defense, aviation, chemical, or pharmaceutical.

As for nuclear, Freeman states: «I have been an active participant in the electric power industry over the last forty years....

The industry as a whole is definitely heading toward more and more electric cars, but fortunately for those of us who love the sound, the character, and the history of power sources that go boom several thousand times per minute, there's still a lot more efficiency to be squeezed from our remaining allotment of dino juice.

It's more efficient than traditional hydraulic setups but not as efficient or as tunable as electric power steering, which is becoming the industry standard.

The Pacifica Hybrid, the industry's first electrified minivan, delivers 84 MPGe and a range of 33 miles solely on zero - emissions electric power from a 16 - kWh lithium - ion (Li - ion) battery, as well as a 566 - mile total gas and electric range.

The electric generation fleet «is in the midst of a major transformation to a significantly cleaner fleet as a result of several factors,» acknowledged Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group representing 70 percent of the US electric power ielectric generation fleet «is in the midst of a major transformation to a significantly cleaner fleet as a result of several factors,» acknowledged Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group representing 70 percent of the US electric power iElectric Institute, the trade group representing 70 percent of the US electric power ielectric power industry.

Synapse performs operational and planning modeling analyses of electric power systems using industry - standard models such as Strategist, EnCompass, Market Analytics, PROMOD, and PLEXOS to evaluate long - term energy plans, assess the environmental and economic impacts of policy initiatives, and review utility system modeling.

Industry examples have included representatives from across the energy sector such as fossil fuels and renewables (e.g. the Electric Power Research Institute and ExxonMobil).

As of the third quarter of 2014, more than 17,500 megawatts of cumulative solar electric capacity are operating in the United States, which is enough to power more than 3.5 million average American homes, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.

The group just hired Paul Bailey, a former operative for the oil and electric power industries, as its top lobbyist and will soon fill three more upper - level positions, bolstering a fleet of fixers who spent more money than anyone else — nearly $ 10 million last year — lobbying on climate change - related legislation, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

A set of 12 sectors was agreed on as a common reporting format for all air pollutants: air transportation; international shipping; other transportation (surface transport); electric power plants, energy conversion, extraction and distribution; solvents; waste (landfill, waste water, non-energy incineration); industry (combustion and process emissions); domestic (residential and commercial buildings); agricultural waste burning on fields; agriculture (agricultural soil emissions, other agriculture); savannah burning; and forest burning.

What will happen as a result is quite predictable: Greatly increased rates for electric power, decreased availability of the electric power so vital to our way of life, decreased reliability of the electric grid, a lower standard of living, decreased competitiveness of US products in world markets since most countries do not have such regulations, and Communist - style central control of the electric generating industry by a Washington - based bureaucracy with no understanding of the industry.

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.

Ausra has had a bit of a roller - coaster ride as a business, starting in Australia but relocating to California to produce its solar thermal electric - generation technology, and going from darling of the solar power plant industry to... well, this.

In July, BNEF projected that «electric cars will outsell fossil fuel - powered vehicles within two decades as battery prices plunge, turning the global auto industry upside down and signaling economic turmoil for oil - exporting countries.»

He has also been active in the utility industry, helping Seattle City Light become the first major carbon - free electric utility in the late 1990s, and as a Governor's representative to the Executive Board of Energy Northwest, a regional public power consortium.

Synapse also routinely performs operational and planning modeling analyses of electric power systems using industry - standard models such as Strategist, Market Analytics, PROMOD, and PLEXOS, and applies economic models such as REMI and IMPLAN to estimate impacts of electric sector policies and investments on employment, gross domestic or state product, and other metrics.

If the anti-coal zealots are allowed to prevail politically, electric rates will skyrocket for most Americans and many jobs will be lost in energy - intensive industries as a result of higher power prices.»

Despite adverse economic conditions as well as uncertainty about future Federal energy policy, wind generators continue to represent a significant share of capacity additions in the electric power industry, which totaled 16,409 MW in 2010.

clean energy innovation improving consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy demand response energy efficiency

On September 27, ten judges heard oral arguments in a consolidated case known as West Virginia, et al. v. EPA, which challenges the agency's power to require states to restructure their energy mixes and to reorganize their energy economies across electric plants, energy - intensive industries, and even households.

Contrary to the power industry's claims, requiring older plants to install the same cooling technology as their modern counterparts would cost consumers pennies or at most a few dollars per month on household electric bills.

Currently serving as manager of product training for Schneider Electric, a global company headquartered in Paris France, and is a leading manufacturer of electrical power distribution equipment, Data centers, and system solutions for businesses and industries worldwide.

As the electric - power industry restructures, many commercial customers will pay higher or lower rates for electricity, depending on their geographic allocation.