Sentences with phrase «electrical generation»

Less than a third of natural gas is used for electrical generation.

But I only get a third as much heat per unit of CO2 produced because of losses in electrical generation and transmission, so I produce three times as much CO2 to keep warm.

Between 2002 and 2012, the annual electrical generation from coal - fired plants fell by 2 %, while the amount of electricity generated by natural gas plants rose by 37 %.

Rather that replace these dirty sources of energy with expensive, unpopular, polluting electrical generation capacity, perhaps we will begin to turn to solar powered generation capacity.

Still think coal - fired electrical generation will remain cheaper than wind, solar, and other renewables?

This project will allow a certain proportion of fossil - fuel powered electrical generation to be taken offline during the daytime, reducing CO2 emissions and providing more energy independence for the region.

The CO2 is captured at the source from fossil fuel burning electrical generation facilities.

Since the wind - generated electricity mostly replaced coal, we can say that this would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions from electrical generation by roughly 3.4 million tonnes.

And what is true of renewables is also true for natural gas, as 2016 continues to set record highs in net electrical generation.

Since a fifth of electrical generation goes toward lighting, LEDs hold the potential to greatly reduce energy use.

It remains to be seen how the state will make up for the loss of electrical generation once the plant closes.

In addition, gas combustion is not carbon - free, producing about 60 % of the CO2 produced by coal for the same electrical generation.

In addition to the nine regional sectors, a global sector will simulate worldwide climatic effects of electricity generation, as well as global coordination of electrical generation decision - making.

It does not contain an intermediate heat cycle, as do most other electrical generation techniques.

· Free Fuel: Unlike other forms of electrical generation where fuel is shipped to a processing plant, wind energy generates electricity at the source of fuel, which is free.

The efficiency losses of electrical generation production and distribution is on par to being 50 % - which is not being calculated in this equation.

Nearly all of the world's electrical generation relies in one way or another on water.

The only way I can see it can be met for electrical generation is via pumped hydro.

It remains to be seen how the state would make up for the loss of electrical generation once the plant closes.

We don't think of electrical generation in the right way since the introduction of wind and solar on a larger scale.

If they were true, the current electrical generation system would long since have voluntarily adopted non-hydro «renewables.»

This is a pretty big deal — about half of U.S. electrical generation comes from cheap - but - dirty coal power, according to the Energy Information Administration.

The German experience has made it clear that renewable energy can provide significant proportions of total electrical generation without destabilizing the power grid — much larger proportions, in fact, than were considered possible even a few years ago.

If reducing CO2 emissions is the goal (rather than a ruse behind which the real goal is hiding), then why not replace all fossil - fuel electrical generation with nuclear ASAP?

The study explained that because of this, switching fuels to a different type of fossil fuel «can not be a long - term option as electrical generation from unabated natural gas still emits around four tenths that of coal.»

For evenings and whenever the skies are overcast or the wind is calmed, California utilities must pay to have an equivalent percentage of natural gas electrical generation available to offset 100 percent renewable sources.

An EIA study on electrical generation (using averages for data points) showed that natural gas is high capacity...

The state - led program targets 10 strategic industries for replacing imports with Chinese - made products: advanced information technology, robotics, aircraft, shipbuilding and marine engineering, advanced rail equipment, new energy vehicles, electrical generation equipment, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials.

Eskelsen said PacifiCorp still doesn't have a plan to meet additional electrical generation demand coming in 2014, so it must ask for expedited regulatory review - even for conventional forms of generation.

Superconducting cables minimize energy loss, and power - to - gas systems store excess electrical generation as hydrogen or methane.

As shown in a white paper submitted to RGGI by the Environmental Energy Alliance of New York the affected electrical generation units have made most if not all of the cost effective reductions possible from their operations.

In his role as a «policy analyst,» Wojick's clients have included AES Corporation, one of the largest electrical generation companies, with much of that in the form of coal.

The present generation of nuclear is a perfectly adequate electrical generation source.

Speaking on FIT mandate, I believe that FIT is to encourage renewables - based electrical generation project development.

I was thinking the heat could be stored for electrical generation at night or on the 1 day in a 100 southern California actually has clouds.

And until that ratio changes, more electrical generation means more carbon emissions, Elzinga said.

According to Connell, the potential uses for these devices include electrical generation, water purification, cooking, bio-char and charcoal, food dehydration, heating, gasification, and just about anything else heat can be used for.

The proliferation of electric cars such as the Chevrolet Volt, enjoying a big - league marketing push this year, may be a back - door win for gas, in that that's where much of the additional electrical generation required to keep their batteries charged is going to come from.