Sentences with phrase «electrical generation from»

ERCOT, the main electric grid in Texas, received 9.9 percent of its electrical generation from wind energy during 2013 and is on track to top 10 percent in the coming years considering the 7,000 MW of new capacity now under construction in Texas.

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.»

Borenstein is the latest energy expert to conclude that closing Diablo Canyon would result in higher emissions from electrical generation from natural gas.

Actual net electrical generation from renewable energy sources in the United States now totals about 13 % according to the most recent data (i.e., as of March 2014) provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

This equated to a 0.6 per cent reduction of greenhouse gases for the entire state's electrical generation from fossil fuels.

LADWP objectives include providing a reliable, cost effective, and streamlined program; encouraging electrical generation from renewable resources close to load centers; balancing a renewable energy portfolio for reliability; and providing economic development in Los Angeles.

Replacing electrical generation from nuclear with natural gas could threaten public safety.

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 %.

Not exact matches

; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

Other biomedical engineers are developing a new generation of prosthetic limbs that amputees can control with neurosensors, with assists from computer science, neuroscience, and electrical and mechanical engineering, among other disciplines.

In the lab, the binding and electrical signature generation process took just a few minutes, suggesting the possibility of getting same - day results from a blood test using the chip, Panchapakesan says.

Real - time, direct, electrical detection of sequencing, combined with the enormous amount of computing power in both the Ion Proton ™ Sequencer and Ion Proton ™ Torrent Server, enables generation of high quality sequencing results from DNA library to variants in a single day.

Powered by the fifth generation of battery and drivetrain technology, from 2021 the BMW Group will be capable of offering all - electric vehicles with a range of up to 700 kilometres and plug - in hybrids with an electrical range of up to 100 kilometres.

The gasoline engine of the e-POWER system is strictly for electrical power generation with minimal influence from the opening and closing of the throttle, allowing the engine to always operate in its optimum condition.

Along with his investments in electrical generation plants and distribution across the US and in Britain, he has transformed his holding company from an insurance company to a conglomerate with the majority of earnings coming from diverse industries.

Mr. Obama has a plan to build five power plants burning coal but capturing emissions (see below) to help limit the greenhouse impact from electrical generation.

«The US forest sector is well set up and managed, meets our sustainability criteria and the supplies of sustainable biomass are plentiful,» says Melanie Wedgbury from Drax Power — the largest British electrical power generation company.

Increasing nuclear power plant efficiency from 1980 to today came from two areas: first, improvements to how operators re-fuel reactors, and keep plants and their workers safe; second, increasing the heat and electrical generation of plants through «up - rates.»

And this same period saw the expansion of fossil fuel burning from the traditional family needs like heating / cooking, then on to quickly power - up both modern modern agriculture and also the industrial - mass production revolution in manufacturing industries, and finally the large - scale generation of ubiquitous electrical power, eventually distributed into nearly every home and business in the industrialized societies, with close to 24x7x365 availability.

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.

The bulk of the nearly 10,000 megawatts in U.S. plant - based electrical generation comes from burning forest waste.

China is adding enormous amounts of electrical generation capacity to its grid, and mostly from coal.

As also shown in the 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.

During that same period carbon dioxide emissions from electrical generation fell 24.7 percent.10

New government stats on falling carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electrical power generation point to a good - news story on energy and climate, one that should grab the attention of policymakers nationally and in the states.

The nearly 11,000 megawatts in U.S. plant - based electrical generation comes primarily from burning forest waste.

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.

Expressed in financial terms, the health costs linked to biomass burning for power generation run into billions of euros each year, with health costs associated with emissions from former coal and co-fired plants amounting to 137,000 euros per year on average for every megawatt of electrical capacity installed.

In the electrical generation arena, the M7A - 03D's greatest competition comes from the Solar Taurus 60, Zorya - Mashproekt UGT 6000, Siemens SGT - 200 (nee Tornado), Rolls Royce 501 KH5, and General Electric PGT5B.

These appear realistic to me, if we exclude any initiatives to shift new electrical power generation from coal to nuclear, which could lower the estimate by 80 ppmv or so.

60 Wind Generation Historically Small wind turbines used for Wind Generation Historically Small wind turbines used for agriculture use — pump water Provide electrical needs for isolated homes Extracts ~ 3 kW of power with wind vanes no larger than 1m long Modern Wind turbines with vanes larger than 50 m can extract megawatts of power from the wind Blades designed to function similar to airplane wings utilizing lift created by the wind flowing over the surface to turn the blades — more efficient Turbines mounted on tall towers or at sea can take advantage of higher winds.

That's from $ 10 on each tonne of CO2 the byproduct of a megawatt hour of electrical generation.

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.

Power produced and sold from landfill gas - fueled electrical generation facilities is one of the most reliable sources of renewable energy.

Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Corey served as a Director of Electrical Engineering at SunEdison (formerly Firstwind) supporting utility and commercial wind and solar renewable generation projects from development through operation.

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.

Aside from the excellent information provided on the breakdown of energy sources used to power the Australian electrical grid, the main figure in contention is highlighted in red — the percentage of coal - fired power used per day versus all other sources of generation.

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

Wondering where the oil comes from for Florida's electrical power generation?

Isolated from electrical systems, the lodge has so far produced the little energy it consumes (for laundry, refrigeration, lighting and low consuming artifacts like fans or guests» computers) with regular diesel generators; but is now adjusting its electrical generation system to work with biodiesel.

T.Bak, J Nowoty, M. Rekas, C.C. Sorrell - Photo - electrical hydrogen generation from water using solar energy.

One of the things that's lacking in this discussion is a picture of where we are now and where we were ten years ago (for the US only, electrical energy generation, in thousands of megawatt - hours): from http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html

He served as one of two lead trial attorneys for the largest group of plaintiffs in the 2007 San Diego Wildfires, which included the City and County of San Diego, and recently was one of the trial lawyers who successfully conducted a jury trial resulting from the 2011 Las Conchas fire in New Mexico, where he represented individuals and the Native American Pueblos of Cochiti and Jemez against an electrical distribution and a transmission / generation cooperative.

Implement Project Controls practices and procedures to three capital projects, from electrical generation redundancy to new manufacturing facilities.

In fact, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, which oversees consumer protection, reported on March 20 that «there has been a rash of overly aggressive and dishonest sales pitches» in several communities from electrical - generation companies.