Sentences with phrase «electricity consumption caused»

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When we discovered our overnight outside lamps were causing a spike in electricity use, for example, we brain - stormed strategies to reduce this source of power consumption.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

This is because the damages caused over the life cycle of a vehicle are caused not only by gasoline consumption, which is reduced with plug - in vehicles, but also by emissions from battery and electricity production, which are increased with plug - in vehicles.

The apparent «lid» on intermittent electricity at 10 % to 15 % of total electricity consumption is caused by limits on operating reserves.

We've already seen, for example, how reducing electricity consumption can sometimes cause fixed - cost burdens to become worse on the remaining consumers.

The immediate assumption has been that efforts to save on using electricity, such as with the internet of things, has caused nearly zero growth in consumption over

So too has the electricity consumption of Bitcoin miners has risen as well, which is causing some concern among experts.