Sentences with phrase «electricity costs as»

Interestingly enough, equipment costs are noted by Fundstrat as the leading expense for miners, not electricity costs as many would presume.

With longer term contracts, we ensure higher predictability of future electricity costs as well.

A residential SunPower system can help customers save on annual household electricity costs as well as power their electric vehicle, reducing overall cost of ownership.

«And it was only a few weeks ago when I pointed out that your single - minded reliance on comparing capital costs misses the fact that nukes need fuel and solar and wind don't, and that goes into electricity costs as well.»

Electric car operating costs are translated into an mpg equivalent, or MPGe, using individual states» electricity costs as calculated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

In recent years, historically low natural gas prices have driven down wholesale electricity costs as plant owners switched to that fuel, making nuclear power less competitive financially.

The county estimates it will save $ 100,000 per year in electricity costs as a result of its purchase agreement.

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And while our study found that the work will cost around $ 42 billion, it will save as much as $ 2 billion a year in electricity bills the military now pays to civilian suppliers.

Just so long as it covers the cost of the electricity it uses, as well as the extra parts I bought for the experiment.

That is a shame because the benefits of those rules exceed their costs by a substantial margin — not just nationally but within each individual electricity market region — as demonstrated in my latest paper with UT Austin Law Professor David Adelman.

Elite Fixtures has compiled a list of mining costs throughout the world, using averaged data from three mining rigs and average electricity rates in 115 countries as of January 2018.

As Stephen Gandel and Katie Fehrenbacher report this week in Fortune, the average cost of wind energy dropped by about a third between 2008 and 2013; in some parts of the country, it's the cheapest electricity source available.

The Ontario government pledged on Monday to lower electricity costs for residents of the Canadian province as it sought to provide balm for an issue that has become an irritant with voters.

Musk went on to cite the ownership cost of the Model S, should it enter production, as «similar to a gasoline car with a sticker price of about $ 35,000» once the lower cost of electricity versus the likely future price of gasoline was taken into account.

Thanks to falling technology costs — which dropped 58 per cent between 2010 and 2015 — solar is emerging as the leading source of new electricity in countries around the world.

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The consumer ratings agency compared the cost of a Tesla solar roof in New York, Texas and California and deemed that — depending on factors such as electricity cost and sun exposure — the numbers generated by Tesla's Solar Roof calculator check out.

Aluminum smelters are electricity guzzlers, with power accounting for as much as half the cost of producing refined metal.

The threat, often referred to as the «utility death spiral,» goes like this: as customers choose to install solar panels or adopt energy efficiency measures, a utility will sell fewer units of energy and has to increase what it charges for electricity to ensure that it can still cover its fixed costs, such as grid maintenance and labor.

Companies invest in these resources as the cost to build solar electricity generating systems continues to decline.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

The attraction of Saskatchewan as a location for the refinery is primarily related to the availability of lower cost electricity and the support of the Government of Saskatchewan, which passed attractive tax legislation to encourage processing of raw materials that have been sourced from outside the province.

Given the high cost of producing one Bitcoin in the UK, which apparently is about 8,400 dollars, the majority of the funds raised will cover the cost of electricity, as the company plans to 1280 Bitcoins.

These additional costs come as gas is already under pressure due to flat - to - declining electricity demand and increasing renewable energy adoption in states like California and Texas.

Considering everything involved, people no longer see bitcoin mining as a profitable venture, unless you intend to do it on a large scale, are based on a country where electricity cost is low, or have a huge budget to purchase and set up the hardware.

As is, solar power is immediately cost effective when included in a home mortgage in all residential markets where electricity is over 12 cents per kwh, without local incentives or Cap - and - Trade.

But this transition should not be burdensome; by establishing production metrics for monitoring waste, as well as electricity consumption, gas consumption, waste water intensity and overall carbon emissions, your sites can identify ongoing efficiencies and potential cost savings for your company to support your bottom line.

The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.

As a chemical and sludge free system that consumes up to 95 % less electricity than traditional wastewater technologies, the BIDA ® System enables clients to not only significantly reduce wastewater management costs and environmental footprint, but also showcase their commitment to sustainability.

These will include heating and electricity, phone and internet fees, rent and business rates which are calculated per square foot and so this factors in the space needed to hold stock, as well as staff costs.

There may be some nice side benefits as well; once your kid knows how much electricity costs, he may be more cooperative about turning out the light when he leaves a room.

It turns off automatically once the heating cycle is complete, thus making it safer and even economical, as it saves electricity costs due to overheating and overuse.

«It's terrifying to think that each month, one million families turn to high - cost, short - term credit, like payday loans each month and 400,000 are using them for essentials, such as putting food on the table or preventing the gas and electricity from being cut off,» Reed added.

A switch to electricity from gas would also require homeowners to replace boilers, pipes and radiators with compatible systems, costing as much as # 12,000 per household — a move that would be both unaffordable and disruptive for tens of millions of people.

In 2017, for instance, according to the US Energy Information Administration, the levelised cost of electricity, which is a key comparator of generating effectiveness, is likely to average $ 96 / MWh for new wind plant as opposed to $ 97.4 / MWh for conventional coal.

These include the «renewables obligation», which is effectively a quota mechanism imposing costs on generators who fail to generate a set proportion of their electricity from renewables and more recently, courtesy of the energy bill, a most peculiar mechanism, otherwise known as «contracts for difference».

Also, Fitch forecasts that, «a high inflation could have a fiscal impact if it keeps domestic funding costs elevated (yields can be as high as 20 % on short - term instruments), although we think the Bank of Ghana may have scope to ease monetary policy in 2017, as the impact of electricity tariff adjustments drops out of CPI calculations, lowering headline inflation.»

Phantom VRA Plant Dr. Charles Yves Wereko Brobby, as Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority, got the VRA to lease a national electricity back - up power plant called the «Strategic Reserve Plant» at Tema, at a cost of US$ 6 million.

If Indian Point in Westchester County is closed down, as Schreibman advocates, the cost of electricity will increase for everyone, Gibson said.

Twenty rooftops along East Fourth and East Third streets were busy being covered in a reflective white coating as a way to cut cooling costs and conserve electricity.

The shape even fed into the name — Solyndra — as well as promising half the installation cost in one third of the time, enabling «grid parity» (that is, a price competitive with electricity from fossil fuel — fired power plants) at some imminent date for the first time in the history of solar power.

Several start - up companies aim to help people cut costs, flex their muscles as consumers to promote green energy, and usher in a more efficient energy grid — all by unleashing smart software on everyday electricity usage.

Utilities can substantially reduce their disruption costs, as well as social costs, by continuing to supply at least a small amount of electricity to serve HP demands during outages.

But such reactors still require the same electricity - generating, safety, and waste disposal systems as the hulking light - water reactors presently being built as well as identical rigorous licensing requirements, at least in the U.S. — and that may cost them.

Even the electric utility industry recognizes that where residential electricity costs reach 15 cents per kilowatt - hour — or roughly 16 percent of the U.S. retail electricity market — solar is already as cheap as grid electricity.

«In addition, fossil fuel plants benefit from better storage technology as they are able to supply electricity without incurring high ramping costs.»

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

«This should reduce overall costs for the energy industry because, rather than creating large, expensive solar cells, you can use much smaller cells that produce just as much electricity by absorbing intensified solar energy from concentrating lenses.

TerraPower has not issued an estimate of the cost of its reactor, but says its goal is to produce electricity at the same cost as the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, or lower.

The biggest challenge in selling a house that generates as much electricity as it pulls from the grid is that the cost savings require a buyer to live there a long time.