Sentences with phrase «electricity demands for»

As of 2017, electricity demand for bitcoin mining rose to about 20.5 terawatt - hours a year, according to BNEF.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that this switch would reduce electricity demand for lighting by 62 percent and avoid the need for at least 133 new power plants.

He said that the total electricity demand for the three islands would reach 1.5 megawatts, of which Gili Trawangan accounted for 1.2 MW.

«Growing electricity demand for air conditioning is one of the most critical blind spots in today's energy debate,» said Dr Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the IEA.

Residential and commercial demand continued its growth unabated; electricity demand for transport stayed flat.

In fact, as Mr Joshi showed, south eastern Australia's wind farms were generating about 710MW at the time of the peak electricity demand for the week of the recent January heatwave; much of this was coming from SA's wind farms.

Warmer regions may be exposed to rising electricity demand for cooling in the summer.

This meant approximately 4 % of the projected electricity demand for 2013.

If it becomes commercial, fusion energy could largely satisfy the worldwide electricity demand for the indefinite future, safely.

As marijuana legalization spreads, with five more states deciding the issue on next month's ballot, electricity demand for indoor growing has become more significant; it already comprises more than 2 percent of Denver's electricity use in cannabis - friendly Colorado.

Energy Commission staff has developed forecasts of electricity and end - user natural gas consumption and peak electricity demand for each major utility planning area within California for the 10 - year period, 2010 - 2020.

A market shift, from incandescent lamps to energy - efficient alternatives, would cut the world's electricity demand for lighting by over 2 per cent.

Not exact matches

The late winter and early spring are periods of low demand for electricity, because air conditioners aren't in heavy use, making it easy for solar to get larger market share.

For now, the quagmire of declining electricity demand remains.

Another, broader, problem is that only a part of the electricity needed to power EVs will come from clean sources, and an even bigger one is that 280 million electric cars account for only a fraction of the total rise in electricity demand that the IEA expects through 2040.

Coal prices in general were driven even lower in 2016 due to low natural gas prices and warmer - than - usual winter temperatures that cut down demand for coal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The others were the explosive growth of renewable energy sources, especially solar photo - voltaic energy; China's increasing prioritization of cleaner energy; and the huge long - term rise in global electricity demand, reflecting higher living standards in the emerging world — notably in the shape of demand for air conditioning.

The IEA said demand for cooling will add more to global electricity demand than the spread of electric vehicles.

As we noted in a previous report, a proposal to the New York Public Service Commission has been submitted by Orange and Rockland Utilities for a Tesla Powerpack system that could see a 70 % reduction in the demand charges on customer electricity bills.

Florida's power outages will probably be a bigger story going forward, affecting electricity markets and likely cutting into natural gas demand for quite some time.

Load shifting — The battery can provide economic benefit to its owner and the grid by charging during low rate periods when demand for electricity is lower and discharging during more expensive rate periods when electricity demand is higher.

The increase in foreign demand is being driven by industrialization and attendant demand for coal fired electricity generation in the developing world including India and China.

When demand for electricity is again high, the system is reversed: The weight of the water forces the air back to the surface, where it collects the stored heat and drives an expander, reproducing approximately 70 per cent of the input electricity and releasing the air back into the environment.

With electricity demand from crypto miners set to exceed that from electric vehicles in coming years, the hunt for new markets is narrowing to Canada and a handful of Nordic countries, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Elchin Mammadov said in a report.

The ruling was needed to level the playing field and prevent local electricity prices for existing residential and business customers from skyrocketing due to the soaring local demand for electricity.

Mr Bambridge says this the plant indirectly reduces the brewery's carbon footprint by reducing the brewery's demands on fossil fuels and the electricity needs for wastewater treatment by using energy - friendly anaerobic pre-treatment technology in which GWE is a world leader.

More than US$ 1.18 billion is needed this year to buy fuel required to fire thermal power plants in order for the country to meet its electricity demands, Ghana's energy outlook report has said.

The African average growth rate predicted by the world bank and IMF is 3 per cent and for Ghana they predict 3.3 per cent, I'm more bullish, I believe that Ghana will grow closer to 4 per cent, maybe between 3.8 and 4 per cent, and we predict that in 2017, Ghana's economy is going to grow by about 6 per cent, and, so, this country is doing well, we have resolved the power crisis, we've been able to match demand to supply and so the electricity crisis that hit us is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

The UK's reliance on gas for heat, and the seasonal peaks and troughs in demand, mean gas can not be easily replaced by electricity, however this is current Government strategy.

The units at NRG's Oswego Steam Station, where the company said 82 people work, operate only on the coldest or hottest days of the year, when there is a peak demand for electricity.

The increase in demand for electricity, reduction in the quantity of water at the Akosombo Dam, irregular gas supply from the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company in Nigeria, irregular maintenance programmes and late procurement of crude oil to power generation plants, have conspired to plunge the country in the current power crisis.

«Our new consultation is actually quite exciting — we're trying to help the whole of the UK reduce its demand for electricity,» energy secretary Ed Davey told BBC Breakfast.

Mr Okyere said GRIDCo had forecast peak demand to be at 2,523 MW for 2018 based on factors such as VALCO's operation of two potlines, the power supply to Burkina Faso and network expansion and rural electrification programmes for Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Company.

Growing demand for electricity in Westchester and New York City is having an impact on some Hudson Valley counties.

Ensuring the supply of natural gas to cater for rising national and regional electricity demand is a paramount energy policy objective for Ghana.

They've explored the idea, spurred by growing demand for electricity in Westchester and New York City, for more than 30 months.

The continuing demand for electricity in the summer's unrelenting heat wave is pushing New York's power grid hard.

By Sean Ryan Wisconsin Public Service Corp. is considering furloughs and layoffs to offset declining revenue yet still supports green construction that will cut into demand for the utility's electricity.

Electricity demand has flattened out, «meaning utilities are scrambling to find new sources of return for their shareholders» investments,» Sullivan wrote.

But on the one hand, demand for electricity varies widely and on the other, the supply of energy from renewables is intermittent.

More than 33 gigawatts of coal - fired electricity generation will be retired over the next couple decades, EIA said, pushing up demand for natural gas.

In fact, EPA has predicted that efficiency improvements undertaken to meet state - level goals will ultimately lower monthly electricity bills for consumers, by lowering overall demand.

The goal is to turn scientific advances into deployable technology, like better batteries for the electric cars that could further reduce U.S. demand for oil and cheaper photovoltaics to produce the electricity that would go into those batteries.

Rolling back environmental regulations will not lead to a significant resurgence of the coal industry because those regulations played only a minor role relative to slowing demand for electricity and a surge in cheaper, cleaner sources of energy.

Smaller, scheduled blackouts are a common way for the country to cope with its explosive growth in demand for electricity.

Today's and yesterday's outages underscore longer - term questions about how India can continue to supply its citizens» and businesses» growing demand for electricity.

In addition, this year, delayed monsoon rains increased farmers» demand for irrigation - related electricity while reducing the water available for hydroelectricity, which accounts for 20 percent of India's grid, according to Businessweek and Reuters.

The spread of urban centers increases the demand for electricity, more than 75 percent of which in China is generated from coal - fired power plants.

Even so, in the UK the stark facts suggest that within a decade demand for electricity is likely to outstrip the nation's ability to supply it, says Luq Niazi of IBM Global Business Services.

That Senate bill sets a goal to reduce emissions by 83 percent from 2005 levels by 2050 and requires electricity suppliers to use renewables and electricity - saving measures for 20 percent of their demand by 2020.