Sentences with phrase «electricity generated as»

The «well - to - wire» research showed new natural - gas power plants are responsible for less than half as much greenhouse gas per kilowatt hour of electricity generated as existing coal power plants.

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Electricity generated by solar panels and windmills has played a bigger role in the energy mix in recent years as the federal government and states seek to reduce heat - trapping gases through ambitious climate goals.

As Axios reported, he pitched covering the wall in solar panels and using the generated electricity to pay for its construction.

What it is: The vehicle can generate electricity from hydrogen that's stored in its tank, as well as from hydrogen stored outside the vehicle, though Toyota didn't specify how it would go about doing this.

Last year, new photovoltaic panels installed in the U.S. had the capacity to generate up to 4.2 gigawatts of electricity, about as much as four nuclear reactors.

It described a scenario whereby gas begins to replace coal and oil as a transportation and electricity - generating fuel and satisfies a dominant share of new demand.

Coal's slump is largely the result of cheap natural gas, which now rivals coal as a fuel for generating electricity.

It should be the fuel of the future as you can burn it in a car or furnace, use it to generate electricity.

The average US household uses 10,000 to 12 000 kWh in electricity each year, about the same as would be required to generate four Bitcoins worth a little under $ 1,000.

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

We typically focus on initiatives and activities that can have the greatest impact given the specific nature of our operations, such as our wind and solar farms to generate electricity and our frustration - free packaging initiatives, but we also have innumerable large and small initiatives underway at any point in time, as we seek to constantly invent across the company.

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.

(Our rough estimate assumes our hypothetical Solar Roof homes generate exactly as much electricity as they use.)

In the PLR, the IRS expressly states that it will treat the battery as property that «uses solar energy to generate electricity,» provided only solar energy is used to charge it.

Factors impacting natural gas value include seasonal variations (since natural gas is used to generate electricity and heat / cool homes), severe weather disruptions (such as hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, a key natural gas - producing region in the world), and alternative energy developments.

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

As you noted earlier, MidAmerican recently committed another $ 3.6 billion to wind production which should lift the amount of electricity it generates from wind to 85 percent by 2020.

Solar power, which now generates almost 2 percent of the nation's electricity, has become popular among Democrats and Republicans alike, as people consider ways to have more control over their energy use and to reduce pollution as well as create jobs.

Over half of the facility's electricity is generated through solar power, and all winery process water is recycled for use as vineyard and landscape irrigation.

For specific industry applications with high organic loads, enough biogas can be generated to fully cover a production plant's energy needs and still have a biogas surplus to feed it into power generators and sell electricity to the national grid, often generating carbon credits, where these apply, as well as profit.

Watch along as they create a working volcano, generate electricity with a lemon, launch a vinegar - powered rocket and more!

Filoreto sought cover beneath a rock outcropping; and, as he knelt there, blue sparks of static electricity generated by the storm danced in...

This can be direct income to the Government as the Plant may continue to generate electricity at 4.5 c / kWh while the Government can make additional profit of at least 3.5 c / kwh for the next 15 - 20 years.

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».

Applause to Ameri who have still running the plant to generate electricity for the Ghanaians, despite the fact that the last payment made to them as per the terms of the legally binding and fully enforceable agreement, was in the month of January 2017.

With four years to plan for the nuclear plant's closure, some of those reliability issues may be resolved as other electricity generating resources come online.

This flexible and transparent material generates electricity from your skin as you bend or stretch.

California, New York and, as of last week, New Jersey have mandates requiring renewables generate half their electricity by 2030.

Last April natural gas tied coal as the top electricity - producing fuel in the United States (each generated 32 percent of the total).

Most of that coal is being burned to generate electricity, which replaces oil as the primary carrier of the world's energy by 2050 in the report's low - emissions scenario.

Exxon Mobil also touted its status as the United States» No. 1 natural gas producer, noting that gas emits significantly less CO2 than coal when burned to generate electricity.

Makani's tethered carbon fiber wings fly between 800 and 1,950 feet above the ground while their mounted rotors generate electricity, serving as a wind turbine in mid-air.

Comprehending and reducing turbulence will facilitate the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity from power plants around the world.

Biodigesters won't quite generate «1.21 jigawatts» of power (as Doc's Mr. Fusion device seemed to), but they can create fuel for heating, cooking, and electricity while reducing waste and water contamination.

Renewable sources — such as rooftop solar panels, which sometimes generate more power than a household uses — required a decentralized system in which electricity flows in both directions, from many small generators into the grid, and from the grid to consumers.

Wind turbines already generate electricity almost as inexpensively as fossil fuels.

While the Gallions Park development includes several earth - friendly features, such as community greenhouses, a key element of the zero - carbon strategy will be a combined heat and power (CHP) plant to generate electricity and provide hot water.

And if hydrogen is fed into a fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 2005].

Workers then take out beams and concrete flooring, which are carried to ground level by a crane system that generates electricity as the pieces are lowered.

The reason: it requires extra energy to turn the coal to gas and then to capture the CO2 as well — in effect requiring the burning of more coal to generate the same amount of electricity.

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.

Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.

Sunlight can also be converted to thermal energy, or heat, which can then be used to generate electricity as well.

It seems to me the trick to making it an attractive proposition is to view it as a means of generating electricity, rather than as a means of generating money.

A joint US and Italian shuttle mission will reel out a satellite on the end of a long conducting tether which, as it moves through the Earth's magnetic field, will generate electricity.

For thousands of years, people have used the energy of flowing or falling water for their purposes, first to power mechanical engines such as watermills, then to generate electricity by exploiting height differences in the landscape or sea tides.

The plan is to begin with two rivers, generating up to 5 MW of electricity, and to develop all eight waterways as load increases.

Also on display will be EAPs capable of generating electricity by a reverse process, creating a current when physically pumped, as well as robots that can harvest their own power and muscles that provide sensory feedback.

In this way Gemasolar should be able to generate electricity for 6500 hours a year, which the company claims is up to three times as long as other renewable energies.