Sentences with phrase «electricity generated from»

IKEA says that the average home uses about 40 per cent of the electricity generated from solar panels, with the remaining 60 per cent being sent back to the grid.

Cheap electricity generated from humongous store of renewable energy is helping the Chinese miners in establishing a digital mining enterprise.

The availability of electricity generated from clean energy sources provides businesses with powerful tools to control a significant component of their cost structure, thereby helping them be more competitive on a global scale.»

The FIT program is a major component of the province's plan to develop green energy and jobs in Ontario by establishing a government procurement process for electricity generated from renewable sources with standard program rules, standard contracts, and standard pricing.

Iceland, with 27 percent of its electricity needs met by harnessing the earth's heat, is number one in the world in the share of its electricity generated from geothermal energy.

Apple has created a new subsidiary called Apple Energy LLC, with plans to use renewable energy to help power its operations as well as sell the excess electricity generated from its solar farms to wholesale markets in the U.S.

In fact, coal is so economically disastrous that the mainstream journal American Economics Review found that the electricity generated from coal actually does more damage to the economy than the electricity is worth.

Policies supporting investment in renewable energy generation, including measures that support the access for electricity generated from renewable energy sources to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Cars have a role to play, especially if we can clean them up a lot by powering them with electricity generated from clean sources.

As explained on the Japan for Sustainability website, the FiT law requires Japanese electric utilities to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources at set prices that cover costs plus a margin over a set period of time.

Over the past five years, U.S. wind energy capacity grew from 25,000 megawatts (MW) to over 61,000 MW, a 140 percent growth rate, yet electricity generated from these wind turbines grew at a rate of 200 percent, exceeding capacity growth and making wind energy cheaper than ever.

States with RPS policies have seen an increase in the amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable resources.

These are same implications for having most electricity generated from say 25 nuclear power stations located within 100 km of the 7 major urban centers.

The heat generated is more than enough to gently set the dyes, avoiding the use of electricity generated from non-renewable, dirty sources.

The lucky winners of Wingård's Thermos house will also receive Volvo's C30 DRIVe Electric car for their transportation needs, and the plan is that some electricity generated from the banks of solar panels will be used to charge the car, which requires eight hours for a full charge that lasts for 150 kilometers.

And you should be paying more for a number of other goods and services as well, like electricity generated from coal - fired power plants.

At the moment, «Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that will get some of its power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of homes.»

But wait, electricity from nuclear or wind is 2 - 3 times more useful than coal on a BTU basis, x2 more useful than natural gas, so it makes more sense to compare proportion of electricity generated from renewables and nuclear (ie low carbon energy) with whats generated by coal and NG.

CPG offers an interesting bonus as well: electricity generated from the sun or the wind often gets wasted as demand does not meet the supply.

In share of electricity generated from wind, Iowa and South Dakota lead at 20 percent each.

Over the past five years, U.S. wind energy capacity grew from 25,000 megawatts (MW) to over 61,000 MW, a 140 percent growth rate, yet electricity generated from these wind

Speaking at CSP Seville, he cited Brazil as one of the pioneers of renewables tenders, saying wind power reached price parity with electricity generated from fossil fuels by the time of the country's second tender auction in 2009.

Or, better yet, consume electricity generated from renewable sources.

The figure below shows a 25 - month history of electricity generated from coal and natural gas.

A key benefit of renewable energy is that electricity generated from new renewable resources displaces electricity generated from other types of power plants.

Notably, these include stable prices for electricity generated from renewable energy sources because once a facility is constructed, the «fuel» — wind and solar energy — is free.

RECs incentivize the production of renewable energy by providing a source of revenue to electricity generated from renewable sources.

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)-- A Renewable Energy Certificate, or REC, is a tradable, legal mechanism that represents the environmental benefits associated with one megawatt - hour of electricity generated from a renewable energy resource.

With a view to promoting renewable energy in Japan, electric utilities have voluntarily purchased electricity generated from renewable energy, while the national government has adopted the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Law, under which local governments have granted subsidies.

The report says the price paid for electricity generated from coal does not reflect the damage it causes to the climate, air quality and human health.

The amount of electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar power increased nearly four-fold in the United States from 2007 to 2012.

Not long ago, Bellingham was raking in recognition for becoming one of the only communities in the United States to wean itself entirely from electricity generated from fossil fuels.

(Feed - in tariffs are renewable energy payments that electric grid utilities obligate themselves to pay to purchase electricity generated from renewable sources.)

But Iceland has long harnessed that power to supply its own energy needs, with nearly a third of its electricity generated from geothermal power plants.

This means that, on average, more jobs are created for each unit of electricity generated from renewable sources than from fossil fuels.

Many recent transmission investments, as well as proposed transmission projects, focus on delivering electricity generated from wind power to load centers where there is strong electricity demand.

* «Renewable Portfolio Standards» and other cross-subsidies for renewable energy that result in loading part of the cost of renewable energy on electricity generated from other energy sources.

When the wind isn't blowing and the rivers are low, they will buy power from traditional sources that include electricity generated from fossil fuels.

Ontario's new feed - in tariff, a policy tool used for years in Europe under which utilities pay a premium to purchase electricity generated from renewables, should encourage more projects to enter Canada's wind development pipeline, which already has some 4,600 megawatts due for completion by 2015.

Such a reform would incorporate the «priority connection» rule, in which the priority is given to power producers using renewable energy to connect to power transmission grids, and the «priority dispatching» rule, in which electricity generated using renewable energy is supplied first, before electricity generated from other sources of energy.

The key now is to shift more road freight to electrified rail, increase the use of light rail and metro subways within cities, and accelerate the replacement of conventional cars with plug - in hybrids and all - electric vehicles — and to run them all largely on electricity generated from renewable sources.

China plans to ask companies to replace electricity generated from their own coal - fired plants with renewable energy, the National Development and Reform Commission said last month.

Everyone acknowledges that electricity generated from wind and solar can not be produced and delivered at prices that compete with coal or gas.

We can also play a significant part in decarbonising our heat and transport sectors — EVs make a lot more sense when you power them with electricity generated from clean sources.

«This new approach can facilitate ammonia production using renewable energy, such as electricity generated from solar or wind,» said physics Assistant Professor Xiaofeng Feng.

Nearly $ 1 trillion (# 700bn) is being invested in new coal - fired power plants worldwide despite the fact that the demand for electricity generated from coal has declined for two years in a row, shows a new report released today.

Production tax credits (PTC) are policy drivers to promote the development of electricity generated from renewable sources.

It is worth noting that while the «installed capacity» of solar installed in 2011 was greater than the installed capacity of wind in the same year, the amount of electricity generated from the wind turbines will be greater than that generated from the solar because the capacity factor of wind is about twice that of solar PV.

Next to that, renewable electricity also simply brings several benefits compared to electricity generated from fossil fuel, for example greater cost stability.»

The electricity generated from the share can not significantly exceed their electric consumption.