Sentences with phrase «electricity generation»

The agency predicts that this share will increase to 28 percent by the year 2021, making renewables the fastest - growing source of electricity generation in the world.

This is to correct for the slowing down of the earth's rotation due to the extraordinary use of tidal power for electricity generation in the early twenty first century.

In 2013, CO2 emissions from electricity generation accounted for 38 % of the total energy - related CO2 emitted.

It's plentiful, it's below your own ground and you can build coal - fired electricity generation in a hurry.

Even though renewable power output will expand rapidly, its share of total electricity generation around the world will reach just 26 per cent in 2020.

This would still require a major investment in new electricity generation from renewable resources, particularly wind power because it is a well - established and relatively cheap technology.

For example, a build rate of 61 new reactors per year could entirely replace current fossil fuel electricity generation by 2050.

«Load balancing» power is rapid - start electricity generation capacity used to offset renewable energy's fluctuations.

While the carbon savings may not be tremendous, the model did not account for electricity generation technologies with carbon capture and storage.

Now, renewable energy's role in fueling electricity generation also is contributing to lower CO2 emissions.

Although coal still accounts for a majority of the state's electricity generation mix, the share is down from almost 86 percent in 2006.

You will pay for all projected solar electricity generation over a set duration (e.g. 20 years), locked in at a set rate per kWh.

That an energy technology suitable for small - scale electricity generation in space probes can easily be scaled up to power the national grid?

The graph at right shows comparative electricity generation costs at present.

The government also vowed to provide 20 percent of electricity generation through «indigenous renewable» sources by that date, as well.

Coal, nuclear, and many natural gas plants depend on having sufficient water for cooling, which means that severe droughts and heat waves can put electricity generation at risk.

Solar power provided less than 0.1 % of the state's net electricity generation.

We have lived with nuclear powered electricity generation since the 1950s.

Natural gas now makes up over 60 percent of in - state electricity generation, more than double its contribution in 2001.

More specifically, the 73 - page bill will remove the requirements of consumers to pay for the extra costs included in providing clean electricity generation.

This is equivalent to the annual electricity generation by three large gas power plants.

It's one of the nation's leading producers of corn and ethanol but has yet to begin any utility - scale biomass electricity generation.

Wind farms are designed to last 25 years or longer and modern turbines require relatively little maintenance compared to other forms of electricity generation such as nuclear power.

A relatively low - cost solution would be to simply require railroad companies to cover train cars carrying coal and electricity generation companies to cover coal piles.

CO2 emissions from electricity generation fell by 4.9 percent last year.

That would put pressure on gas and coal prices, which would in turn make electricity generation more expensive.

It'd be great to think that renewable energy sources and distributed electricity generation could solve such problems, and they're great where they work.

Bringing electricity to everyone by 2030 would require electricity generation in 2030 to be only 3 % higher than generation in our Reference Scenario.

Chances are much higher for countries to agree to cooperate on a menu of climate - friendly initiatives, say, within particular sectors like electricity generation or manufacturing aluminum.

The share of renewables in electricity generation rose from 3 % in 1991 to around 25 % in 2004, with estimates for 2005 showing a slight increase over the previous year.

Up to date costs of solar, wind and other electricity generation methods are on another page on this site.

For countries still considering future electricity generation needs, rapidly deployed renewables increasingly offer the best option in terms of cost.

The system allows us to operate carbon - free electricity generation.

The nation's electricity generation fleet is already very clean and getting cleaner — as shown by the nearly 70 - percent reduction in criteria pollutants since 1970.

From these variables, they calculate the total lifetime electricity generation of one square meter of solar cells.

In the power sector, 70 % of additional electricity generation to 2030 would be low - carbon.

Models compare a Reference Scenario that assumes current adoption remains at a constant percent of current electricity generation, with high adoption scenarios assuming a reasonably vigorous global adoption path.