Sentences with phrase «electricity mix»

The central challenge for nuclear energy, if it is to become a greater portion of the global electricity mix, is to become much cheaper.

All contribute to the sustainable electricity mix that supplies society, industry and consumers.

, but it will still only put solar at around 3 percent of the US electricity mix in 2020.

A study by researchers at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies suggests that the near - term marginal electricity mix... Read more →

· Renewable power sources have lower pollution - related human health and ecological impacts per unit of power produced than coal - fired power plants or the current electricity mix, but require more metals and other minerals.

If the nuclear plant is completed, that number would decline by 3.8 million down to 2 million cars, leaving South Carolina with one of the cleanest electricity mixes in the world.

While a total of 20 states have coal units that are no longer economic, the five states that are facing the greatest amount of uneconomic coal generation relative to their overall electricity mix are, in order, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, each with at least one - fifth of their in - state electricity generation coming from units that our analysis shows to be struggling economically.

«Had all of these spilled electrons been used, and assuming that would be able to avoid generation from the average electricity mix, about 29.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide would have been avoided — roughly the same amount of carbon dioxide as Connecticut produces.»

As the share of enewables in Germany's electricity mix approaches 30 %, the country's power grid appears to be going strong.

In a statement, Brazil's government said «with the Belo Monte Dam, Brazil takes an important step to maintain its hydro - based electricity mix, one of the most clean and renewable in the world.»

«Despite that many believe our power is generated using fossil fuels from Alberta, most of Canada's electricity mix comes from hydropower and nuclear facilities,» Kennedy says.

Looking forward, energy forecasts identify a cleaner electricity mix across the U.S. grid, further increasing the environmental benefits of electric technologies in future years.

(Related Interactive: «World Electricity Mix»)

Over the entire forecast period, we estimate that carbon prices will on average be $ 1.4 / t lower compared to our base case which has 50 percent RES in the German electricity mix.

Figures 1 and 2 show the estimated electricity mix in Germany under a 50 percent and a 65 percent renewables target.

A life - cycle analysis overseen by Dr. Rajagopal found that battery - electric vehicles (BEV) powered by California's electricity mix produce significantly fewer emissions compared to conventional vehicles (CV):

It's clean, viable, increasingly affordable, and thanks to the rising popularity of utility - scale, community projects and rooftop installations, it's also a continuously growing part of America's modernizing electricity mix.

A Massachusetts energy plan that diversifies the existing electricity mix — by providing a balanced role for natural gas while increasing the role for offshore and onshore wind, large scale hydropower, and solar — would help insulate the state from natural gas price spikes, cut global warming emissions, and provide economic and health benefits to residents.

Massachusett's electricity mix contains about 82 % fossil fuels, while San Francisco only uses about 49 %.

The Indian government's Eleventh Five - Year Plan includes a renewable energy target of 10 percent of total power generation capacity, with 4 percent to 5 percent of the final electricity mix to be achieved by 2012.

This is more than just a talking point, but it calls for some refinement if we're to see an accurate picture of the changing US electricity mix.

U.S. Electricity Mix 2010 - 2050 Business - as - Usual Scenario (left) vs. Renewables - and - Efficiency Scenario (right) View full - size chart with caption

(See related interactive map: The Global Electricity Mix)

A study by researchers at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies suggests that the near - term marginal electricity mix... Read more →

This electricity production was then substituted into Germany's current electricity mix, assuming a displacement of lignite, hard coal, and natural gas generation, in proportion to those sources» 2016 share of total production.

And yet, solar power amounts to a tiny fraction of the South's overall electricity mix.

With a competitive electricity market similar to Alberta's, Texas has found ways to diversify its electricity mix and encourage clean energy investment.

Before real change could come, researchers would need to develop new technologies to improve renewable energy's integration into the electricity mix.

If solar energy were to make up 10 per cent of the country's electricity mix, this difference would add an extra 0.23 per cent to overall grid emissions in the US — a small but significant amount.

Germany's electricity mix is rapidly changing, with renewables on the way in and nuclear (potentially) heading out.

«Securing the increase in the share of renewable energy by maintaining a major share of nuclear energy in the electricity mix corresponds perfectly with AREVA's ambitions.»

In the six major economies assessed individually, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity production falls by about 40 % between 2010 and 2030 and renewable electricity becomes the dominant source of electricity production at about 36 % of the electricity mix.

While the electricity mix of the U.S. grid varies by region, the average mix in 2016 provides an energy source for the LEAF that is environmentally beneficial.

With that happening, wind power fell back to 17 % of the electricity mix — still a none - too - shabby amount, based on the national average.

Almost all of Switzerland's electricity comes from hydroelectric dams and the country's five nuclear reactors, which on their own account for 40 percent of its electricity mix.

The government could put more focus on the positive role that gas can play in decarbonising the electricity mix, especially if Poland's potential resources of unconventional gas are confirmed.

As world leaders gather in Lima, Peru for the next round of the UN climate negotiations, India announced that it intends to more than double its use of renewable energy as a share of its electricity mix by 2020.

In the first quarter of 2014, Germany's electricity mix had a 27 percentrenewable share.

Kaplan of the Conservation Law Foundation said that large hydro projects should be excluded because they're already a staple of eastern Canada's electricity mix.

Its electricity mix is heavily tilted toward clean sources already.

The coalition accord between Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz includes an increase in the renewables target in the electricity mix from 50 % to 65 % by 2030.

The modeling demonstrates that California can integrate 50 percent renewable energy into our electricity mix by 2024, faster than envisioned by current state proposals.

We have looked at the electricity mix in 2030 under a 50 and a 65 percent renewables scenario, under the following common assumptions: