Sentences with phrase «electricity prices at»

In addition to wind curtailments, the regional supply and demand imbalances caused real - time wholesale electricity prices at the West Hub in ERCOT to drop, and even go negative, during periods of substantial wind generation.

There is much debate as to the extent that the carbon tax itself caused prices to rise, as opposed to other factors like capital upgrades, with one estimate putting the tax's increase on electricity prices at a modest 9 %.

I find that natural gas price declines are the dominant driver of reduced electricity prices at the 19 nuclear power stations over this period.

«Renewable Energy Target (RET) costs are forecast to comprise around 11 % of the total increase in residential electricity prices at a national level.

Together these cost components comprise around 5 % of residential electricity prices at a national level and are not expected to have a significant impact on the total residential electricity price over the reporting period in most jurisdictions.»

Recent studies conclude that while some tech - savvy consumers will line up for smart grid applications for the home, most residential customers are not eager to manage their daily energy use, particularly with electricity prices at relatively low levels.

The price collapse of solar panels has led to tumbling electricity prices at photovoltaic plants worldwide.

The electricity price at EEX is the lowest in EU thanks to the Merit Order.

Not exact matches

SunPower has argued that its premium - priced panels, which are among the most efficient in the industry at transforming sunlight into electricity, should receive an exemption from the tariffs because their unique technology can not be compared with that of more conventional models, including those made by the companies that sought the tariffs, Suniva and SolarWorld.

That includes electricity, heating, water and garbage, at a price that's 23 % lower than the national average.

Gas prices are rising at a rate of 1 to 2 percent per year, plus inflation; meanwhile, the cost of electricity generation is going down.

Inspired by Germany's example, Ontario introduced what's called a «feed - in tariff,» which guaranteed prices at which it would purchase electricity from designated renewable sources.

At an energy summit meeting Monday, the EU yet again watered down an initiative to end the regulation of electricity prices and gave grid operators powers to stop new entrants encroaching on their businesses.

But the math only works in places with so - called «net metering» laws, which require utilities to buy the electricity rooftop panels generate at prices far above what they pay for centralized power.

Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

If you just charge people a lower price when there's a lot of wind and sun (when the supply of electricity is abundant and cheap) and a higher price at times when there's not, they'll reduce consumption when electricity is scarce.

Electricity is cheap, and so long as consumers have the option of charging at home there is a limit to how much stations can mark up the price of providing eElectricity is cheap, and so long as consumers have the option of charging at home there is a limit to how much stations can mark up the price of providing electricityelectricity.

Instead, the net metering rate will be set at wholesale prices — even though the utility doesn't have to pay for any of the solar panels» hardware or maintenance, and transmission costs are negligible, since the electricity is being generated close to where it is used.

The company works with local entrepreneurs to sell its lamps to households where electricity is scarce or unavailable, at prices that are affordable to families currently using costly and toxic kerosene for their lighting.

«Many of my friends here rent furnished apartments or vacation homes at prices as low as $ 300 a month for a one - bedroom furnished apartment with water, electricity, and Wi - Fi is included,» says Bonnie.

At one point, the wholesale cost of electricity went into the negative at mid-day — the point on the 24 - hour clock where prices are supposed to be higheAt one point, the wholesale cost of electricity went into the negative at mid-day — the point on the 24 - hour clock where prices are supposed to be higheat mid-day — the point on the 24 - hour clock where prices are supposed to be higher.

Calpine's deal comes at a time when the U.S. wholesale power generation industry is struggling with margin pressure as cheap natural gas from shale fields in recent years has been driving down electricity prices.

We have contracted nearly 50 % of our natural gas and electricity usage through the fall and the deregulated markets in which we operate at prices favorable to calendar 2011.

«New generation equipment, such as Bitmain's model S9, has the ability to quickly add hashrate which, absent changing other factors, would increase difficulty to the point where older generation miners are no longer profitable at most electricity price points.»

Also, the French believe that Frau Merkel played politics and an anti-French card by moving to halt electricity production at seven NUCLEAR POWER plants, thus making the French look bad as well as having the impact of driving up electricity prices.

At one point this year, global prices for metallurgical coal (used to make steel) tripled, while prices for thermal coal (used to generate electricity) doubled.

We also looked at 2015 commercial prices of electricity from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the 2014 costs of purchasing and renting industrial, office, and retail space per square foot from CoStar Group Inc..

Changing how the rate is calculated to reflect the cost of electricity at the time of consumption results in an overall lower price and significant savings for Albertans.

In New York state, the average price of electricity is above the national average of 12 cents per kilowatt hour, coming in at 17.5 cents per kilowatt hour.

The revelation that Quebec was chosen over other provinces to play host to Amazon's data cluster comes at a time when Kathleen Wynne's Ontario Liberal government is reeling from an energy policy that has sent electricity prices skyrocketing in recent years.

Even Ed Miliband, the author of the proposal (to freeze gas and electricity prices for seventeen months if Labour wins next year's general election), was surprised at the impact of his announcement.

Hawkins says studies from his supporters say a solar plant at the base would produce electricity far below current prices, helping business and industry in the state that have been hurt by high power prices.

The cancellation of the 100.5 - megawatt Noble Allegany wind park was blamed on low wholesale electricity prices, which have made it more difficult to justify the project's costs at a time when the economy is weak and financing remains tight.

A cynic might say that the German industrial establishment has taken a look at the way the «wind is blowing» and told the government enough is enough (after all coal - produced electricity is about 30 % of the price of wind and solar).

Still, this accounts for at most a fraction of the increase in electricity prices, which are among the lowest in Europe despite a 20 per cent surge since 2007.

But it's key to get low - carbon electricity «at a price British consumers are prepared to wear».

Energy experts have questioned government's decision to cap electricity price, in terms of power purchases negotiation, at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, stressing that it will not attract investors into the power sector.

This is the most valuable part of the curve, as electricity prices are highest at the period of highest demand.»

The shape even fed into the name — Solyndra — as well as promising half the installation cost in one third of the time, enabling «grid parity» (that is, a price competitive with electricity from fossil fuel — fired power plants) at some imminent date for the first time in the history of solar power.

Given the right financial incentives, though, many households may accept smart grid strategies that let utilities reduce power consumption in homes at peak periods of demand, when wholesale electricity prices are highest, some analysts conclude.

Adding carbon capture technology to that plant sucks up 40 percent of the power it can produce and adds at least 2.7 cents to the retail price of that electricity.

At that price, coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewable electricity sources like wind become roughly cost - competitive, Moniz says.

«Ideally, we could produce electricity with solar at the same price you can produce electricity with coal.»

Most people in England and Wales buy their power from regional electricity companies (RECs) which, in turn, buy it from fossil - fuel and nuclear generators at market price.

Part of the reason the numbers work so well is that the Danish government requires utilities to buy wind - generated electricity at a price that is normally above market rates.

Arias says Torresol can either run the plant until the battery is exhausted, or it can modulate the power of the turbine during darkness so it is at its maximum between 11 and 11.30 pm, when electricity demand — and price — peaks, «so we are able to reach the next day without stopping the turbine».

Solar panels could produce electricity at the same price as coal - and natural gas - burning power plants by the end of this decade if countries direct resources at this rapidly advancing corner of the energy industry, according to the Paris - based International Energy Agency.

The optimal design configuration at this site produced electricity at a cost 10 percent lower than the average national electricity unit price.

Already companies such as Nanosolar claims that they can match prices with fossil fuel generated electricity, at least in manufacturing.

Wind generators can offer their electricity for bid into the Texas wholesale market at a zero price because they pay no fuel costs.