Sentences with phrase «electricity producer in»

Florida, for instance, the third - largest electricity producer in the United States, now generates 62 percent of its electricity from natural gas — up from 44 percent just a few years ago.

The New York Power Authority cites Niagara as the biggest electricity producer in the state, generating 2.4 million kilowatts a year.

Dam removal is cheaper than building fish ladders, yet Pacificorp, one of the lowest - cost electricity producers in the United States, would prefer to transport migrating salmon by semi-truck around the dams.

Not exact matches

Thus, the solar electricity producer with storage might have a total cost of 5.5 cents per kWh, assuming no further improvements in the photovoltaic cells.

Firms mining bitcoin have also taken to moving to remote locations, not registering a company and engaging in the mildly illegal activity of purchasing electricity directly from power producers rather than grid operators.

A stormy weekend led to free electricity in Germany as wind generation reached a record, forcing power producers to pay customers the most since Christmas 2012 to use electricity.

Dominion is one of the largest producers and transporters of electricity and natural gas in the United States utility sector.

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

While the government's claims have yet to be proven, it is clear that the opt - out clause included in the PPA structure was designed to protect electricity producers, passing all risk on to the taxpayer.

I knew that, in turn, I would not be experiencing this bliss if it had not been for the wonders of electricity; obeisance then to its discoverers, yes, and to the electricians, the technicians, the music publishers, the record publishers, the record producers, the instrument makers and cabinet makers, the storekeepers, the delivery men, yes to all those myriad men and women whose seemingly un-coordinated efforts, which in themselves were the product of millennia of past strivings, had unwittingly, conspired to bring me, yes me, paradoxically as it must seem, a few fleeting moments of timeless bliss.

Businesses need enhancements to tax laws, access to property and finance, improvements in regulatory and business environment, improvements in petrol and electricity availability, and in the context of current policy, a flexible exchange rate policy that allows producers secure foreign currency to procure imported inputs!

«The Director of Operations at Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tetteh Ankamah Okyne, says the power cut the nation is currently experiencing is due to the activities of vultures and other birds... The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers, including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others, to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

Most of New Jersey's electricity comes from in - state producers or states not in RGGI, so there is little issue about consumers continuing to pay for the program through out - of - state utility surcharges if New Jersey departs, the official said.

In 2016, the nation's 25 reactors generated nearly one - third of its electricity and made it the world's fifth largest producer of nuclear energy, according to the World Nuclear Association.

The shortfall may grow critical as electricity producers close down old oil and coal plants in favor of cleaner natural gas.

India, Indonesia also see rising production GBI projects that India, currently the world's third - largest coal producer, will also see a surge in production — on the order of 6.8 percent annually — because of the country's heavy reliance on coal - fired electricity along with expanding steel, cement and fertilizer manufacturing sectors.

Yet despite the relatively small tax credits given to producers, wind electricity is now often competitive with that supplied from fossil fuels in the United States, Lovins says.

In the last week, half the country's 10 general electricity utilities have announced that they would suspend reviews of proposals for new generation from renewable energy producers or take measures to ensure that the addition of that energy does not compromise their transmission and distribution networks.

Jiang Kejun, a researcher from the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that power producers in China face difficulties in passing along their emissions costs to fossil fuel consumers, due to the country's fixed electricity prices.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The Russell 1000 Utilities Managed Portfolio invests in stocks of companies that distribute electricity, water, or gas, or that operate as independent power producers.

Dominion is one of the largest producers and transporters of electricity and natural gas in the United States utility sector.

Southern Company has been in business for more than a century and is a major producer of electricity in the United States.

Further east, the Columbia River Basin presents many chances to experience Washington, such as the Grand Coulee Dam, which is the largest concrete dam in North America and the third largest producer of electricity worldwide.

Along with increases in generation from wind power and geothermal energy, solar power helped make California the top state producer of nonhydroelectric renewable electricity in 2014, narrowly topping Texas.

While not a panacea, the rescinding of the Clean Power Plan is a positive step toward freeing energy producers to supply the indispensable value of electricity to American families and businesses in the most efficient manner possible.

Lignite - fired plants remain the most important power producers in Germany, increasing their share in the electricity mix to 25.6 % (from 24.6 % in 2011).

The outlook for nuclear power has dimmed since last year's Outlook, but China continues to lead a gradual rise in output, overtaking the United States by 2030 to become the largest producer of nuclear - based electricity.

While renewables made up a small fraction of the country's total electricity generation, China was the world's leading producer of hydroelectric power in 2010, and the second - largest producer of electricity from wind power.

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Beginning in 2003, the program has each year offered grants and loans to farmers and other producers, tribal government entities, rural electricity cooperatives and public power utilities.

Our membership is comprised of major industries — electricity generators, coal producers, railroads, barge operators, and equipment manufacturers — involved in generating electricity from coal.

Electricity from coal figures reflect only generation by electric utilities and independent power producers in 2014, not commercial and industrial sources.

In 2014, 21 countries, including the United States, generated a total of about 69 billion kWh of electricity from geothermal energy.1 The Philippines was the second - largest geothermal electricity producer after the United States, at about 10 billion kWh of electricity, which equaled approximately 14 % of the Philippines» total electricity generation.

They stated that the cap on coal would be starting about four years after the announcement in order to give electricity producers adequate time to adjust.

Being the first independent power producer in the Northwest Territories is significant because the LKDFN is now the first non-government entity to generate electricity and reap the economic benefits on behalf of the people who live in the community.

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.

If it weren't for us wanting things like electricity and the ability to move quickly from point a to point b fossil fuel producers would have happily left all that carbon in the ground.

Not to forget the Crackpot - in - Chief's determination to bankrupt coal producers and power plants, with the sanguine observation that of course this will «skyrocket electricity prices».

In 2008 ABEC was merged with the Center for Energy and Economic Development to form the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity which represents the interests of coal producers, transporters and utilities.

Formed in 2000 to develop astroturf support for coal - based electricity, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) promotes the interests of mining companies, coal transporters, and electricity producers.

In at least two of the top eight states — North Carolina and Utah — projects are being driven by PURPA, a 1978 law which mandates that utilities must buy electricity from independent power producers if they can match the price that the utility would otherwise pay for generation.

This firm's goal will be to craft a concrete plan and funding proposal to develop enough solar thermal generating capacity in North Africa and the Middle East to export electricity to Europe and to meet the needs of producer countries.

According to Algerian state media, the North African oil and gas producer has plans to build a plant for the manufacture of solar panels, in an effort to draw 5 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015, Reuters reports.

For years, certain natural gas producers, led by Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, have pursued a myopic strategy of demonizing coal in an effort to seize a larger share of the electricity generation market.

«Due to advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, the United States has become the No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas in the world, and the market has increasingly adopted natural gas for electricity generation.

Germany is the world's largest producer of brown coal, and 2013 was the biggest year for lignite - fired energy production in the country since 1990, with 162 billion kilowatt - hours produced, or about 26 percent of Germany's total electricity.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, in 2015 Washington was the leading producer of electricity from hydroelectric sources in the country — which makes the state the nation's top producer of carbon free energy.

Turn around and sell fictive name plate energy credits to real energy producers, before they are allowed to market their actual electricity, and make huge amounts of money from installations that were paid for by public subsidies in the first place.

As RGGI has forced electricity generators to purchase annual carbon allowances, it has raised the price of electricity for New York residents, effectively acting as a tax on electricity producers (those who produce more than 25 megawatts annually) in New York.