Sentences with phrase «electricity production due»

These investment figures are the net result from combining higher capital costs per unit of capacity with a one - fifth reduction in electricity production due to end - use electricity savings.

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Those electricity imports helped to stave off potential blackouts as electricity production in the Pacific Norwest suffered due to a drought reducing output from hydropower in Washington, Oregon, and California.

The company ventured into electricity generation with its Solar Roof tiles, moved closer to fully autonomous cars with Autopilot 2.0 and started the construction of its Gigafactory — which will be the largest production facility in the world when completed, but it also had to go through troubles as its share price kept fluctuating due to the uncertainty around its merger with SolarCity.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

In 2016, emissions from electricity produced within California decreased by 19 percent, but two - thirds of that decline came from increased production from the state's hydro - electric dams, due to it being a rainier year, and thus had nothing to do with the state's energy policies, while approximately a third of the decline came from increased solar and wind.

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen simultaneously, in large part due to industry's commitment to environmental protection and the expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

Due to the high latitudes of these countries, solar is only a significant contributor to electricity and heat production in Germany.

Gas is in the money compared to coal, due to a combination of tougher EU - level emissions standards for coal, rising carbon prices and fuel price levels leading to favourable economic terms for electricity production from gas.

While the price of residential electricity in the United States has increased only 30 percent since 1995, the price of natural gas has more than tripled due to rising demand and production costs.

When asked by The Daily Called News Foundation why the EPA continues futile global warming policies and only encourages some forms of electricity production that don't produce CO2 the panel said that this was due to the agency's quirks.

All references in this Easement to electricity or the production of electricity shall mean and include any forms of energy generated from renewable natural wind resources that might be developed, provided nothing contained herein gives Grantee the right to develop renewable natural resources other than wind without the written agreement of Owner regarding the manner in which such other resources may be developed and considerations due Owner therefore.

After decades of increases, U.S. CO2 emissions from energy use (which account for 97 % of total U.S. emissions) declined by around 9 % between 2008 and 2012, largely due to a shift from coal to less CO2 - intensive natural gas for electricity production.

The fact is that even while production has significantly increased, total criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen, in large part due to expanded use of abundant, affordable natural gas in electricity generation.

In each of these regions, solar energy production is emerging as a competitive means to generate electricity due to the gradual decline in solar electricity generation costs and the rising costs of traditional fossil fuel.