Sentences with phrase «electricity than every other source»

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Second, many states actively favor renewables in electricity generation, and even in places that don't, the word has gotten out that coal combustion is far deadlier to humans than any other electric generation source — including natural gas.

And if there is more demand than supply, Powerpeers meets the excess demand with electricity from other sustainable sources.

Other than those of us who use an electric meter, many are still oblivious as to how much electricity we use, because the power stations offer us an infinite source.

In response APS and other utility companies across the country have launched a propaganda war against an energy source that still accounts for less than one quarter of 1 percent of U.S. electricity.

What makes the WEAV potentially appealing as a way to power spacecraft is that it relies on electricity (from a battery or some other power source) rather than combustion — a process that requires oxygen, which is in short supply outside Earth's atmosphere, Colozza says.

Materials chemists have been trying for years to make a new type of battery that can store solar or other light - sourced energy in chemical bonds rather than electrons, one that will release the energy on demand as heat instead of electricity — addressing the need for long - term, stable, efficient storage of solar power.

The NuScale Power Module's cost per kWh is competitive with other sources of base load electricity generation, and less than the cost per kWh of large nuclear units.

«Polymer foils can be produced at costs less than one US dollar and are not dependent on an external electricity source, other than a battery.»

This landfill free solution is recommended as a «clean, reliable, and renewable source of energy» that «produces electricity with less environmental impact than almost any other source of electricity» by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

But until we get to those stages, improved energy storage schemes such as hydrogen, could be used to run other sources of electricity, such as nuclear and clean coal plants, as base - load (24 hours a day) rather than cyce to respond to demand requirements.

The next US Administration takes the lead to persuade the US citizens nuclear power is about as safe as or safer than any other electricity source http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/deaths-by-energy-source-in-forbes.html.

Hydro is the world's leading source of renewables - based electricity and in 2012, it produced more than twice as much power as all other forms of renewables combined.

So they have decided on a public relations strategy to blame «evil» power companies and «other polluters» for rate increases rather than their own actions in trying to force states to use expensive and unreliable «renewable» sources of electricity.

Showing data from financial firm Lazard and other sources, their presentation said natural gas, coal and even some nuclear power plants were the lowest - cost producers of electricity on the planet, cheaper than wind or solar.

As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...

Norway gets over 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, often producing more than it requires and exporting the energy to other countries.

Next US Administration takes the lead to persuade the US citizens nuclear is about as safe as or safer than any other electricity source.

Between 1990 and 2015 these technologies grew much faster than any other power source (Figure 6), with wind power experiencing the most notable growth - from just 0.3 % of renewable electricity in 1990 to 22.9 % in 2015.

There are countries in Europe that already generate more than half their electricity from renewable sources, such as Sweden, and other that are getting there, such as Austria, and the continent's biggest economy is trying hard to catch up.

Requires FERC to: (1) issue to each generator of renewable electricity a REC for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated after December 31, 2011; (2) issue three RECs for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by an existing distributed renewable generation facility; and (3) review the effect of issuing three RECs and to reduce such number for any given energy source or technology to ensure that such number is no higher than is necessary to make such facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

-- Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

«Gross Revenues» means the total monies received by Grantee from a utility company or other power purchaser (provided, however, that if electricity is sold to a subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, then, and only then, the gross receipts from the sale of electricity under such contract shall be calculated using a sale of not less than the arithmetical average of the prices quoted by market sources of information, which information may be based upon the price paid by any purchaser or purchasers, including Grantee or any subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, for electricity produced in the Iowa region of the Midwest Independent System Operator («MISO») from operation of wind turbines during the calendar year immediate!y preceding the year in which such electricity production from the Wind Energy Project occurs, taking into account the aggregate terms associated with such transaction) derived from the sale of electric energy and capacity produced and sold from the WTG's installed on the Premises, net of proportional energy losses associated with the power collection system or utility interconnection.

For the avoidance of doubt, Gross Revenues shall (A) exclude monies received from any source other than the sale of electric energy and capacity, including, without limitation, any of the following: (i) any federal, state, county or local tax benefits, grants or credits or allowances related to, derived from, or granted to the Wind Energy Project or Grantee, including, but not limited to, investment or production tax credits, or property or sales tax exemptions, (ii) proceeds from financing activities, sales, assignments, partial assignments, contracts (other than the power purchase agreement) or other dispositions of or related to the Wind Energy Project (such as damages for breach of contract or liquidated damages for delays in project completion or failures in equipment performance), (iii) amounts received as reimbursements or compensation for wheeling costs or other electricity transmission or delivery costs, and (iv) any proceeds received by Grantee as a result of damage or casualty to the Wind Energy Project, or any portion thereof and (B) include any revenues derived from Grantee's sale of carbon dioxide trading credits, renewable energy credits or certificates, emissions reduction credits, emissions allowances, green tags, tradable renewable credits, or Green - e ® products, any of which are allocated to Grantee, if applicable, through its participation in any voluntary registry, association or market - based exchange.

As we add new power plants to our electricity grid, new capacity must be based on clean energy sources, rather than gas or other fossil fuels.

Wind energy is now as or less expensive than all other sources of new electricity generation and supplies approximately six per cent of Canada's electricity demand with enough power to meet the needs of over three million homes.

Some researchers claim that solar PV electricity has an energy return on the energy invested in producing it (EROEI) of about 20:1, roughly on par with electricity from some fossil sources, while others peg that return figure at less than 3:1.

The report does not even note the fact that the electric customers would bear millions of dollars in extra costs because electricity from the «wind farms» would cost more than electricity from other sources.

Wind is far cheaper than any other new source of electricity, and solar in proper location is next cheapest.

More solar photovoltaic capacity was added in the European Union in 2011 than any other source of electricity generation.

Energy Source Another Large Factor Part of the other issue with train travel that the report points out is similar to an ongoing issue with switching over to all - electric cars: They may be more efficient than other forms of transit, but unless the electricity that powers them is from non-carbon emitting sources then much of the environmental benefit is lost.

And the EPA has stated that waste - to - energy plants produce electricity «with less environmental impact than almost any other source of electricity.»

Coal - fired power plants release more greenhouse gases per unit of energy produced than any other electricity source (1).

is already making an important contribution to electricity supply... • Over the past decade the global market for wind power has been expanding faster than any other renewable energy source.

If solar or wind or any other renewable energy source costs more than grid electricity, then the company sticks with its dirty power, and if the cost is lower than coal, the company chooses alternative energy instead.

But obviously this is not the case as you can clearly see based on the fact that greenhouse emissions from other sources are many orders of magnitudes higher than from PV, even if you take old data and produce PV in large number on old inefficient equipment and do ignore the simple fact that PV electricity production replaces fossil fuel based electricity production!

New York University, for example, may rank as a big emitter in New York, but a year ago it opened a co-generation facility that makes electricity and uses the waste heat to heat and cool buildings, thus doing far more work per pound of carbon dioxide emitted than most other sources.

«We are working to reduce the cost of solar electricity by a factor of 25, making it cheaper to produce than energy from coal or other non-renewable sources.

«It's telling that in April 2015 — the month the United States generated more electricity from natural gas than from any other fuel source — the United States also emitted less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than at any time since 1988.