Sentences with phrase «electricity users like»

«Large electricity users like T - Mobile US forecasting significant costs savings shows there's every reason to take the highest level of action on renewables,» said Constant Alarcon, RE100 Campaign Manager, The Climate Group.

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And a microgrid still has to perform functions like frequency regulation, voltage stepping, and power routing between generators, storage, and electricity users.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

When generators fail, as they did last winter in Texas, controllers lean on «demand - response customers» — large electricity users, like factories, that are paid to be on call, ready to use a little less or even shut everything off at a moment's notice.

They found that human needs, such as employment, utility consumption and housing, correspond directly with the population: As the number of people doubles so does the need for housing, jobs and electricity infrastructure, which encompasses the number of roads, gasoline stations and the like already in place and does not necessarily keep pace with individual growth — the ratio of user to facility simply rises.

There's steel, aluminum, cement, plastic, paper — all of which are big processes we're dependent on, some of which directly generate CO2, like cement production, and a lot of which are big industrial users of electricity or energy.

After crunching some numbers, running some tests and making some (fairly safe) assumptions, user SanDiegoDave100 over at Motley Fool is able to make a pretty good case for using a solar power system to provide electricity for his home and an all - electric car like the forthcoming Tesla Roadster or the company's more affordable second and third models.

OhmConnect is a free service that acts somewhat like a virtual power plant, except that instead of generating energy, it works with the user's devices to reduce demand at times when electricity consumption is at a peak, which can help utilities to avoid having to bring a «peaker plant» online to cover the extra demand.

Distributed generation facilities like those at the Regional Food Bank, involving electricity production close to end users of power, will be an essential element to success in meeting the State's goals, including reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, from 1990 levels.

Hawaii, California, North Carolina and Arizona and New Jersey boast higher than average portions of solar in their electricity mixes, however despite recent progress many states are still behind, including large energy users like Texas, Florida and Illinois.

These calculators simply require users to input certain values like hashpower, power consumption, and cost of electricity.

Nest settings can be operated by individual users (who can set baselines for water or electricity use) and integrated with data from institutional hubs like the National Weather Service or a city's electrical grid.