Sentences with phrase «electrification programme»

Electric trains will be able to run between Manchester Airport and Scotland from December 2013, Network Rail said today, as it announced completion of the first phase of the # 400m North West electrification programme.

This electrification programme, except for the Cardiff to Swansea section of the Great Western, is also being taken forward by the coalition government.

He paid tribute to former President Jerry John Rawlings for extending electricity to the three regions — Northern, Upper East and Upper West — as well as the Brong Ahafo Region, through the introduction of the rural and national electrification programmes.

Mr Okyere said GRIDCo had forecast peak demand to be at 2,523 MW for 2018 based on factors such as VALCO's operation of two potlines, the power supply to Burkina Faso and network expansion and rural electrification programmes for Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Company.

This includes industrial applications, solar home systems and mini-grids driven by government electrification programmes.

A rationale for this position has not been indicated, even as the government continues to promote decentralised electrification programmes.

-- Carbon reduction and offset programmes — Community impact programmes — SDG programmes — Safe water programmes — Renewable energy and rural electrification programmes — Health and education programmes — Supply chain programmes

Over the forecast period, off - grid capacity in these regions will almost triple — reaching over 3 000 MW in 2022 — from industrial applications, solar home systems (SHSs), and mini-grids driven by government electrification programmes, and private sector investments.

Not exact matches

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said: «It was Labour that announced an ambitious programme of rail electrification back in 2009.

But geometric abstraction, with its play on modular units and grids, has proved to have vital relevance to the modern world and its accelerated programme of industrialisation and electrification.

The transportation sector has shown early signals of adaptation too, as automakers keep establishing ambitious plans for electrification of their future fleets and ten states so far have Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) programmes to encourage the deployment of electric vehicles.