Sentences with phrase «energy cost estimate»

Some of the sources cited in support of the wind energy cost estimate are not publicly available and therefore can not be reviewed and analyzed.

The authorsí wind energy cost estimate has not been documented and should be considered highly questionable for at least four (4) reasons: * First, the authors rely on unpublished data (both for estimated windmill cost and estimated windmill energy production) as the basis for their wind energy cost estimate, including two (2) yet to be published textbooks: Wind Energy in the 21st Century by R. Y. Redlinger, and an «in preparation» textbook by one of the authors, G.M. Masters.

The authors have not documented their wind energy cost estimate.

«Recently the Institute for Energy Research in Washington DC published a study I wrote examining wind energy cost estimates,» said Dr. Michael Giberson in his testimony at the hearing.

«Recently the Institute for Energy Research in Washington DC published a study I wrote examining wind energy cost estimates,»

Not exact matches

Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently estimated that in 2040, that figure will stand at 34 % due to falling costs and efficiency improvements.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Taking a closer look at saving trends, he argues that the surge in energy costs may have temporarily dampened saving, while the accounting of household income from stock holdings may be skewing saving estimates.

Living Goods sent us estimates of how much customers who buy cookstoves and solar energy products save.122 Living Goods told us that it estimates that its customers save 50 % of their monthly fuel costs on average when using an efficient cookstove, and that typical fuel spending in Uganda tends to be in the range of $ 20 - 25 USD per month pre-stove purchase.123 We have not yet reviewed these estimates.

This cutting - edge facility is an estimated 60 per cent more energy - efficient than the company's traditional refrigerated distribution centres allowing it to cut costs by $ 4.8 million over a 5 - year period.

The report says that the Alberta Energy Regulator estimates that new regulations could cost the oil and gas industry $ 1.5 billion.

Specifically, the estimated levelized cost of energy for nuclear generation increased ~ 35 % versus prior estimates, reflecting increased capital costs at various nuclear facilities currently in development.

However, Gin did estimate recent Bridges» conservation efforts are saving the restaurant more than 20 - percent in energy costs with quick investment paybacks.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.&Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.&energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

A new report from the conservative Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog, finds that New York state's Clean Energy Standard plan to boost renewable sources of energy and support struggling nuclear plants could cost more than the state estiEnergy Standard plan to boost renewable sources of energy and support struggling nuclear plants could cost more than the state estienergy and support struggling nuclear plants could cost more than the state estimates.

At the lower estimate, energy costs are only likely to vary by around # 51 per household.

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

However, the budget will also add to the cost of doing business by extending assessments on electric, natural gas and steam energy, for a total cost of nearly $ 1.5 billion, half of which will be paid by business, and by increasing the minimum wage — a measure whose impact will be felt by many business, with total cost estimates as high as $ 2 billion per year once fully implemented.

The cost increases from the capacity zone are modest — the Public Service Commission estimated between 5 and 10 percent — and only temporary, as the zone works to incentivize greater local energy production.

These include lowering expense projections for retirement and health insurance expense to reflect lower projected usage and rates not available at the time the budget request was prepared; lowering utility cost estimates to reflect the significant decline in energy demand and prices resulting from reduced economic activity and lowering other operating cost estimates to reflect lower anticipated price changes.

Hunter wants to know more about how it compares to other clean - energy projects and the $ 7.6 billion estimate that some organizations have claimed the program will cost during its 12 - year lifetime.

In collaboration with H2O Applied Technologies, Manhattan College in Riverdale launched a large - scale water and energy conservation project this spring expected to save an estimated $ 652,000 per year in utility costs and reduce electricity use for the institution by nearly 2 -LSB-...]

Yesterday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn pledged another $ 400,000 towards the program, which saves residents an estimated $ 1,200 annually in energy costs through improvements to their insulation, caulking, pipe wrapping, windows and heating systems.

This is important to know so that you can estimate your energy costs.

The scientists estimate that cold technology could cut the energy consumption and cost of CO2 capture by as much as 30 per cent in one of the «green» coal - fired power stations that the world is currently sniffing at.

Economists estimate that transforming our economy into having an energy system that does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere might cost 2 percent of our wealth each year.

The Energy Department's Vehicle Technologies Office has estimated that large - scale manufacture of electric vehicle batteries with today's lithium - ion technology costs about $ 800 per kilowatt - hour of eEnergy Department's Vehicle Technologies Office has estimated that large - scale manufacture of electric vehicle batteries with today's lithium - ion technology costs about $ 800 per kilowatt - hour of energyenergy.

By comparison, the House - passed American Clean Energy and Security Act was estimated to raise household costs by $ 160 in 2020.

Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7 - 12 to review the 29 - page draft that also estimates the needed shift to low - carbon energies would cost between two and six percent of world output by 2050.

The Department of Energy estimated in May 2007 that a new power plant burning pulverized coal and equipped with amine scrubbers to capture 90 percent of the CO2 would make electricity at a cost of more than $ 114 per megawatt - hour (compared with just $ 63 per MWh without CO2 capture).

For stellar power to compete with other kinds of renewable energy, those costs need to drop to around $ 400 a kilogram, Mankins estimates.

From estimates of how much society values a human life, Jason West at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and colleagues deduce that alternative energy supplies should be worth the cost.

To work out the economic benefits and costs of switching to clean energy, the team estimated how much air pollution would fall if fossil fuel use was slashed.

A study published by The Carbon Trust in July estimated the cost of energy harvested from waves at 43 pence per kilowatt - hour, or almost three times the cost of offshore wind.

In fact, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., estimate that replacing incandescents with LEDs could save $ 1.83 trillion in energy costs globally over the next decade and eliminate the need for 280 1,000 - megawatt power plants.

«We're estimating that we'll save about $ 700 million a year just in energy costs.»

The researchers estimated the benefits of tree cover in reducing air pollution, stormwater runoff, energy costs associated with heating and cooling buildings, and carbon emissions.

ITER is a global project to develop fusion energy, and the European Union is its major backer, contributing 45 % of its estimated $ 16 billion cost.

At 2014 costs, the technologies combine for 820 terawatt - hours of estimated economic potential beyond the generation from renewable energy facilities already in operation.

The nation has already overtaken the U.S. as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter largely because of the more than three billion metric tons of coal it burns annually — and several thousand miners die each year digging up the dirty black rock to feed China's energy needs, not to mention the health toll taken by choking air pollution caused by coal burning in the Middle Kingdom, estimated by the World Bank to cost the country $ 100 billion a year in medical care.

For the first time, their study combines the strengths of simulations based on integrated energy - economy - climate models that estimate cost - optimal long - term strategies to meet climate targets with life cycle assessment approaches.

After first zeroing in on EnergyStar models, be sure to check out the accompanying yellow EnergyGuide sticker, which gets down to the nitty - gritty and estimates how much energy the appliance uses, compares its energy use to similar products and lists approximate annual operating costs.

The French nuclear build - out is estimated to have cost about $ 330 billion, yielding a levelized cost of energy of 5 cents per kilowatt - hour.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is partially funding the construction of six such cellulosic biorefineries, estimated to cost a total of $ 1.2 billion.

U.S. government estimates indicate, for example, that even a modest improvement in the efficiency of the common hydraulic pump could save American industry hundreds of millions of dollars in annual energy costs.

The IPCC wishes to destroy the world economy and starve the world of energy and food at a cost of $ 76 trillion over the next 40 year's (UN estimate), to keep global temps below 2C, when even their wildly pessimistic and disconfirmed projections (formally known as predictions) now suggest that climate sensitivity could be as low as 1.5 C, without spending a dime.

Dr. Joshua Rhodes, postdoctoral research fellow at the Energy Institute and lead author of the paper, said the cost estimates are based on a series of assumptions that researchers debated at length.

Global estimates for 2020 show a projected 400 to 600 additional gigawatts of PV capacity as the costs of PV energy are expected to drop by almost 10 percent per year.

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

The UK Solar Trade Association estimates that solar PV will be at cost parity with gas (CCGT) by 2018 - calculating cost by the levelised cost of energy.