Sentences with phrase «energy subsidies from the government»

It is also a recipient of renewable energy subsidies from the government.

Not exact matches

The price of what small sums will be given to Ukraine from the EU or, more likely the IMF, will be systemic reform — energy price rises, the ending of state subsidies for industries, and the cutting of state social benefits (among others), all of which will be politically catastrophic for whatever government introduces them.

• extending the compensation package for energy intensive users • freezing the Government's Carbon Price Floor mechanism • incentivising combined heat and power • exemptions from other subsidies for renewable electricity

Janice Small, a press and marketing consultant and member of the candidates list, says foreign energy companies such as EDF are making money out of British consumers and pensioners whilst getting subsidies from the French Government.

Many firms seek financial help from China, which is pushing hard on green energy technology and offering bigger subsidies than the U.S. government

While country - specific effects would be varied, IMF projects that eliminating post-tax subsidies for the most - polluting energy fuels, such as coal and gasoline, could raise government revenue by $ 2.9 trillion, while also slashing premature deaths from pollution - related diseases by more than 50 percent.

According to the International Energy Agency, fossil fuel subsidies from the government are 12 times greater than renewable eEnergy Agency, fossil fuel subsidies from the government are 12 times greater than renewable energyenergy.

Regardless of what the Heritage Foundation thinks, the government can and does have a role to play... cut taxes on businesses and individuals who help us build a green future, conduct research or provide subsidies for private companies to do it, help people make their homes energy efficient, and educate, educate, educate the American people as to what's at stake if we don't pry ourselves away from the oil / coal / gas faucet.

On the other hand, so called «renewables», wind, solar, and other «green energy» technologies do get actual «subsidies», i.e. sums of money from the government, which does come from our tax dollars.

Before announcing the closure of Northern in mid-2015, Alinta unsuccessfully sought $ 25 million in subsidies over three years from the South Australian Labor government to keep it operating until this year, to ensure an effective transition occurred, after a rapid rise in renewable energy made it unviable.

So, since governments fleeing from further alternative energy subsidies [probably mostly cause they can't afford it - rather than any sensible reason] we will see a global reduction of CO2 emission because this.

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.»

Savings made by governments from removing subsidies to fossil fuels can be redirected or swapped to help fund a clean and just energy transition.»

The unit, which BP has been scaling back since 2008, is the latest sun energy business to fall victim to rampant competition from China, falling prices, overcapacity and lower government subsidies on which the industry still depends.

This is why even with government subsidies power generation from wind has severely impacted the price of energy to consumers.

Decreasing or eliminating government subsidies to fossil fuels, which total $ 300 billion annually worldwide, can move the energy economy away from heavy reliance on carbon - intensive fossil fuels.

Obama and the Federal government need to remove themselves from the energy market, which subsidies and regulation have turned into a dysfunctional sector of the economy.

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels - driven rainforest destruction Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels - driven rainforest destruction mongabay.com October 31, 2007 The Dutch government will exclude palm oil from «green energy» subsidies as...

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

To go to scale, government is going to have to lead: loan guarantees for poor people, taking subsidies away from fossil fuels, making sure that when homeowners feed lowcarbon energy into the grid they get a good price from utilities.

Ohio's two nuclear plants could soon be forced to close due to their exclusion from government and corporate subsidies for solar and wind, including Amazon's policy, which is using Ohio's renewable energy credits to meet its goal.

With a view to promoting renewable energy in Japan, electric utilities have voluntarily purchased electricity generated from renewable energy, while the national government has adopted the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Law, under which local governments have granted subsidies.

But most big countries have various incentives for renewable energy or solar specifically, making it hard to know who's really getting more help (and if one country is getting a lot more help than others, by buying their products you are getting a subsidy from their government, so that's not bad either).

He said he supports shifting government subsidies from oil companies to the burgeoning clean - energy sector, a position usually favored by Democrats.

(10/31/2007) The Dutch government will exclude palm oil from «green energy» subsidies as growing evidence suggests that palm oil is often less sustainable than advertised.

Government subsidies to fossil fuels reached $ 523 billion in 2011, up almost 27 % from 2010, according to the latest data available from the International Energy Agency (IEA).