Sentences with phrase «expected electricity demand»

For a century, utilities expected electricity demand would grow indefinitely as the economy expanded, providing new opportunities for infrastructure investments that return revenue to shareholders.

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Another, broader, problem is that only a part of the electricity needed to power EVs will come from clean sources, and an even bigger one is that 280 million electric cars account for only a fraction of the total rise in electricity demand that the IEA expects through 2040.

But Koomey also offers major caveat: The study doesn't consider the potential for electricity demand to rise more than expected should electric vehicles catch on, he notes.

Over the years, consumers have learned to expect electricity on demand from power plants that run on coal, natural gas or oil.

As it stands, eSolar expects to generate five megawatts of electricity with its refurbished 1940s - vintage General Electric steam turbines roughly 25 percent of the time, which coincides generally with peak demand for electricity, Tyner says.

Using V2G - technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but also return it to the network and expect to introduce a new potential earnings model for electric drivers.

Global energy demand from air conditioners is expected to triple by 2050, requiring new electricity capacity the equivalent to the combined electricity capacity of the United States, the EU and Japan today.

Gary Cook adds, «The aggregate energy footprint of the cloud would already rank fifth among countries in terms of electricity demand and is expected to triple or quadruple in the very near future.»

AC use is expected to be the second - largest source of global electricity demand growth after the industry sector, and the strongest driver for buildings by 2050.

The United States faces a vexing challenge in switching from conventional to clean sources to generate electricity: How do we replace fossil fuel when natural gas costs $ 4 per million BTU and demand for electricity is expected to increase by over 20 % by 2035?

By 2030, population growth and a return to economic prosperity are expected to increase electricity demand by at least 20 % from 2007 levels — requiring 220 gigawatts of new power to come online.

Peak demand, or use of electricity during the hottest days of each year, is also expected to...

SaskPower expects demand for electricity to continue to grow as the province grows and has set a goal of reducing electricity sector greenhouse emissions 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

British Utilities Wind power is expected to supply 20 % of global electricity demand by 2030.

India's policymakers, for their part, have to deal with rapid development and population growth that make coal indispensable to meeting the expected 3.5 percent increase in year - on - year demand for electricity between now and 2040.

I expect, therefore, that DTE will now join me in pushing for the repeal of Public Act 286's onerous restrictions on customer choice in electricity providers and demand the deregulation of Michigan's electricity markets.

The report argues that, even if electricity demand were to grow at around 1 to 1.5 per cent per annum between 2010 and 2020 and fossil fuel prices were to remain relatively high, the share of renewables in UK electricity sales is only expected to increase to around 10.25 per cent by 2015.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive global hydropower market demand.

Nevada Solar One is expected to begin providing energy to the grid in 2007 and will produce enough electricity to meet the energy demands of about 40,000 households.

This far understates the amount of electricity and energy services that a growing class of the world's poor expect and demand.

Their estimates of the expected growth in electricity use per customer are far above those developed by the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook, the widely cited government forecast of near - term energy supply and demand.

Cost advantages of hydropower based electricity generation and the substitution of fossil fuel based power production in an attempt to reduce carbon emission is expected to drive market demand.

Global electricity demand is expected to grow three times more quickly than other energy.

Peak demand, or use of electricity during the hottest days of each year, is also expected to grow.

Generation and Consumption Net electricity generation in Turkey has more than doubled over the past decade, but is not sufficient to keep up with expected demand.

Among the economic costs climate change is expected to enact on the United States over the next 25 years are: $ 35 million in annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms, $ 12 billion a year as a result of heat wave - driven demand for electricity, and tens of billions of dollars from the corn and wheat industry due to a 14 percent drop in crop yields.

Global electricity demand is expected to increase by 60 percent between 2016 and 2040 with non-OECD countries almost doubling their usage.

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Once in operation, the Block Island Wind Farm is expected to produce around 125,000 MWh of electricity annually, enough to power 5,000 households and to meet around 90 percent of Block Island's electricity demand.

At this workshop, the Committee expects the staff and load serving entities (LSEs) to present their 10 - year forecasts of electricity demand and consumption, and, where appropriate, natural gas end - use consumption, including discussion of the methods, data, and assumptions used to develop those forecasts.

Another issue associated with energy efficiency is how to incorporate the expected energy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forecast.

While a small percentage of Japan's electricity has been provided by independent power producers (IPPs) since 1995, the new deregulation is expected to generate much more investor interest in developing IPPs, though progress in this direction has been slower than expected due to weak demand.

The European Wind Energy Association expects the region's offshore generating capacity to reach 150,000 megawatts by 2030 — covering 14 percent of projected EU electricity demand.

Other reasons include competition from natural gas, weaker than expected demand for electricity and aging coal - fired plants.

Electricity gets produced to according to schedule, and the schedule for Saturday night included a forecast of the expected reduction in demand.

* Only # 115 fuel costs for 12,000 miles driving (# 0.96 pence for a full charge) * Low servicing costs and downtime - only approximately 4 working parts compared to over 300 in a typical internal combustion engine * Exempt from road tax (saving approx # 300 per annum) * First year capital allowances for fleet vehicles * Zero benefit - in - kind company car tax * Lower rate of VAT for domestic electricity * Exempt from congestion charge (saving up to # 2,000 per annum) * Free parking in many London boroughs and cities such as Milton Keynes * Expected high residual values due to high demand outstripping supply for several years to come

Currently South Australia is exporting around 600 megawatts and at around 3 am EST the price of electricity is expected to go negative as SA demand falls around 400 megawatts below what it is now and presumably the state will be producing more electricity that will consume and can export.

The $ 6 billion project is in the early stages of construction by Duke Energy and Dominion Power and was expected to primarily serve power plants in North Carolina and Virginia, though electricity demand is expected to remain flat for many years.

They note global electricity demand has grown much less than expected (thanks in part to energy efficiency).

Instead of a single or other simple (e.g. night and day) tariff, dynamic pricing and more complex tariff structures are expected to be introduced to allow «demand response», in other words, to allow customers to buy electricity at constantly changing prices, thereby cutting demand at peak times, and thus, resulting in a lower need for peak capacity as well as better integration of renewable energy sources.

Now ask yourself how — even in your wildest dreams, and no matter how cheap solar electricity comes to be — you can honestly expect the social and economic transition implied by such a pathway to be anything — anything — but incredibly demanding.