Sentences with phrase «expensive generating technologies»
As a means of producing useful electrical power, wind and solar are very expensive generating technologies because of their low capacity factors and because of their non-dispatchability and intermittency.
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Hydrogen fuel cells, which expel only water and heat as waste, are an appealing way to generate clean electricity, but the present technology relies on expensive platinum catalysts.
«The results of this paper demonstrate that it is possible to use acoustic technologies to generate information about marine resources inside MPAs in a faster and less expensive way, reducing the costs for governments in ocean conservation.»
«Use of full or partial CCS technology should not be part of the BSER [best system of emissions reduction] for existing EGUs [electricity generating units] because it would be more expensive than the measures determined to be part of the BSER, particularly if applied broadly to the overall source category.»
Control costs through efficiency standards and encouraging a diverse portfolio of generating fuels, but avoid mandates to deploy expensive technologies.
Offshore wind is still one of the more expensive electricity generating technologies, but onshore wind is often highly competitive with coal, natural gas, and nuclear power in areas with strong wind resources.
Annual bill for consumers to subsidise renewable technologies has soared to more than # 2.5 bn as more plants are built and the cost for each unit of electricity rises Emily Gosden — The Telegraph — June 28, 2014 The cost of generating green electricity has hit a record high as subsidies are handed to expensive offshore -LSB-...]
Emitting carbon becomes more expensive, and consumers and producers seek ways to use technologies and products that generate less of it.
With volatile and expensive energy prices, and the recent government announcement of a premium paid for clean energy generated at home, these technologies are looking more attractive all the time.»
IT implementations are really expensive so the cost savings generated by distributed ledgers will need to be justified versus what the world currently looks like within the technology layer of a bank.