Sentences with phrase «for electricity generated»

The FIT program is a major component of the province's plan to develop green energy and jobs in Ontario by establishing a government procurement process for electricity generated from renewable sources with standard program rules, standard contracts, and standard pricing.

Greentech Media - The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously on October 25 to approve revised power purchase agreements between BrightSource Energy and Southern California Edison for electricity generated by one 250 - megawatt unit of BSE's proposed 500 - megawatt Rio Mesa solar power tower project and one 250 - megawatt unit of its proposed Sonoran West tower project.

Policies supporting investment in renewable energy generation, including measures that support the access for electricity generated from renewable energy sources to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Elsewhere in this issue of Renew magazine, there is a piece on a primary school that afforded its 3kW solar panel systems partly by offering to pay back, via grid credits for electricity generated, local residents who bought panels for the school.

Widely used in Europe, these policy mechanisms require utilities to pay a premium for electricity generated with renewable energy.

Notably, these include stable prices for electricity generated from renewable energy sources because once a facility is constructed, the «fuel» — wind and solar energy — is free.

The report says the price paid for electricity generated from coal does not reflect the damage it causes to the climate, air quality and human health.

Many states mandate that utilities pay residential solar power generators the full retail rate for electricity generated.

Nearly $ 1 trillion (# 700bn) is being invested in new coal - fired power plants worldwide despite the fact that the demand for electricity generated from coal has declined for two years in a row, shows a new report released today.

But he'll sign a long - term contract for electricity generated by the solar garden.

If you wanted to build any sort of power station and you had a choice of where to build it, you would, of course, go somewhere you were going to get a high price for the electricity you generated.

Are people are willing to pay more for electricity generated from clean sources?

Government of Ghana through VRA only pays Ameri for electricity generated and given to VRA and transmitted to ECG.

Progressive utilities are assisting customers to the extent they can with these systems, because incrementally capitalizing grid tie can be attractive compared to capitalizing monolithic generation plants and because they do not demand an ongoing input of money for the electricity they generate.

Operational water consumption and withdrawal factors for electricity generating technologies: a review of existing literature.

The United States provides a range of incentives for ethanol production including exclusion from excise taxes, mandating clean air performance requirements that created markets for ethanol, and tax incentives and accelerated depreciation schedules for electricity generating equipment that burn biomass (USDOE, 2005).

And in China, offshore wind companies say the guaranteed price for the electricity they generate is set too low to stimulate rapid growth, calling into question whether the country can hit its ambitious goals for 2015 and 2020.

Sustainability scientists Matthew Bartos and Mikhail Chester, of Arizona State University, report in Nature Climate Change that changes in precipitation, air and water temperature, air density and humidity could combine to create problems for electricity generating plant in the western US.

What this means is that, on top of whatever price the wind farmers can get for the electricity they generate on the open market, they get another $ 38.69 per megawatt - hour because the power is renewable.

And under the hugely costly scheme, the National Grid is set to pay up to 12 times the normal wholesale market rate for the electricity they generate.»

Only the first 4,000 projects registered in the next three years will qualify: The new tariff for wind, solar, hydro and combined heat and power project sets the rate program participants will receive for the electricity they generate at $ 0.19 ($ 0.26) per kilowatt - hour.

One of those is the wind Production Tax Credit, a multi-billion dollar tax credit that subsidizes wind developers for the electricity they generate.

Acting for an electricity generating company in negotiating a # 15 million facility to fund a generation project.

Not exact matches

The coal destined for Fraser Surrey Docks, however, will be thermal coal, to be burned in power plants to generate electricity.

When completed in 2023, it will generate 3.2 gigawatts of power — 7 % of the country's electricity needs for 35 years.

As Axios reported, he pitched covering the wall in solar panels and using the generated electricity to pay for its construction.

But the math only works in places with so - called «net metering» laws, which require utilities to buy the electricity rooftop panels generate at prices far above what they pay for centralized power.

«Our solar plants are going to lose over half of their ability to generate electricity during the two to two and a half hours that the eclipse will be impacting our area,» says Steven Greenlee, spokesperson for the California Independent System Operator, or CAISO, one of the largest independent grid operators in the world.

Its three largest utilities also offer net metering programs for commercial, residential and agricultural customers who generate their own electricity from renewable resources.

Under an agreement with Russia, the United States was to convert 34 metric tons of plutonium into fuel for civilian reactors that generate electricity.

The liquid is reused in the digestion process, the solid is used for composting, and the gas generates electricity.

Ontario already has a surplus of power, and has signed 20 - year contracts for electricity from two new natural - gas fired generating stations being built in Sarnia and Napanee.

The technology overlaps are valuable: For example, carbon - fiber - reinforced composites developed for jet - engine fan blades are used in GE's wind - turbine fan blades, and ceramics developed for electricity - generating turbines are used in jet enginFor example, carbon - fiber - reinforced composites developed for jet - engine fan blades are used in GE's wind - turbine fan blades, and ceramics developed for electricity - generating turbines are used in jet enginfor jet - engine fan blades are used in GE's wind - turbine fan blades, and ceramics developed for electricity - generating turbines are used in jet enginfor electricity - generating turbines are used in jet engines.

Coal's slump is largely the result of cheap natural gas, which now rivals coal as a fuel for generating electricity.

Instead, the net metering rate will be set at wholesale prices — even though the utility doesn't have to pay for any of the solar panels» hardware or maintenance, and transmission costs are negligible, since the electricity is being generated close to where it is used.

Renewable energy sources, including wind, geothermal, solar and hydroelectricity, accounted for one - fifth of total electricity generated in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Energy Information Administration — and it's expected to continue growing.

For example, generating efficient, renewable energy is a priority of the federal government, so businesses involving Cogeneration (using one fuel to simultaneously produce heat and electricity) or renewable energy technologies will find more government grant opportunities than others.

The package includes a plan to phase out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030, a commitment to generate 30 per cent of Alberta's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, new financing for energy efficiency, and an economy - wide price on carbon pollution.

If I do so, I'm pretty sure I'll also get the Tesla Powerwall battery system to store excess solar power - generated electricity for use at night or whenever conditions are suboptimal.

The roof would be eligible for a $ 15,500 federal tax credit and would generate an estimated $ 62,100 in electricity over 30 years.

In the US, for instance, a proposal to force California's two nuclear power plants — which generate 16 percent of the state's electricity — to shut down immediately when the Nuclear Waste Act of 2012 becomes law, would cause rolling blackouts, spikes in electricity rates and billions of dollars in economic losses each year, according to the state's nonpartisan analyst, the Legislative Analyst's Office, in November.

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

The plant's original plan called for producing enough solar panels to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, although Peter Rive, SolarCity's chief technology officer, said this month that improvements to the equipment design and factory layout could allow it to produce more than 1 gigawatt in panels.

The SolarCoin Foundation also seems rather optimistic about the adoption of solar power, having only set a forty year window for users to claim SLR for generating electricity.

This is the first time a utility has contracted for a system that stores and releases solar energy after sunset, and will help KIUC meet its goal of using renewable resources to generate half of Kaua`i's electricity by the end of 2019.

For an industry that has moved mountains in the past ten years to reshape how we generate, install and finance electricity, having a stable five - year future will ensure continued growth and new options for consumeFor an industry that has moved mountains in the past ten years to reshape how we generate, install and finance electricity, having a stable five - year future will ensure continued growth and new options for consumefor consumers.

Now, an offgrid 3.15 MWh Powerpack system (15 Powerpacks) tied to on - site solar panels from SolarAfrica and will ensure that electricity for the lodges is generated locally, efficiently, and sustainably from renewable energy.

In just one year, this branch — the 16th building and first retail location in the world to earn this recognition — generated enough electricity to power seven homes for a year.

GREG WARREN: With coal fired and natural gas plants continuing to generate around two thirds of the nation's electricity and renewables accounting to less than 10 percent, there remains plenty of room for growth.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.