Sentences with phrase «from conventional generation»

The separation of renewable and conventional generation seems reasonable because an investment in renewable generation cannibalizes revenues from conventional generation

Investing in renewables results in decreasing earnings from conventional generation.

Most importantly, the separation of renewable and conventional generation seems reasonable because an investment in renewable generation cannibalizes revenues from conventional generation via reduced operation hours and lower prices at the spot market.

As these variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies differ from conventional generation technologies, power systems will need to adapt in line with their ongoing build - out.

Wind generation is treated differently from conventional generation for the purpose of the supply — demand balance.

Not exact matches

According to the Pembina Institute 63.7 % of Alberta's electricity generation now comes from burning conventional coal.

For them a generation is not the conventional 30 years or so; it is four years, or the time it takes a student to proceed from freshman to graduate.

McKay did plenty of conventional reporting — he was a mainstay at the big horse races and familiar at major golf events, as well as all those Olympics, and he did earn 13 Emmys — but it was his eagerness to announce every offbeat recreation out there that so affected a certain generation, one slowly being weaned from traditional sports, freed up for the panoply of experience to come.

Simply refining conventional technology (and reducing weight) has delivered benefits - on popular economy - tracking site Fuelly, owners of the latest generation MX - 5 are getting 6 - 8mpg more than their counterparts in the previous - generation car, while also benefitting from better performance.

It's another with a far more conventional look, ditching the split headlights from the current - generation car for simple, single units.

The iX3 will become in 2020 the first electric SUV from BMW, built on the CLAR modular platform (for models with longitudinal engines) of the recently launched new generation X3 sibling with conventional propulsion systems — built on the same production line.

This generation of car borrows its platform from the conventional executive S80 saloon, which in real terms means more cabin space and improved safety measures.

It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct fuel injection that replaced the less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago, there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.

As for the fuel consumption, the GX and GXL burn out 9.1 l / 100 km, which is a significant improvement from 10.2 l, while the Grande now fuels up 9.3 l / 100 km, as opposed to the previous generation «s 10/4 l. All versions are also hooked to a high - performance eight - speed automatic transmission, which replaces the conventional six - speed automatic.

The manually locking rear differential from the earlier generations was replaced with a conventional open differential, with Electronic Differential Lock (EDL)(which detects wheelspin via ABS road wheel speed sensors, and applies brakes to one spinning wheel, thus transferring torque via open differential to the opposite wheel which has more traction).

Unlike the previous generation, the new model features a conventional truck - shaped silhouette that's much more attractive than the old model, which sort of looked like the Pizza Hut logo when viewed from the side.

There are certain similarities to the GLC Coupé in the overall silhouette and dimensions, but unique exterior detailing, including an illuminated panel incorporating the headlights and three - pointed star emblem and a similar treatment housing the tail - lights at the rear, ensures the Generation EQ stands out from Mercedes» more conventional offerings.

These investors have no ingrained history with conventional advisors who are mostly from their parents» generation, and, at this point, have relatively small balances that conventional advisors may neglect.

This contribution is made all the more important by a previous generation's omission of the west coast from conventional art historical narratives.

I particularly enjoyed the workshop on «Storytelling in the Anthropocene: Picturing People and the Planet» (find the summary here), which featured illuminating video reports on humanity's growth spurt from Bangladesh, the Philippines and Nepal by a new generation of visual communicators who are breaking down conventional definitions of media.

According to the designers, the serpentine surfaces of Light Sanctuary capitalize on the flexibility and efficiency of third - generation thin - film photovoltaics, which won't lose performance even under extreme temperatures and can capture sunlight from a wider range of angles, in contrast to conventional solar panels:

And this March, 50Hertz revealed in its full - year results for 2012 that it had to curtail generation from renewable power producers (the last tactic to maintain reliability after reducing generation from conventional plants) to avoid oversupply on 77 days last year — almost double the 45 days in 2011.

The outside pressures against coal - fired generation are in complete contrast with the treatment conventional coal projects have received from Freudenthal's administration and Wyoming regulators.

There is no basis for government intervention in these markets given that conventional pollution from energy generation and use are well regulated, or even over regulated.

While conventional hydropower will continue to grow as dams are completed in China, Brazil and a scattering of other countries, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Turkey, there exists enormous potential for non-conventional hydroelectricity generation from tidal and wave projects, as well as from small in - stream projects that will not require new dams.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

In the U.S., large - scale renewable projects plus conventional hydropower are expected to account for 14 percent of total electricity generation in 2016, a 9 percent rise from 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported.

Using conventional energy accounting, a switch from coal & gas generation to solar / wind would reduce our primary energy consumption by 2/3, and yet the electricity generated wouldn't change at all.

Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional energy generation,» «indirect impacts on upstream industries,» and from «the drain on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»

It's a different story from dispatchable conventional generation.

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

* The huge Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to total Texasí electric generation and to the output from «conventional» generating plants.

The huge Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to Total Texasí electric generation and to the output from «conventional» generating plants 2 1.

Thus, when people today buy electricity from coal - fired power plants, or fill their cars with conventional gasoline, they are unwittingly setting in motion damages that will strike future generations.

Heat that is normally wasted in conventional power generation is recovered as useful energy, which avoids the losses that would otherwise occur from separate generation of heat and power.

This follows on the release of a new paper by three scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) which explores the issue of minimum requirements for conventional generation in California and Texas and how this causes curtailment of renewable energy.

Canadian electricity generation in 2000 totaled 567.1 billion kilowatt hours (bkwh), of which 60 % was hydropower, 26 % was conventional thermal power (oil, gas, and coal), 12 % was nuclear generation, and 1 % was derived from other renewable sources.

In our opinion, it is less important how RWE proceeds with the generation business since this business model is focused on conventional generation which does not offer any solutions for the overall challenges from climate change.

In contrast to Eon, RWE specializes in non-regulated earnings from conventional and renewable energy generation (which will become non-regulated earnings in the near future).

Executive Summary A transition from conventional fossil fueled electricity generation to clean energy offers several benefits — particularly the growth of new clean energy industries and associated jobs, diversification of energy supply, and reductions in the public health and environmental damages (especially...

Conventional generation has to come online rapidly to replace it, but most such generation can't move that fast from a cold start — it has to be «idling» at minimum load during the day.

Our individual security is guaranteed only when the so - called collective security is ensured, then, let us combine our efforts to build peaceful societies and thus to preserve the future generations from threats related to the proliferation of conventional arms.»