Sentences with phrase «from electricity use»

That is equal to the greenhouse gases from electricity use in 7.9 million American homes or taking over 13 million cars off the road.

Over the past three years, the EPA's corporate partners have increased their voluntary green power commitments by more than 30 percent, while the list of Fortune 500 members grew by 20 percent, totaling 61 companies that buy more than 7 billion kilowatt - hours (kWh) of green power, the equivalent environmental impact of avoiding the annual carbon - dioxide emissions from electricity use of nearly 644,000 average American homes.

While our existing climate change strategy was already focused on efficiency improvements, 60 % of our operational footprint comes from our electricity use so it was clear to us that we would need to switch to renewable electricity.

«60 % of our operational footprint comes from our electricity use so it was clear to us that we would need to switch to renewable electricity,» Downend said.

Technology is helping us reduce our carbon footprints from the electricity we use and from the vehicles we drive.

Outcomes The cumulative savings for direct emission reductions from electricity use are greater than the combined annual electricity consumption of Disneyland Resort in California, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.

... What are some ways you and your family could reduce the amount of carbon dioxide you release each month from your electricity use?

583 Jim Larsen, and ~ 10 % of oecd developed nations carbon emissions come directly from the electricity use running and maintaining the Internet.

Longer distance drivers mulling this or any PHEV will need to weigh pros and cons including price, available subsidies, and whether they will benefit enough from electricity use.

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In this step you'll calculate the carbon emissions from the electricity used to power your home — including your lights, appliances, and electronic devices.

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In fact, we found that the military could generate all of its electricity from distributed renewable sources by 2025 using these types of microgrids - which would provide energy reliability and decrease costs.

Unabated coal refers to the production of electricity from a coal plant without using treatments to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Google's total purchase of energy from renewable sources in 2017 was greater than the electricity used by its global operations, the tech giant has said.

Put simply, for every kilowatt hour of electricity the company used in 2017, it bought a kilowatt hour of renewable energy from a solar or wind farm built specifically for Google.

On concerns about power use, Bakken said his personal electricity bill had risen 5 percent from charging his car at home and fears of surge demand were overblown.

Under her leadership, the company invested $ 15 billion in modernizing its electricity infrastructure, including spending on «smart» meters (which allow companies to monitor use remotely), auto - switching devices that allow employees to monitor usage and outages from a distance, and technology that helps the grid «self - heal» by rerouting electricity around a damaged power line.

Crescent Electric studied mining costs based on the wattage used by the three most popular mining rigs (the AntMiner S9, the AntMinerS7 and the Avalon 6) and the days each takes to mine a coin (which range from 452 to over 1,800 depending on the machine), then multiplied by the average electricity rate in each state.

Elite Fixtures has compiled a list of mining costs throughout the world, using averaged data from three mining rigs and average electricity rates in 115 countries as of January 2018.

Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

Electricity from solar panels on the roof is used to produce and store hydrogen.

Using a loan from his parents, he bought an old Porsche and altered the engine to run on electricity.

The practice is common in aluminum production, where the smelting process uses vast amounts of electricity to create aluminum metal from alumina.

99 % of electricity used in Costa Rica comes from renewable sources, and the government is far ahead of many wealthier nations, having committed the country to becoming carbon neutral by 2021.

Duoenergy (Panama): Our products come from the idea of recovering kinetic energy (pedaling, running or walking), regaining its use for other needs, turning it into electricity.

It's part of an effort to use less electricity — and also helps to keep birds and turtles from becoming disoriented on the bayside campus.But the spotlights were turned all the...

In 2010, the United States used 683 trillion cubic meters of natural gas in anything from creating electricity to powering stoves, water heaters, and even vehicles.

Korean News Agency recently reported an arrest of 14 people from thirteen companies for illegal use of cheap electricity for mining.

The poll also found strong support for other policies that would help accelerate Canada's transition to clean energy, including federal support to help provinces use more renewable electricity, switching buildings and vehicles to clean power, and measures to cut the carbon emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel.

According to the Bureau of Land Management, one out of every five homes and business in the US use electricity made from Wyoming coal.

It used to be that electricity was carried almost exclusively from big power plants over transmission lines, dumped into distribution grids, and then dumped into buildings, to be used by relatively dumb appliances.

Helion Energy, located in Redmond, Washington, believes they are only a few years away from creating nuclear fusion that can be used as a source for electricity.

«Tesla Powerpack will charge using renewable energy from the Hornsdale Wind Farm and then deliver electricity during peak hours to help maintain the reliable operation of South Australia's electrical infrastructure,» Tesla said in a press release.

If electricity use continues to double every nine years, huge amounts of power will have to come from 500 years» worth of coal supplies and lots of nuclear power plants — by this time possibly breeder or fusion plants.

The Theory of evolution uses the same science that provides electricity, medicine, tecnology, modern farming, construction, etc., so I'm assuming we won't be hearing from you again, because you won't use those things, including the computer, until science can answer»... WHERE did the universe come from...».

When I received the bag, I immediately transferred the majority of the chia seeds to an airtight thick plastic container with a screw - on lid.I noticed from the get - go that the seeds seemed to stick to the scoop I was using, almost like there was static electricity?

Global Water Engineering has partnered with Chokyuenyong Industrial in Thailand to cut effluent COD pollution levels at its cassava production plant by more than 95 percent while extracting gas from its wastewater to power its boilers and generate electricity for its own use and to sell back to the provincial grid.

Wholesum Harvest was an early mover on solar power and obtains roughly a third of the electricity it uses from its own photovoltaic cells.

Results achieved over hundreds of plants globally have achieved removal of organic waste from discharge water of between 70 - 99 per cent, with many of the plants installed by Global Water Engineering also capturing the organic waste converted to methane and using it to power boilers and electricity generators.

«In particular, instead of electricity or natural gas we plan to use waste heat or biogas generated from anaerobic digestion to bake our dog biscuits.

Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20 % today to 100 % across all global operations by 2030.

The yarn that I use to knit my toys is all sourced locally from nearby farmers and the yarn that I hand paint and hand dye is dyed in a sun stove and no electricity is used.

At all of our sanctuaries with nature centers, we generate electricity by using photovoltaic arrays, which harness energy from the sun.

It uses gravity water filtration technology to remove toxic elements, parasites, bacteria and hundreds of other contaminants from water without removing the beneficial minerals, and without the use of any electricity.

I was told that it costs much more to use disposable diapers compared to using washable cloth diapers; but since the computation I got was from using a branded diaper and I used generic diapers plus the cost of laundry (water + detergent + electricity), I guess the costs are just about the same.

The Tommee Tipee Travel Warmer is made using high - quality plastic and stainless steel for durability, and is designed to work without electricity with a thermal flask which does not require any electrical source from the outside.

More importantly, it comes with AC adapter so that you can use it with power it up with electricity and save yourself from the stress of using batteries.

Cloth diapering has many components to it and the cost is difficult to calculate but I created a cloth vs disposable diaper calculator on our blog (http://www.groceryalerts.ca/cloth-vs-disposable-diaper-calculator/) and the calculator looks closely at the cleaning costs, electricity, and hydro and looks at diaper use estimates from several sources (13).

«It's terrifying to think that each month, one million families turn to high - cost, short - term credit, like payday loans each month and 400,000 are using them for essentials, such as putting food on the table or preventing the gas and electricity from being cut off,» Reed added.

The restructuring of VRA will also enable the use of cheap electricity from legacy hydro to support government subsidy objectives to a targeted category of consumers in a transparent manner.