Sentences with phrase «from grid»

Net metering means that for every unit of surplus solar generation generated during the day you effectively get a credit for a kilowatt hour of power purchased from the grid at another time.

In many other jurisdictions you are not paid cash for your excess export if it is above your usage from the grid or are paid out at a lower avoided cost rate for solar export.

Since 2010 all of our electricity we purchase from the grid in the UK & Ireland is 100 % renewable.

C / decade and the simulated ensemble mean over the models, calculated from the grid boxes of the models where observations exist (which is flawed in my opinion, since excluding of mostly the high latitudes from the model data may emphasize a warm bias in lower latitudes in the models making them appear warmer than they are, but a possible cold bias of the global observations data set is not excluded in this way) had a trend of 0.3 deg.

It would have a small effect on electricity from a grid that is mostly nuclear and renewables (like France) but have a large effect on electricity from a grid like Australia's that is generated by 70 % coal and 20 % natural gas.

This will also reduce the amount of electricity coming from the grid.

And this year alone, California has had to discard 300,000 megawatt hours of excess electricity from the grid, all of which came from renewable sources.

«Avoiding the release of the C.F.C.'s in fridges captures five tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per fridge, and just removing the old refrigerator or freezer from the grid saves another two to five tons of carbon dioxide due to energy savings,» said Mr. Sirkin.

Net metering requires your utility to only bill you when your solar system outputs less to their grid than what your home pulls from the grid and surplus energy is credited at the National grids retail rate.

Allowing RTO / ISOs to use a dispatch system that gives wind and solar preference over traditional methods of generating electricity, which is driving nuclear and coal - fired generation off the grid, and which will ultimately also drive natural gas generation from the grid.

Planning Engineer — I have a greenulist friend that buys only «clean renewable energy» from the grid.

This has all led to a decline in demand for electricity from the grid and this, in turn, has impacted heavily on the profitability of coal - fired power stations in particular.

However, the basis remains the same: using electricity from the grid emits more CO2 than using on - site renewable generation.

That is to say, using electricity from the grid emits more CO2 than using on - site renewable generation.

you have not done something correctly and are not pulling data from the grid cells you think you are.

Renewable energy technologies produce clean energy, can be better scaled to meet demand than large dams, reduce dependence on problematic energy sources such as fossil fuels and large hydro, and can be used in rural areas far from the grid, where most of the world's un-electrified communities are located.

Farmers who have local renewable generating capacity may not draw from the grid, and of course in areas where the preponderance of demand is nuclear or hydro or a renewable, then the fertilizer needed would not have a large carbon footprint.

Stephen Rasey, I have no doubt I'm pulling data from the grid cells I think I am.

In terms of valuation for C&I and community solar and other distributed energy resources, NYPSC staff recommends a calculation based on the combination of energy value based on day - ahead marginal price from the grid operator, capacity value, environmental externalities, and a calculation for «market transition», which Vote Solar describes as a «catch - all for values that could not be calculated».

Enter net energy metering (NEM), a policy in which utilities compensate producers of renewable energy at the retail rate for any excess production that flows back to the grid, allowing them to offset the cost of energy they draw from the grid at times when their system is not producing enough to cover their needs.

Net metering means that for every unit of surplus solar generation generated during the day you effectively get a credit for that kilowatt hour of power purchased from the grid at another time.

In other words, from the grid operator's point of view, solar energy doesn't look like a power plant at all (those are controllable, or «dispatchable,» in the jargon), it looks like a reduction in demand.

The plan highlights solar energy applications for the rural poor disconnected from the grid, sponsorship of research and development programs, and human resource development.

Coupled with the direct decrease in energy consumption from the grid, net metering compensation often allows solar customers to pay nearly nothing for electricity.

We need only look at California, where renewable power is at risk of ousting the state's last nuclear plant from the grid — and raise carbon emissions in the process — to see where ill - judged energy policies are leading the country.

Even in Northern California solar production is excellent and usually more power is exported than drawn from the grid.

The group supports increased reliance on alternative fuels that are domestically produced, such as gasohol and biomass, and on cars such as plug - in hybrids that can draw energy from the grid.

Trimet can soak power from the grid when energy is cheap.

For a typical home without a solar installation, all of the electricity needed to meet occupants» demands is drawn from the grid.

For more than 100 Indian villages cut off from grid electricity, life no longer comes to an end after dark thanks to an innovative solar - powered lantern that offers hope to the nation's rural poor.

When the household consumes energy at the same time that their solar panels are producing it, they can use that energy directly in place of what they would draw from the grid.

Under net energy metering, solar system owners are credited at the retail rate for the excess solar energy that they feed onto the grid, while being charged normally for the electricity they draw from the grid.

And of course, there are the some 800,000 German homes have been disconnected from the grid — victims of what is euphemistically called «fuel poverty».

Customers who use a battery shift their energy use from the grid to different hours, resulting in a flatter load shape and energy cost savings.

(I believe that consumption, from the grid, did not much increase up to at least early 2017, although there was an increasing amount of solar PV power that was consumed «behind the meter».)

«If you reduce the global temperature rise from 4.5 degrees to 2 degrees, instead of having almost half of the species being potentially lost from each grid cell we studied, that reduces to a quarter,» said lead author Rachel Warren.

«The key to the REV order is recognition that in order to move from a grid designed around centralized dispatch to one looking at both centralized and decentralized resources is to expand the role of utilities to make it explicit that utilities obligation to serve includes integrating these resources and facilitating thee markets,» Zibelman said.

Where locally produced sustainable energy might not be available, the power required for the drying of coal could be taken from the grid when electricity is abundant - that is, when sustainable electricity generation methods are puting more electricity into the grid than is being consumed.

The amount of gasoline consumed over a normal daily driving cycle is dramatically reduced with the introduction of up to 9kWh of electricity from the grid.

Several companies came along and broke that barrier down by offering $ 0 - down solar loans, with the price of the systems paid back over time but in monthly payments that are lower than the price of electricity from the grid.

Even if it is nominally replaced by renewable power, a kilowatt - hour of renewable electricity that replaces lost nuclear electricity is a kilowatt - hour that is not available to displace coal and gas from the grid.»

The research measures the impact of increasing numbers of PHEVs between 2010 and 2050, including the nationwide environmental impact of potentially large fleets that would use electricity from the grid as their primary fuel source.

This net metering policy credits each kWh of unused solar generation exported to the grid at the same value as another kWh drawn from the grid.

Moon Dragon features a standard hookup so it can get its power from the grid, but also has a full solar kit so that it can operate off - the - grid, too.

This was below the price of wholesale power from the grid during that year, and competitive with electricity from natural gas.

Net metering bills you only for excess solar generation exported minus energy drawn from the grid.

In California, new utility time - of - use rates and rising demand fees that kick in during mid-afternoon and early evening hours provide an incentive for enterprising businesses to find a way to cut their use of utility power from the grid during those times.

Net metering means that for every unit of surplus solar generation (kWh) during the day you effectively get a credit for a kilowatt hour (kWh) of power purchased from the grid at another time.

Since they can convert an average of 60 % electric energy from the grid into driving power, compared to roughly 20 % fuel conversion in a traditional gas - powered vehicle.

Every device, appliance, or vehicle that runs on electricity benefits from the grid's every incremental improvement.