Sentences with phrase «from lack of electricity»

And much of the world faces more serious threats of morbidity and mortality from lack of electricity than from indoor cook stoves or sea level rise.

«Water shortages from lack of electricity are common in today's conflicts,» says the ICRC.

Not exact matches

However, after decades of war, it has suffered from a lack of such services as transportation and electricity.

Among the numerous factors cited by some failed startups in Africa's most populous country Nigeria from a personal survey I conducted include, high and multiple taxes, lack of funding, electricity and security.

The lack of cars, 7 - elevens and large resorts keep the island from feeling too commercialised, even as WiFi and 24 - hour electricity are no longer hard to find.

McPherson explained her «I Know It By Heart» exhibition, which is currently open at Rome's Dorothy Circus Gallery until the end of July, saying: «The paintings ended up taking an adventure towards visual manifestations, literally things coming out of their yes, with aurora, rays of viruses, smoke, water, electricity, or even a lack of visual contact with eyes covered or a glance away from the viewer.

Of course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safetOf course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safetof the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safetof permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safety.

«I am struck by the lack of fundamental breakthroughs required for an abundant, clean energy future, whether in electricity generation from wind, coal (IGCC), ocean thermal, ocean wave, ocean tide, solar, nuclear, or liquids from coal - to - liquids, gas - to - liquids, biofuels, bio-engineered fuels, and so on.»

The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.

But a combination of cheap conventional electricity and the lack of robust renewable - energy incentives has so far kept the state from realizing its full solar potential.

On part loaded condition the marginal cost of electricity from diesel generator could be higher than 20 Rs / kWh (US$ 0.31), but due to the lack of policy certainty and delays in decisionmaking, we are yet to achieve goals set up for «Greening the Islands».

The resources required to rapidly move away from fossil fuels and prepare for the coming heavy weather could pull huge swaths of humanity out of poverty, providing services now sorely lacking, from clean water to electricity.

From what I've seen, discussion of the electricity storage issue generally lacks an adequate integration of storage time.

This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks.

LONDON, 13th November 2014 — Rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks, new research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) shows.

Stated conversely, the lack of interconnection between China and neighboring states meant much of the water release from the Three Gorges Dam in late May for drought reasons was left under - utilized for electricity production.

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to suffer from a major energy deficit, with hundreds of millions of people lacking access to electricity and clean cooking fuels.

The lack of affordable electricity in poor countries is responsible for poverty and at least three million deaths a year from indoor smoke, yet western countries and international institutions largely refuse to support the cheapest source of electricity, fossil fuels.

The warming from black carbon — by the way — is equal to that of carbon dioxide emissions from electricity production and it is for the most part a problem of lack of development.

Maryland generates more than half of its electricity from fossil fuel sources and we continue to lack adequate industry in our state.

Moreover, a percentage of the solar systems will also be provided to local primary health care centres that could truly benefit from access to electricity, and to community health workers who bring vital health services directly into homes and schools currently lacking access to electricity.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and others have pressed to close the nearby Indian Point nuclear power plant, but the mayor said city residents get more than 8 percent of their electricity from the facility and lack a ready substitute.

But for others, who live in parts of the world with little to no access to power, whether it's because of lacking infrastructure or from the impacts from disaster or war (or just a lack of money to acquire it), having a solar charger and a battery to store the electricity in can make a huge — even a lifesaving — difference.

Similarly, we find the most advantage from the lack of correlation between electricity demand in each of these states.

While Rwanda is recovering from the tragic events on the early 90's there are many areas of the country that still lack basic infrastructure, water, electricity and education.