Sentences with phrase «from using less electricity»

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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 fact, much of the overall decrease in energy consumption can be traced to the shift from coal to gas, because modern gas - fired plants may use up to 46 percent less energy to produce the same amount of electricity.»

If they were, gaming computers worldwide might well be consuming billions of dollars less in electricity use annually, with no loss in performance, according to new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

With more money for development of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one of the pillars of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not coal burning).

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

Transforming the light from the Sun into electricity is a good means of generating energy when we are close to it; however, the further away, the less light there is to use.

In the story on appliances, various experts told Alina Tugend that the energy and materials costs of manufacturing an appliance to begin with have to be weighed against the long - term savings from buying a new one that uses less electricity.

There was also a program from my former electric company that gave a sweet year - round discount on your electric rate for using less than a certain amount of electricity in the summer — more programs like this would be great.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

A future hydrogen economy could use the gas as an energy carrier As this method doesn't produce oxygen which needs to be kept separate from hydrogen, safety from explosion of the two gases is much less of a problem with electricity in the national grids carried by ageing cables, it would be useful to replace them by passing the hydrogen along gas pipes used currently for natural methane gas.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

Western Europe with much less fossil fuel use than ever before, produces 50 % of its electricity from nuclear reactors and could provide the stimulus for others to re-instigate their nuclear production.

As I've explained, there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of CO2.

The sponsors of I - 1631 included a similar but less stringent provision, requiring electric utility plans to include «a long - term strategy to eliminate any fee obligation» imposed by the measure, as a way to push utilities to use at least some of the retained revenue to directly reduce carbon from their electricity generating sources.

As generation from gas and to a lesser extent renewables has increased electricity consumption in the US has remained flat since 2005, due to the American economy becoming more efficient in its energy use.

It also costs a lot less to charge an EV than it does to buy gas or diesel, and if you consider powering your EV with a home solar installation, you can even bring the costs down further — you can use Solar - Estimate's tools to learn more about that and work out the rates of return you would get from installing solar panels given your electricity usage and location.

Less than 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so using electricity as a transportation fuel would greatly reduce dependence on imported petroleum, thus contributing to our national security.»

«Gross Revenues» means the total monies received by Grantee from a utility company or other power purchaser (provided, however, that if electricity is sold to a subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, then, and only then, the gross receipts from the sale of electricity under such contract shall be calculated using a sale of not less than the arithmetical average of the prices quoted by market sources of information, which information may be based upon the price paid by any purchaser or purchasers, including Grantee or any subsidiary or affiliate of Grantee, for electricity produced in the Iowa region of the Midwest Independent System Operator («MISO») from operation of wind turbines during the calendar year immediate!y preceding the year in which such electricity production from the Wind Energy Project occurs, taking into account the aggregate terms associated with such transaction) derived from the sale of electric energy and capacity produced and sold from the WTG's installed on the Premises, net of proportional energy losses associated with the power collection system or utility interconnection.

After decades of increases, U.S. CO2 emissions from energy use (which account for 97 % of total U.S. emissions) declined by around 9 % between 2008 and 2012, largely due to a shift from coal to less CO2 - intensive natural gas for electricity production.

In reality, Ohio uses less natural gas (5 percent) for electricity generation and more coal (82 percent) compared to the national average according to data from the Energy Information Administration.

As an example, if you pay $ 0.11 per kWh for electricity from your utility but your utility only offers a $ 0.04 credit for electricity sent back to the grid, your solar electricity will be worth $ 0.07 less if you don't use it at home.

Grid electricity is the easiest part of the energy supply to decarbonize, so we should be using more electricity — for transport, heating and other purposes — not less; PG&E's generation should grow mightily to accommodate all the Tesla's and Volts Californian's could be driving on electricity from Diablo Canyon.

Cars are less efficient when they use electricity [I think you mean cleaner but just investigate the environmental damage from the batteries]-RSB- and we all here agree that dirty air is bad, shame CO2 isn't dirty or toxic.

For all other fuel uses, ranging from diesel fuel for trucks and jet fuel for planes to home heating and industrial fuels — the overall price - responsiveness is probably greater than for gasoline but less than for electricity.

Most of the New Yorkers surveyed said they are willing to buy compact fluorescent light bulbs (71 percent), spend $ 5 more a month for electricity produced from renewable energy sources (68 percent), make their views on global warming clear to politicians (67 percent), use less air - conditioning (66 percent) and turn down their thermostat in the winter (60 percent).

Aside from its many functions, a box grater takes up much less room, uses no electricity, doesn't include a bunch of plastic, is easier to clean, and results in a nicer shred than does a food processor.

The radiator from Lancey Energy Storage is described as a plug - and - play space heater, which means that even though it integrates a lithium battery and can allow users to charge it during times of cheaper electricity, and then use that electricity when grid prices are higher, no additional wiring is necessary to install it, and it can cost up to 75 % less than installing a gas heater.

In energy we argue that green electricity and energy efficiency are two sides of the same coin — we need to use less and what we must use should come from green sources.

«With concepts as simple as skylights and shady eaves to as advanced as electricity generation from brewing waste, New Belgium uses 40 percent less energy than the average American brewer..».

The country expects to use 10 % less electricity within a decade; all power stations are to be modernised; there's # 30bn for more renewables; railways will be further subsidised to lure people out of their cars and away from aeroplanes; plans for more wind turbines, photovoltaic electricity and biofuels will all be fast - forwarded; there is # 1,500 m to reduce CO2 in existing buildings; and the solar market is growing by 40 % a year.

Sony hasn't posted official numbers for how much «greener» that makes the PlayStation 3 Slim, but the power supply goes from 280 watts to 250 watts, meaning it uses at least 10 percent less electricity at peak consumption.