Sentences with phrase «global electricity»

Other studies have estimated that there was by 2015 enough renewable energy capacity to meet nearly 24 percent of global electricity demand.

Building green — Buildings are responsible for a large share of global electricity consumption and raw materials use, but people are thinking about how to make them better.

Renewable electricity generation (excluding hydro) is estimated to account for 3.3 percent of global electricity generation.

In some scenarios, its share in global electricity generation reaches up to a third by 2050, but in the majority of scenarios remains below one tenth.

Lighting is one of the largest end - users of electricity globally, comprising 19 percent of total global electricity use.

We are now at the leading edge of a fundamental transformation of global electricity systems that is creating systems that are more diverse, decentralized and low carbon.

Zero - carbon power as a percentage of global electricity declined from 36 to 31 percent between 1993 and 2014.

Surely «global electricity business» is about supplying reliable power at affordable prices to meet consumer demand?

The investment in renewable power capacity in 2015 generates more than enough to cover global electricity demand growth.

They note global electricity demand has grown much less than expected (thanks in part to energy efficiency).

Lighting accounts for 15 percent of global electricity use.

AC use is expected to be the second - largest source of global electricity demand growth after the industry sector, and the strongest driver for buildings by 2050.

This means the renewable share of global electricity generation (blue area, below right) hasn't really changed much over the past 20 years.

What's more, the indirect energy uses and emissions of each technology will shift over time, due to changing fuel sources, advances in manufacturing and the evolution of global electricity supplies.

The last two made 18 percent of the world's 2009 electricity (while nuclear made 13 percent, reversing their 2000 shares)-- and made over 90 percent of the 2007 to 2008 increase in global electricity production.

The Global Electricity Initiative aims to build an international community of electricity industry leaders.

Ocean power, through both waves and tides, accounts for about 1 % of global electricity needs in 2050.

A report from the McKinsey Global Institute published this week, «Beyond the supercycle: How technology is reshaping resources,» estimates that renewables, primarily solar and wind, could jump from 4 % of global power generation today to as much as 36 % by 2035, reshaping global electricity markets in the process.

Another doubling of coal tax in India shows momentum in global electricity sector transformation

(See related interactive map: The Global Electricity Mix)

«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.

To assist with adoption of the technology in Australia, In Australia, CST Wastewater Solutions is partnering with national energy groups and global electricity generator suppliers to tailor Build, Own Operate and Maintain (BOOM) partnerships.

General Motors announced today that it would power its Ohio and Indiana plants entirely with wind energy, meaning that renewable energy will 20 % of the automaker's global electricity load.

Last year, EP and I were the first to note that the share of global electricity coming from clean energy had — against the hype — actually declined, in part due to the closure and cancellation of nuclear plants.

The total addressable market for landfill methane is based on projected global electricity generation in terawatt - hours from 2020 - 2050.

«Approaching the tipping point: how corporate users are redefining global electricity markets», a new report from RE100 — a global corporate leadership initiative led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP — tracks progress made in 2016 - 17 by companies committed to 100 % renewable power.

Electricity output from solar PVs is approaching 1 % of total global electricity production, according to the IEA.

Similarly, IEA figures show, between 2015 and 2016, the percentage of global electricity produced by wind and solar rose from 4.5 % to 5.2 % — a major jump in a single year.

GCAM reference scenario results showing a global GDP and population drivers, b global primary energy consumption by fuel source, c global electricity production by technology, and d global allocation of land among major land cover and land use categories

The total addressable market for electricity generation technologies using perennial crops as feedstock is based on estimated global electricity generation in terawatt - hours from 2020 - 2050.

Note that this chart shows figures for a 2C world in 2050, when global electricity supplies have been largely decarbonised.

In 2016, out of $ 718 billion in global electricity investments, renewables - based power accounted for $ 297 billion.

Average global electricity demand is approximately 2.6 TW, therefore we need a total of around 10 TW of wind capacity to provide this electricity.

What do you think about the impact of varying global electricity costs on Bitcoin mining?

That is the surge in global electricity consumption used to «mine» more Bitcoins.

For further information, contact Gemma McLauchlan, Senior Manager, Partners & Head of Global Electricity Initiative.

One thousand gigawatts is the number the M.I.T. professors estimated would be needed to ensure that nuclear power provided 20 percent of global electricity needs as well as cut emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants.

In contrast to today's global electricity sector, where coal supplies 40 percent of electricity, Plan B sees wind emerging as the centerpiece in the 2020 energy economy, supplying 40 percent of all electricity.

According to a report by the Swedish Energy Agency, they represent one - fifth of global electricity use, most of which comes from nonrenewable resources.