Sentences with phrase «higher electricity generation»

«While one substrate known as lactate was mainly metabolized by its host bacteria to support cell growth, another substrate known as formate was oxidized to release electrons for higher electricity generation.»

Storage is Still # 1 Thing to Figure Out While this high electricity generation from a very clean source is great news, it is also a good reminder that intermittent and variable sources of power pose a great challenge to the grid.

Not exact matches

Utilities are increasingly switching over to natural gas for electricity generation — coal plant closures could reach a high watermark this year.

My January and April posts on the Ontario electricity sector described how decisions by different Ontario governments gave rise to excess electricity generation with an inflated cost structure, leading to higher electricity prices.

They find that coal accounts for 95 % of GED in this sector (though it also accounts for the largest percentage of total power generation), and coal power has the highest GED per kilowatt - hour (kWh) of electricity generated (though as noted in Table 2, petroleum has a higher GED / VA ratio).

Although the sun is at a similar angle in September and October, electricity demand is still relatively high, leading to lower solar generation shares than seen in March.

Despite ample wind and sun, some of the highest electricity prices in the country, and the steep cost decline in renewable energy technologies, Puerto Rico has fallen far behind other US regions in renewable energy investment, forming barely 2 percent of its generation mix.

Hydropower a decade ago was the leading source of power, contributing more than half of the country's electricity generation capacity — which perhaps explains why the cost of buying power is now high following the reversal in the country's power generation capacity.

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«The electricity generation and the electricity distribution companies are also advised to look into the power voltage made available to customers to prevent power surge resulting from high voltage which could cause an outbreak of fire.

The material is a member of a family of copper - oxygen - based superconducting compounds - the cuprates - that are prime candidates for numerous potential high - impact applications, including extremely efficient electricity generation, storage, and transmission across the nation's power grid.

Co-author Dr Iain Staffell, from the Centre for Environmental Policy, said: «This tool allows us to combat one of the biggest uncertainties in the future energy system, and use real data to answer questions such as how electricity storage could revolutionise the electricity generation sector, or when high - capacity home storage batteries linked to personal solar panels might become cost - effective.»

Meanwhile, the fuel cell variant would feature a smaller battery for energy - storage purposes, as GM's next - generation, high - energy density fuel cell stack will be able to provide sufficient quantities of electricity to the motor on its own.

They are popular during the peak electricity demand hours of between 4 pm and 8 pm (when carbon emissions due to generation on UK National Grid are highest), but watching is particularly popular in the late hours before bedtime.

Moreover, widespread implementation of distributed, local electricity generation — especially low - cost, high - efficiency thin - film photovoltaics like those now being manufactured by Nanosolar for the municipal utility market, and other innovative PV technologies like the cylindrical PV modules being manufactured by Solyndra for commercial rooftop applications — will greatly reduce the need for large - scale, centralized baseload generation.

Chances are much higher for countries to agree to cooperate on a menu of climate - friendly initiatives, say, within particular sectors like electricity generation or manufacturing aluminum.

The total energy needed for producing this power is roughly a factor 2 to 3 higher because the efficiency of power plants is roughly 30 - 50 %, see Electricity generation.

Fusion folks claim that their system has such advantages that it is worth doing even if the cost of electricity generation is higher than alternatives.

Cases with higher or lower world energy prices, represented by oil prices, have relatively little direct impact on power - sector emissions, as petroleum provides a small fraction of U.S. electricity generation.

Electricity generation shows 66 % of energy lost — mostly in heat from coal and natural gas, and including up to 10 % in transmission lines (refuting common assumptions that «wheeling losses» are much higher).

In the High Economic Growth case, electricity demand, fossil - fired generation, and resulting CO2 emissions are all higher, while the reverse is true in the Low Economic Growth case.

These higher proportions of renewables in electricity generation will make integration of these variable renewables into electricity system critical, the IEA says.

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However, it will still be standard for micro grids to be interconnected to utilize wind generation and power plant electricity at least in higher populated areas.

Then, the final report of the G20 High - Level Panel for Infrastructure Investment reinforces the call for MDBs to catalyze regional investment in the energy sector — particularly in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.

Policy support, technology advances and a maturing supply chain are making offshore wind an increasingly viable option for renewables - based electricity generation, harnessing the more consistent and higher wind speeds available offshore.

But we must also work to improve the electricity grid with increased transmission infrastructure to integrate a high amount of renewable generation, and incorporate more advanced grid planning to maintain reliability.

«In the case of Eversource, this is all regulated generation so they're not benefiting from a higher wholesale electricity price,» Marks said, «though there are some indirect pathways that we think are really relevant which may mean higher prices may be good for them.»

SONGS played an important role in the electricity generation profile of the region as a result of its high output and location in the electric demand center of Southern California.

Electricity markets are undergoing massive transformation, as the push for low - carbon power generation shifts the industry towards high investment in renewables and other new technologies even as demand stagnates or declines in many countries.

To the cost of electricity from wind and solar power stations you must add the cost of backup generation and higher transmission costs, to get a proper comparison: Here are some costs of electricity for new power stations, taken from the latest Australian Government AETA 2012 report for comparison:

Beatrice Bedeschi discusses how high rates of renewable generation drove electricity prices on the Italian power exchange to zero in June while the gas market faces low storage levels compared to previous years.

The result: Though CSP requires the direct normal irradiance (DNI) found in abundance in the world's sunny high deserts, even importing generation from high - DNI deserts in Spain and Morocco, CSP with thermal energy storage could become an economically competitive option, due to its ability with storage to fill the gaps created by intermittent generation.Imports of thermal solar from Spain and Morocco would entail building HVDC (high Voltage Direct Current) lines, because direct current is the most effective way to transport large amounts of electricity long - distance.

As a number of countries and jurisdictions reach high levels of renewable energy penetration, they are adapting FITs to address new needs and opportunities (High RE penetration can be defined as at least 15 % of annual electricity generation fromhigh levels of renewable energy penetration, they are adapting FITs to address new needs and opportunities (High RE penetration can be defined as at least 15 % of annual electricity generation fromHigh RE penetration can be defined as at least 15 % of annual electricity generation from RE.

The first claim I am highly sceptical of — namely that it would be economic to capture the Co2 from gas powered electricity generation and convert it to carbon nano tubes (CNT) which have many applications and which command a high price.

This means that as Duke Energy and other providers that are doing the same thing — building generation facilities with high capital costs relative to their probable return using our tax dollars, more or less directly transporting those dollars into their pockets — sell the electricity built with the resources we helped them build, they will charge us more money for all the electricity they sell.

Requires FERC to: (1) issue to each generator of renewable electricity a REC for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated after December 31, 2011; (2) issue three RECs for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by an existing distributed renewable generation facility; and (3) review the effect of issuing three RECs and to reduce such number for any given energy source or technology to ensure that such number is no higher than is necessary to make such facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

The relatively steep cost of solar power compared with traditional sources of electricity generation is caused by the high cost of manufacturing and installing solar panels.

As renewable energy displaces high - carbon fossil fuel generation, cleaner electricity can replace petroleum and natural gas in transportation and heating by fueling electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Other states that traditionally have had high levels of coal - fired electricity generation, such as Indiana, West Virginia, and Virginia, each retired at least one GW of coal capacity in 2015.

-- Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

Solar thermal power (electricity) generation systems collect and concentrate sunlight to produce the high temperature heat needed to generate electricity.

• Denmark: wind 19 % (2009); highest electricity prices in Europe, CO2 emissions from electricity generation are nine times higher than France's and near the highest in Europe.

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

On September 14, 2017, academics, policy makers, representatives of Independent System Operators / Regional Transmission Organizations and other stakeholders engaged in a discussion of the future of electricity markets over the next two decades, with an emphasis on the potential for high penetrations of zero and low marginal cost generation, and various options for organizing wholesale electricity transactions in the face of rapid technological change.

As an example I gave the case of Denmark where although having the highest wind energy proportion of electricity generation in the world, the consumption within Denmark is much less than is generated; Denmark has the highest cost electricity in Europe and near the highest CO2 emissions from electricity generation in Europe.

Bringing electricity to everyone by 2030 would require electricity generation in 2030 to be only 3 % higher than generation in our Reference Scenario... the increase in energy - related global CO2 emissions would be a mere 0.9 % by 2030.

Its electricity generation costs are the highest in Europe.

(At 7 percent of electricity from solar, 15 percent from wind, and a significant amount of hydro - electric generation access, Vermont has one of the highest penetration rates for renewable energy.