Sentences with phrase «higher power costs»

The BEST Coalition, which represents a variety of business, government and consumer groups, remains opposed to the bill, citing what it says would be higher power costs.

But the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that improved energy efficiency would offset higher power costs, with household power bills spiking initially and then falling.

More businesses in South Australia, struggling with higher power costs because of the Weatherill government's rush to a 50 per cent renewable energy target, are becoming insolvent, forensic accountants and industry say.

They expected the province's fiscal position to improve through the divestiture of a corporation laden with $ 4.5 billion in debt, and saw a solution to high power costs that hinder New Brunswick's competitiveness.

Not exact matches

Some will be cheaper than others, depending on the cost of build materials or processing power; some will be high - end monsters.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

For bargaining power, Lowe stressed the benefits of his occupancy: He already had a loyal following of high - caliber clients; he would give the building a clean, polished, updated look; and the landlord would incur costs if the building sat vacant for too long.

I recently spoke with an M.I.T. nuclear physicist, Andrew Kadak, who said the engineering challenges were so great and the costs so high that it would be more practical to pursue conventional power sources.

The PS4 will cost $ 399 and feature comparable computing power, high - definition graphics and online features to the Xbox One.

We expect profit margins to peak toward the end of 2015 as labor regains pricing power and borrowing costs move higher.

After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

Iceland and Greenland have approached the company to try to persuade it to build mining operations in their countries which offer «similar power rates, along with tax breaks and incentives... [p] lus, the usually low temperatures there hold down the costs of cooling high - powered computers.»

The purchasing power of the fixed income stream deteriorates, the investor has less ability to recoup purchasing power because of the shorter investment horizon and more conservative allocation, and the investor's potentially higher effective inflation rate (due to greater exposure to health care costs) tends to make any shortfall more painful.

The slump was related to higher material costs and a weaker performance among its nickel - battery products, historically the firm's biggest revenue source, because of the global slowdown and weaker power tool sales.

This inverter is the lowest cost, highest efficiency and highest power density utility - scale inverter on the market.

HashChain taps low - cost North American power, cool climate and high - speed Internet: the trifecta most critical to mining success, to create a competitive position for maximizing the number of mining «wins.»

After recalling Tsipras coming to power as an unrepentant demagogue whose high - wire negotiations in 2015 cost Greece «100 billion euros» (in extra austerity measures), the opposition accuses him of «belatedly discovering investments» that he fought against.

Lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal and wind, and advances in building energy efficiency are giving us new alternatives to create as many or more high - quality jobs using non-emitting sources of power.

When someone says «my restaurant failed since costs were to high» what they are really saying is that they could not raise their prices since they had no pricing power.

Where a few cryptocurrency terminals are wroth - trusting as preferred payment method, where intermediaries charge high transactions costs, and where Bitcoin still has not been able to grow its adoption rate, and where mining is even today considered risky by a novice in the cryptocurrency world, Phoneum makes it easy and hassle - free with its mobile - based blockchain - powered mining algorithm.

«Storage effectively provides a low - cost source of power, eliminating the need for the highest cost, least efficient conventional power plant,» says the report.

HashChain taps low - cost Canadian power, cool climate and high - speed Internet: the trifecta most critical to mining success, to create a competitive position for maximizing the number of mining «wins.»

God in His will through history had into reality seemingly illogical or cruel events to happen in our world, but no one is spared if the purpose is for the good of humanity, wars pestilence even the holocust has a reason and purpose beyond our comprehension at our times but will be reveald in the future, The Phillipine catasthrophy for example is viewed by some as Gods punishment, we experienced the brunt of natures punishing power but it also unveiled the true feelings and concern of the whole world in helping us materially and spiiritually by aiding and consoling us that was unprecedented in history, The whole world had demostrated, to me, a kind of humanitarian concern and love that trancends races and culture, A kind of demonstration by higher being the we humans is one with Him.The cost of human lives and misery is nothing in history compared to its positve historical consequences

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

And if you don't have a high - powered blender (since they certainly cost more than $ 25), you can use this with cashew cream / cashew sauces to get out any cashew bits that didn't blend all the way.

Using the latest high - powered ultrasound equipment (which, in the US, can cost more than # 80,000), women can arrange to have a video of their moving fetus in 4D.

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.

The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable) budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending cuts in the event of widely expected future federal funding reductions.

In addition to energy efficiency measures, the audits shall identify opportunities for cost - effective on - site renewable generation and high - efficiency combined heat and power.

The Akufo - Addo led - NPP government is already battling how to halt the fast depreciating currency, the cedi, recurring debilitating power outages, popularly known as «dumsor» and the increasing high cost of living especially, in the last two months.

«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.

While consumers of power bemoan the instability and high cost of sourcing electricity, Sunday Oduntan, executive director of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, said that the high charges were dismissible in view of the low payment habits of Nigerians.

The majority of renewable energy is built upstate and power is at a relatively low cost,» Christian said, referring to the high energy costs of New York City and Long Island.

While acknowledging pension costs would remain high in the immediate future, the city controller suggested they would start to get better by 2016, at which point Liu himself could be in power at City Hall.

This is due to the fact that they went to purchase Ameri power and Karpower at very high prices and it is Ghanaians who have to pay the cost.»

In a state with already high state and local taxes, fees and assessments on energy — with roughly 25 cents of every dollar paid for electric power in New York State going to pay government assessments — we believe it is simply counterproductive to continue to add new and increased energy costs on state ratepayers.

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

With no term limits and the high costs of mounting a campaign, it's easy for those in power to remain in power.

Guaranteed price will reflect the higher cost of building windfarms and selling power in «outlying» areas

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is close to a «Faustian pact» with Democratic Gov. Cuomo to raise the state's minimum wage to a national high of $ 15 an hour — boosting union power and possibly costing New York hundreds of thousands of jobs, The Post has learned.

Businesses are still unable to get assurances of reliable power supply, and continue to incur high cost of running businesses, unemployment remains high and people continue to lose their jobs and households continue to suffer because of dumsor, so once again, it was the usual rhetoric.

Hawkins wants the state minimum wage raised to at least $ 15 an hour, index it to inflation, and give local governments home rule power to raise it higher to reflect local living costs if they so choose.

It would require utilities to purchase power from nuclear facilities, and those costs would then be passed along to customers, who now pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation.

NYPA President and CEO Richard M. Kessel said: «Under Governor Paterson's leadership, the Power Authority made it the highest priority to negotiate contract extensions with the Niagara Project's more than 100 business customers to optimize the benefits of the low - cost hydropower for the Niagara Frontier economy.

Looking for RC fun without the extreme cost of high - powered machines?

The iRobot Roomba 960 Vacuum Cleaning Robot delivers superb cleaning ability at a fraction of the cost of comparable models thanks to high - power ability and intelligent operation programming.

«They improve the module power output by about four per cent and will be low cost if manufactured in high volume.

The difficulty is capturing it at the power plant without sapping too much energy or pushing electric costs up too high.

The cost to treat and recycle water used at power plants is estimated to be 1.5 to 2 times the cost of freshwater, often because of the high price of current silica removal methods.

Researchers at The City College of New York - based CUNY Energy Institute announce the development of a novel low cost, rechargeable, high energy density battery that makes the widespread use of solar and wind power possible in the future.