Sentences with phrase «increasing electricity demands»

Renewable energy can therefore be particularly attractive to water - stressed countries looking to meet their increasing electricity demands without producing emissions.

Energy use in schools is escalating due to the use of ITC equipment which, in turn, increases electricity demand.

By 2030, population growth and a return to economic prosperity are expected to increase electricity demand by at least 20 % from 2007 levels — requiring 220 gigawatts of new power to come online.

Energy efficiency works hand in hand with coordinated improvements in the energy system: by reducing overall demand for energy, energy efficiency allows renewable energy resources to ramp up and offsets increased electricity demand from electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Energy efficiency works hand in hand with coordinated improvements in our energy system: by reducing overall demand for energy, energy efficiency allows renewable energy resources to ramp up and offsets increased electricity demand from new technologies.

The main reason was that growth in renewables and nuclear power could not keep up with increased electricity demand, even though some sources have cited a drought - induced drop in hydropower output as a factor in the rebounding coal consumption.

For example, a common adaptation to heatwaves is to install air - conditioning, which increases electricity demand with consequences for mitigation when the electricity is produced from fossil fuels;

During World War II construction and maintenance work had delayed, and after the war the SECV had difficulty with keeping up with increasing electricity demand.

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The others were the explosive growth of renewable energy sources, especially solar photo - voltaic energy; China's increasing prioritization of cleaner energy; and the huge long - term rise in global electricity demand, reflecting higher living standards in the emerging world — notably in the shape of demand for air conditioning.

One important thing to understand is that the electricity demands of Bitcoin mining won't scale up linearly with increased usage or transactions.

The government aims to increase capacity to 350 MW by 2020, or about 5 percent of projected peak electricity demand, up from less than 1 percent now, according to EMA.

The increase in foreign demand is being driven by industrialization and attendant demand for coal fired electricity generation in the developing world including India and China.

Add to this an economic rebound, and Texas» grid operator is predicting a 2.7 % increase in peak electricity demand in the summer of 2018 over the previous record, set in August 2016.

These additional costs come as gas is already under pressure due to flat - to - declining electricity demand and increasing renewable energy adoption in states like California and Texas.

The increase in demand for electricity, reduction in the quantity of water at the Akosombo Dam, irregular gas supply from the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company in Nigeria, irregular maintenance programmes and late procurement of crude oil to power generation plants, have conspired to plunge the country in the current power crisis.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's announcement of an increase in electricity and water tariffs by 59.2 % and 67.2 % respectively, forced the meeting between government and organized labor which demanded a reduction.

In addition, this year, delayed monsoon rains increased farmers» demand for irrigation - related electricity while reducing the water available for hydroelectricity, which accounts for 20 percent of India's grid, according to Businessweek and Reuters.

The spread of urban centers increases the demand for electricity, more than 75 percent of which in China is generated from coal - fired power plants.

Meanwhile, thanks mainly to strong energy conservation efforts and increased energy efficiency, total electricity demand has been falling since 2011.

According to government projections, the price cut will increase demand for electricity and push up emissions of CO2 by about half a million tonnes a year.

Texas experienced blackouts in February 2011, as colder - than - average winter weather simultaneously increased demand for electricity and damaged coal - fired power plants and wind turbines.

However, increasing demand for electricity and direct coal consumption, and gradual depletion of its own supply, have led to it becoming the world's largest coal importer.

But keeping those lights on amid ever increasing demand and the rise of wind, solar and other alternative sources of electricity generation that are inherently intermittent is just one of the goals of a smart grid.

Researchers have increasingly sought alternatives to semiconductor - based electronics over the past decade as the increases in speed and density of microprocessors come at the expense of greater demands on electricity and hotter circuits.

While the U.S. boom in shale gas helped push the fossil fuel's share of total global energy consumption from 23.8 to 23.9 percent, coal also increased its share, from 29.7 to 29.9 percent, as demand for coal - fired electricity remained strong across much of the developing world, including China and India, and parts of Europe.

The M.I.T. report predicts that even if the world's fleet of more than 400 nuclear power plants grew to be 4,000 such plants that then operated for a century, the cost of the electricity from those facilities would rise by a mere 1 percent as a result of the increased demand for uranium.

With the economic downturn and increasing energy efficiency, French electricity demand has remained level or declined in some instances.

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).

In a world with increasing energy demand nuclear fusion can play a role as it has the potential to be a sustainable and powerful electricity source free of CO2 emissions.

Such a transition would require the development of advanced battery and fuel - cell technologies as well as modernization of the electrical grid to manage the increased demand for electricity.

A power plant's capacity can be increased in stages depending on electricity demand.

«Cheap natural gas, the rapid decline in the cost of solar and wind generation, and continued flat electricity demand make it next to impossible that U.S. coal production will significantly increase in coming years.»

This motor can be used either to assist the 2.4 - liter gasoline engine when accelerating from standing and with increased load demand, or to charge the battery by turning the car's braking and deceleration into electricity.

But demand is increasing because people like their electricity to work.

Target 2: Increase Non-Fossil Energy to 11.4 % of Total Supply: Though overall power demand growth fell in 2012, the share of Chinese electricity generated from renewables increased from 15.7 % to 19.4 % thanks to a recovery in hydro and increased wind generation.

(1) increased demand for heating fuels and electricity due to cooler winter and warmer summer conditions in 2007 than in 2006; (2) increased consumption of fossil fuels to generate electricity; and (3) a significant decrease (14.2 percent) in hydropower generation used to meet this demand.

As for the notion that you need to put up wind turbines at a greater height to capture the increased wind speeds, Dabiri notes that wind speeds at lower altitudes are sufficient to supply several times the world's electricity demand.

Increases in electric grid (and generation) efficiency tends to result in an increase in electricity demand.

Of course increasing demand for electricity, coupled with the intermittent nature of renewables will pose some challenges.

This means policymakers will need to put in place ways to increase system flexibility — such as grid interconnections, electricity storage and demand - side response.

At the same time, electricity demand did not increase.

We will see increasing electrification, with wind energy providing a large part of the need that electrification creates, delivering one - third to fifty percent of the total future electricity demand.

Increased energy efficiency in homes and business led to lower electricity demand growth, reducing the need to generate electricity.

Body heat already makes up a useful fraction of the internal gains, so that shouldn't disappear, and if our annual electricity bills are halved at the expense of a small increase in heating demand then that should be an acceptable price to pay.

Add to this an economic rebound, and Texas» grid operator is predicting a 2.7 % increase in peak electricity demand in the summer of 2018 over the previous record, set in August 2016.

In developing Asia, the share of biomass in the residential sector declines from around 50 % today to 33 % in 2030 as demand for gas and electricity for cooking increases in the New Policies Scenario.

The United States faces a vexing challenge in switching from conventional to clean sources to generate electricity: How do we replace fossil fuel when natural gas costs $ 4 per million BTU and demand for electricity is expected to increase by over 20 % by 2035?

Wholesale electricity prices reflect the operational stress of meeting these periodic increases in demand.

The government has accepted a recommendation by the Warburton review of the scheme to lift the target if electricity demand rises by half the increase in demand.

According to Pentland, increasing demand is unlikely to be the cause of rising electricity rates, due to the simple fact that «many if not most utilities are selling less — not more — electricity than they used to sell.»