Sentences with phrase «kilowatt hour generated»

Normally, solar power is contracted under a power purchase agreement, which is paid by the kilowatt hour generated.

Basically, in a rush to jumpstart a pioneering solar industry, the Spanish gov offered far too sweet a feed - in tariff for solar investors — a whopping 58 US cents per kilowatt hour generated by solar power.

In fact, with current technology, the cost of a wind - generated kilowatt hour in the American Midwest is now effectively cheaper than a kilowatt hour generated by natural gas.

Not exact matches

Rosatom is Russia's largest electricity generating business, and produced 196.37 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2016.

The new solar farm will provide power to Sierra Pacific Power Co.'s electric grid that serves Apple's data center and when completed will generate about hours 43.5 million kilowatt of clean energy a year, Apple said in a statement.

The company says its lamps have generated more than 57 million kilowatt - hours, offset 3.2 million tons of carbon dioxide and generated $ 1.4 billion in savings.

As of September 30, d.light's lanterns have generated more than 57 million kilowatt - hours of renewable energy, offsetting 3.2 million tons of carbon dioxide and generating $ 1.4 billion in energy - related savings, the company says.

Making the economics worse, the traditional solar system will generate 13,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) in a year, but the solar roof will only generate 10,000 kWh because it packs fewer solar cells onto the same roof.

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).

The T factor is difficult to measure, but one index might be the grams of sulfur produced per kilowatt hour of electricity generated.

Together, the two systems are expected to generate 1.8 million kilowatt hours in their first year of operation and 34 million kilowatt hours over the next 20 years.

A large part of the electricity gap should be met by energy saving measures: the National Audit Office recently found that efficiency schemes cost 1.8 pence to save a kilowatt hour of electricity, cheaper than all known means of generating electricity.

It currently estimated that Ghana imports about 185 megawatts of power from Cote d'Ivoire and according to the electricity sector players, Côte d'Ivoire generates thermal power at the cost of 9 cents per kilowatt hour and sells it to Ghana for 11 cents.

Thanks to a two cents per kilowatt - hour production incentive from the U.S. government, they are being built at a rate that will increase the amount of wind - generated electricity by nearly three gigawatts a year.

The average cost of generating nuclear energy in the United States was less than two cents per kilowatt - hour in 2006, according to the Atlanta - based utility data provider Ventyx, which puts it on par with coal.

The nation's 104 reactors generate roughly 800 billion kilowatt - hours a year and contribute about 2,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel a year.

They show that 32 grams of carbon dioxide is emitted for each kilowatt - hour of electricity generated by the latest solar cells.

Even if we fail to find the miracles that allow us to make and then transport hundreds of gigawatts of power over 3,000 miles at pennies per kilowatt - hour, and even if we can never find photovoltaics that are as cheap as dirt, the enterprise of trying to do it will push our science and our engineering so far forward that we'll generate a cornucopia of unexpected new technologies that will be the basis of vast new industries.

With 54 nuclear reactors generating 280 billion kilowatt - hours annually, Japan is the world's third - largest producer of nuclear power, after the U.S. and France, according to data from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Engineers proposed dotting the island with 15 turbines, each capable of generating 750 kilowatts an hour, to meet all the native electricity needs.

When complete, the 410 - mile - long reservoir will generate 84.7 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year, the energy equivalent of 50 million tons of coal.

According to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), based in Washington DC, the best sites can generate electricity for as little as 5.5 cents per kilowatt - hour, compared with 8 or 9 cents per kilowatt - hour for natural gas plants.

He estimates that electricity from the process would cost around 3 pence per kilowatt - hour, comparable to the price of generating it from coal, gas and nuclear stations.

The «well - to - wire» research showed new natural - gas power plants are responsible for less than half as much greenhouse gas per kilowatt hour of electricity generated as existing coal power plants.

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, sealed off the river in June, creating a lake that will eventually stretch for 375 miles and generate 85 billion kilowatt hours of pollution - free electricity a year.

At the same time, Vermont Yankee provides as much as one third of that state's electricity at a cost of 5 cents per kilowatt - hour, well below any other generating source, and it provides 220 jobs to the region.

Davis — Besse is running again, generating 7.7 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity in 2007, with a new reactor head scavenged from an uncompleted nuclear power plant in Michigan.

The home generated a surplus 491 kilowatt hours of energy in its first year of operation, according to a report on the agency's Net - Zero Energy Residential Test Facility released earlier this month.

A plant uses just 1 percent of the energy it receives from the sun to make glucose, whereas the artificial system achieved roughly 10 percent efficiency in converting carbon dioxide to fuel, the equivalent of pulling 180 grams of carbon dioxide from the air per kilowatt - hour of electricity generated.

Under normal usage, the solar panels on the C - Max can generate about 2.16 kilowatt hours of energy a day, so they would provide almost 30 % of the energy needed to power the vehicle throughout the day.

A huge, 60 kilowatt - hour lithium - ion battery propels the Bolt EV, and the car's electric motor generates 200 horsepower and 266 lb. - ft.

The 500 kilowatt, 1,528 panel solar installation generates 845,000 kilowatt - hours of electricity per year, enough electricity to power...

The money would be generated by a carbon tax of 0.5 cents per kilowatt - hour, raising the cost of electricity (currently 6 - 10 cents per kWh) to 6.5 - 10.5 cents per kWh.

«Power generated from the tides would cost between 80 cents and $ 1.40 per kilowatt hour, according to the study.»

Paying 70 cents per kilowatt / hour for diesel - generated electricity — not at all uncommon on islands like Matinicus and Monhegan — is none of those things,» he said.

Located in Moerdijk, Zeeland and running at a capacity of 36.5 megawatts, the plant will generate more than 270 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year enough to power approximately 90,000 households.

Coal is usually figured to generate electricity at 5 cents a kilowatt hour, though if you took into account the environmental damage it does that would be more like 45 cents a kilowatt hour.

Can you say how much and whether the Sierra SunTower is generating at, above, or below SCE's projected kiloWatt - hours for 2011?

When the per - kilowatt hour cost of electricity is below average, it is incredibly difficult to make the electricity generated by solar panels cost competitive.

When California set up their net metering program, homeowners would get a 1 to 1 kilowatt hour (kWh) credit for energy generated and used, and solar energy producers were also protected from additional fees utilities want to levy on them alone.

Rooftop solar photovoltaic panels generate more than 340,000 kilowatt - hours per year.

To put this into context, estimates of life - cycle global warming emissions for natural gas generated electricity are between 0.6 and 2 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour and estimates for coal - generated electricity are 1.4 and 3.6 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour [14].

So if you have generated surplus kWh (kilowatt hours) they will vanish at the end of each 12 monthly cycle.

They found that it's cheaper to save a kilowatt - hour than to generate a kilowatt - hour.

Excess generated Kilowatt hours or credits can be rolled over into the next month billing period.

Right now, the price of electricity generated from PV solar is about 12.2 cents per kilowatt - hour in the U.S., only slightly higher than the average cost of retail electricity at 12 cents per kWh across the country.

For example, every unit (kilowatt - hour or kWh) of electricity generated by the community solar farm will effectively reduce the participant's power bill on a one - for - one basis; if the participant's share of the plant produces 5kWh of electricity on a given day, they will receive 5kWh of solar Net Metering credits on their power bill.

Measuring the size of a ceiling fan and priced a little more than the latest Apple iPhone, this wind turbine can generate three to five kilowatt hours of electricity daily — enough...

Under the new rate schedule, a typical net - metering customer — who uses 1,000 kilowatt hours per month, half generated by solar panels — would pay $ 74 a month, according to Rocky Mountain Power, up from the current average bill of $ 55 a month.

Net - metering customers are refunded for each kilowatt hour of electricity they generate themselves, which the utility says averages out to it paying 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour for customers» solar power.