Sentences with phrase «like electricity generation»

The study indicates increased emissions from oil sands will more than offset emission reductions in other areas like electricity 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.

Not exact matches

It's often said that cheap oil will not hurt the rise of renewables like solar because oil is used mainly to power things like automobiles, while renewables are mostly used for electricity generation.

But coal still accounted for something like 35 % of electricity generation in the United States and China was buying up massive amounts for its own needs.

Like every form of electricity generation, nuclear needs support from government.

As of March, according to USAID figures, Power Africa has helped close deals accounting for 4,100 MW of electricity in places like Rwanda, where East Africa's largest solar array began sending 8.5 MW of electricity to the national grid late last year, boosting the country's electricity generation capacity by 6 percent.

The Obama administration would like to see more nuclear power plants, among other forms of new electricity generation

Li said the study's findings should further spur countries like China and India to cut aerosol emissions so they reduce pollution and thereby increase their solar electricity generation more rapidly, in addition to the already known health benefits.

As long as countries like China or the U.S. employ big grids to deliver electricity, there will be a need for generation from nuclear, coal or gas, the kinds of electricity generation that can be available at all times.

Nuclear power — like most forms of electricity generation — carries inherent risks.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

It's been great to judge the Generation Green Energy Performance, using new technology like a dance floor that turns movement into electricity makes energy easier to understand, and much more exciting to learn about.»

The battery pack in the Malibu Hybrid is much, much smaller, because it relies on the gas engine often for primary power, rather than just electricity - generation like the Volt.

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.

Now the deployment of fossil and coal generation in regions like sub-Saharan Africa is very likely a net positive for humanity, since a lack of modern electricity systems is largely what makes those locales most vulnerable to climate and other impacts in the first place.

But they can never be as cheap as coal - fired electric generation because the energy density of the sun's rays are not nearly at the level of fossil - fuels like coal, so you necessarily need more physical equipment to collect the energy, and turn it into electricity.

The research showed that air pollution from the burning of coal for electricity generation was something like five times as damaging to our hearts as was general air pollution.

Although solar often gets top billing in political announcements like Clinton's, it still represents less than 1 percent of our electricity generation, so it will take tremendous growth for many years for it to provide a meaningful offset to fossil fuels.

It sounds like what your electricity provider calls «generation rate» is what I would call «wholesale price.»

Distributed generation facilities like those at the Regional Food Bank, involving electricity production close to end users of power, will be an essential element to success in meeting the State's goals, including reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, from 1990 levels.

While the ideal in regard to energy and the environment would be greatly reduced energy generation and consumption, replacement of fossil - fuelled electricity by renewables like wind is next best.

According to the National Renewable Energy Lab, «Like many island nations, the USVI is heavily reliant on fossil fuels for electricity generation, leaving it vulnerable to global oil price fluctuations that directly impact the cost of electricity.»

Furthermore, environmental and security concerns have sparked increased interest in small - scale, «distributed» sources of renewable electricity generation like rooftop solar panels, to reduce our reliance on large, centralized power plants.

«Our range of energy initiatives like biogas and hydroelectric generation, and trading as a market participant, has cut more than AU$ 3 million a year from our electricity bills since 2013.

Through the process of integrating landfill methane with other solutions, the total addressable market for electricity generation technologies was adjusted to account for reduced demand resulting from the growth of more energy - efficient technologies, [8] as well as increased electrification from other solutions like electric vehicles and high - speed rail.

As grid ruinable electricity sources, like wind and solar, can not be regulated for demand but they have priority in supplying the grid, they added a new level of control to the grid, a control that throttles the simplicity and efficiency gains of fossil fuel generation whilst adding considerable complexity to grid control.

Economy - wide impact studies (Sathaye et al., 2005; Phadke et al., 2005) show that in developing countries, like India, adoption of efficient electricity technology can lead to higher employment and income generation.

Queensland, like the rest of Australia, needs to reorient its electricity grid and generation capacity toward the Outback and away from the coast.

I do like the idea of decentralized electricity generation as the umbilical cord would no longer force people to be at the mercy of the utility companies frequent monopolies.

And with US electricity generation dominated by coal, H2 from electrolysis — cracking water into its components using electricity — looked more like a way to shift, rather than reduce vehicle emissions.

You can see why ALEC member companies like American Electric Power or Duke Energy may take issue with this, given their reliance on coal and gas electricity generation.

In states like Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas, wind power provides more than 10 % of the state's electricity generation.

The curve — shaped like the profile of a duck — predicted that within a few years growing wind and solar generation would create a surplus of electricity during midday.

There are no doubt many other niche sources of biomass like this, as well as novel sources like algae, although there may also be competing uses (e.g. sewage gas is one of the cheapest renewable energy sources for electricity generation).

On May 26th, in sunny weather, Germany's 22GW of PV solar - generation capacity supplied 50 % of the country's electricity, and around the world PV looks like it may become a major energy option in the years ahead, accelerating past 50GW of grid - linked capacity, with price parity with conventional sources not far away.

Cool Power manufacturers an Energy and Microgenerator Manager (EMMA) that captures unused power from small - scale distributed electricity generation like rooftop solar and residential wind systems before it is sent to the grid.

You might like to ponder what has changed since I wrote a letter on 16 Feb 1979 quoting the Chairman of the U.K. Central Electricity Generating Board, Mr R England, who wrote ``... the only proven way in which the predicted shortage of fossil fuels can be counterbalanced in the field of electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would bElectricity Generating Board, Mr R England, who wrote ``... the only proven way in which the predicted shortage of fossil fuels can be counterbalanced in the field of electricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would belectricity generation is by increasing out investment in nuclear power... In view of the drawbacks involved, the CEGB is not carrying out any work of its own on harnessing solar energy... it is too early to say whether geothermal energy is feasible, or what the likely cost would be...»

«Committed policies (S1) are those that have the force of law and are being implemented, such as AB 1493, which mandates efficiency improvements in light - duty vehicles, building energy efficiency standards like Title 24, and the renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which mandates 33 percent renewable electricity generation use by 2020.»

Daniel T. Schwartz, Director of the University of Washington's Clean Energy Institute, said a commitment to renewable energy by major companies like Starbucks will ultimately impact the cost of clean electricity across the board: «Everyone responsible for building a clean energy system — from the people that permit the project to the engineers and construction labor that builds it — learn from each project, so the more renewable energy generation facilities that get built in the US., the cheaper they get for everyone else to buy and use.»

Across the country, these providers are mostly electricity generation sources like natural gas or coal plants, solar farms, and hydroelectricity facilities.

Rules agreed a meeting of fund's board described by Friends of the Earth as «like a torture convention that does not forbid torture» The UN fund to help developing countries fight climate change can be spent on coal - fired power plants — the most polluting form of electricity generation — under rules agreed at a board meeting.

My ideal end - state for our electricity generation would be something like 70 % LFTR, 20 % plutonium breeders and 10 % non-nuclear (mostly hydro and / or geothermal, depending on the country).

Charts lie this are good for showing the reality of how slowly developments take place and the unlikelihood of a sudden massive breakthrough that suddenly reduces the cost by orders of magnitude (because that is what would be required, and even if energy storage was free, renewables like wind and solar would still not be viable at current prices (or probably ever, IMO) to provide a major proportion of electricity generation.

A University of Michigan study indicates that one in twelve vehicle owners currently possesses an RV, and one in six surveyed intends to buy an RV within five years.49 For increasing numbers, RVs have become a desirable form of temporary or permanent living reinvigorated by wireless voice and data technology, easy financing (complete with second - home tax benefits), significant configurability, integration of premium technologies for home theater, advanced energy management, integration of green elements like biodiesel fuel and solar electricity generation, and, perhaps most appealing, «drop - of - the - hat» mobility surrounded by one's «stuff.»

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

Bigger, cleaner supply: A regional grid makes it easier to access flexible generation from a larger pool of resources, which will make it easier to meet electricity demands when renewables are not as plentiful (like when solar generation declines in the evening).

Not only would a system like this allow power to be fed into the grid at times of low generation, but it could profitably divert wind - generated electricity from the grid at those times when there was excess generation.