Sentences with phrase «local energy supplies»

They can also benefit local communities by providing local energy supplies and eliminate the need for large and often smelly and environmentally challenging settling lagoons.

Anaerobic plants can also benefit local communities by providing local energy supplies while eliminating the need for large and often smelly and environmentally challenging aerobic and anaerobic lagoons commonly used outside the USA.

She looks to a second term with solid goals: revising the school aid formula to better reflect local wealth; expanding the local energy supply to allow this

Installing solar panels, undergoing an energy audit by your local energy supplier, or even just choosing to block off space in your home during the winter so that you don't have to heat it can make an impact.

Although more efficient or higher energy star rating houses may experience less absolute changes in energy requirement due to changing climate, they appear to have greater percentage changes in H / C energy demand, especially in regions with a H / C balanced temperate climate such as in Sydney where the increase is projected to be up to 120 % and 530 % for high star rating houses when the global temperature increases 2 °C and 5 °C respectively, potentially posing significant pressures on the capacity of local energy supply

Not exact matches

The project is currently evaluating designs, materials and supply chains and working toward vendor and energy industry standards to bring fusion energy from the lab to local generating stations.

In legal terms, WePower works like an independent energy supplier that allows WePower platform to get connected with the energy grid and the local energy exchange market, and also with the end users of the energy.

ANZ's Williams said prices could pick up should the El Nino weather system crimp local production, if European milk supply slows, if demand improves in key markets such as China, or if production costs such as energy and feed prices rise.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

CH Energy Group President Steven Lant put in a pitch for the natural gas mining, saying it would provide the region with a closer supply of natural gas as well as local jobs.

After two consecutive nor» easter storms pummeled Westchester County earlier this month, downing trees and power lines, and leaving some residents without power for a week or more, lawmakers across the local, county and state levels have begun to question the preparedness of Con Edison and New York State Energy and Gas, NYSEG, the two suppliers of energy in the cEnergy and Gas, NYSEG, the two suppliers of energy in the cenergy in the county.

Supporters maintain the new plant would make Long Island's energy supply more reliable for ratepayers, while also creating hundreds of jobs, and generating significant tax revenue for local schools, police and fire districts, and other community services.

Conversely, San Diego, which desperately needs more drinking water, now wants to build a desalination plant up the coast, but local activists are fighting the facility because it would consume so much energy and the power supply is thin.

I have some homeschooling friends whose classrooms are awe - inspiring, but I didn't have the time / energy to create everything from scratch and opted for some basics from the local teacher supply store.

The General Assembly conceived of the Commissioner's Network as a partnership between the State and the local educational district: the State would provide additional resources and managerial leadership whereas the local district would supply the human creativity and energy needed to put the turnaround plan into effect.

If we let dogs be dogs, and breed without interference, we would create a sustainable, local meat supply with low energy inputs that would put even the most efficient grass - based farming to shame.

It's more than just limo service and a 24 - hour business support desk (though those are crucial for many business travelers)-- this hotel offers amenities you've never even thought of, such as a hybrid room tempering system that uses infrared technology to keep you at a perfect temperature with maximum energy efficiency, as well as rooftop beehives that supply the hotel with artisanal local honey, used in the on - site gourmet Lebanese restaurant.

But even there, there are large parts of rural Africa where local solar (for instance) is already cheaper than extending the grid to supply fossil energy.

Then if fossil fuel externalities were factored in — harms to environ, acid rain, dead lakes / forests / soils, corroded property & lungs, local pollution real costs (from small particulate matter & toxins), military protection of supplies & diplomatic wheeling - dealing costs, etc. etc — alt energy would likely prove much cheaper.

The main problem will be commercial / political inertia I suppose: i.e moving from a centralised generating and distribution system over to a dispersed generating system where the utility companies supply, install and lease the generating and connection equipment in homes and workplaces and discount the surplus energy sold back into the local grid...... one day perhaps.

Local vendors provide the majority of the supplies for Eden Project, helping to invigorate the local economy and reduce transport enLocal vendors provide the majority of the supplies for Eden Project, helping to invigorate the local economy and reduce transport enlocal economy and reduce transport energy.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

Bloomberg points out that the Obama Administration is «facing mounting calls from conservationists to thwart new fossil fuel development as part of the «keep it in the ground» movement» — which Murkowski says is a «misguided» effort that «will harm local economies and threaten future energy supplies.»

It would require utilities to supply 10 % of their energy sales from solar electricity — largely local, distributed solar.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

If we start using electric cars in large numbers (and I hope we do soon), then solar towers and various other forms of large scale clean electricity generation may supply a substantial fraction of our transport energy, especially for short local runs less than 100 klms a day.

The latest supply contract signed by one of the CCAs, the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) offers rates 6 % lower than the local utility.

Additionally, such supply will assist local governments in achieving their renewable energy goals.»

When asked what they would do about climate change, including options to change to a green energy supplier or sign a petition, only 14 % said they would contact their local MP on the issue.

Reduce dependency on (imported) fossil fuels (balance of payments, reliance on potentially unfriendly or unstable nations as suppliers, high cost at the pump, all problems as seen from US viewpoint): — encourage nuclear power generation (cut red tape)-- encourage energy savings and improved efficiency projects (tax breaks)-- encourage basic research into new (non fossil fuel) resources (subsidies)-- encourage imports from friendly neighbor, Canada (Keystone pipeline)-- encourage local oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill»)-- encourage «clean coal» projects (tax incentives)-- set goal to become energy independent within ten years

When it comes to supplying your house with electricity, your two primary options are to design your own renewable energy system with solar panels and wind turbines, or to tie your house to the local power grid.

The action was part of the organisations «Fossil Free, we change suppliers» campaign, in which the group are calling for renewable energy solutions in the hands of cooperatives and local providers, not multinational energy corporations.

Local energy services firm AZZO will develop the control system, although other suppliers were not named.

Since then YSCP has been deployed across Yokohama, a major city of 3.7 million, applying smart grids for the energy management of households, office buildings and local communities, introducing large - scale renewable energy and optimizing the energy supply and demand balance.

Although most supplies must be imported, Barrow relies on local natural gas fields to meet all energy requirements for building heat and electrical power generation.

«With LM Wind Power, we'll be local in more markets, have greater flexibility in turbine design and supply and increased ability to reduce product costs, all of which are good for competition in the industry and the growth of wind power,» said Jérôme Pécresse, president and CEO of GE Renewable Energy.

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EDF Renewables, a board member at Cleantech San Diego, supplies over 300 MW of wind and solar energy to San Diego and provides workplace charging to its 350 local employees.

Some of his suggestions for local planning initiatives include: Preserve wetlands by passing local wetlands protection laws; maintain biodiversity in the Hudson Valley by protecting sensitive lands through land acquisition; refrain from building in flood plains; require all new building to be «green» and sustainable and, ideally, change local building codes to require LEED certification; switch all public and government buildings to energy suppliers that provide wind and solar options as alternatives; implement smart growth communities by keeping construction in areas that are already developed thus preserving green corridors; and support cap - and - trade laws to decrease CO2 levels.

Augment the Renewable Energy Guidelines by, for instance, requiring wind energy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise, wind velocity, human health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact, health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on fEnergy Guidelines by, for instance, requiring wind energy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise, wind velocity, human health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact, health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on fenergy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise, wind velocity, human health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact, health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on faults.

In it they told stories of how clean energy investments were transforming supply chains and local economies nationwide.

Because sunlight was admitted, the local system was not closed; the energy of sunlight was supplied from outside the local system.

The plan, scheduled for publication in the journal Energy Policy, shows the way to a sustainable, inexpensive and reliable energy supply that creates local jobs and saves the state billions of dollars in pollution - related Energy Policy, shows the way to a sustainable, inexpensive and reliable energy supply that creates local jobs and saves the state billions of dollars in pollution - related energy supply that creates local jobs and saves the state billions of dollars in pollution - related costs.

By working co-operatively with local building owners to offset their power needs with renewable energy and to supply renewable electricity to the grid, SES Solar Co-op is able to generate revenue for its members.

From property taxes that supply revenue for schools, to state and local taxes that fund road and bridge improvements, water and sewer projects, local housing initiatives and environmental programs, to even royalty payments that can sustain family farms and businesses — oil and natural gas development generates local economic benefits well beyond producing affordable, reliable energy.

It aims is to help local actors to understand, plan and execute initiatives successfully which, over time, will: save money, while increasing energy security; increase standards of living and the supply of more efficient and sustainable energy solutions; and reduce the overall use of energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

We'll see the decentralization of our energy supplies over the next 20 years, with home - mounted wind and solar arrays powering neighborhoods where local, state, and federal regulators put in place incentives to drive adoption for the common good.

They don't explain how the grid copes with so much supply in summer and so much demand in winter, a problem that Passive House people claim is better solved by putting more money into reducing demand than by generating local supply (See Is a net - zero energy building really the right target?).

• Green roof on storage area for growing herbs • The restaurant and the recycling site is open to the public, schools, and trainee chefs as an educational resource • Water purification on site to minimize road miles, plastic and glass use • Uses green electricity where possible and energy efficiency measures • Carefully honed supply chain emphasizing local producers

And in Fresno, California, students from Duke University had the opportunity to tour Fresno's Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center where they learned about California's water supply and historic drought, and later installed solar for a local family.