Sentences with phrase «lower electricity prices in»

Still others say the wind projects have failed to lower electricity prices in Hawaii, the highest in the nation.

• France: nuclear 76 %, wind 1 %; lowest electricity prices in Europe; lowest CO2 emissions from electricity in Europe

With its considerable wind energy resources, Oklahoma had the lowest electricity prices in the country last year.

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Amazon cited Quebec's lower electricity prices, compared to Ontario, as a major reason for its decision to location in the province.

In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

Coal prices in general were driven even lower in 2016 due to low natural gas prices and warmer - than - usual winter temperatures that cut down demand for coal as an electricity generator, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Rooftop solar panels are driving electricity costs so low in Queensland, Australia that «the price, normally around $ 40 - $ 50 a megawatt hour, hovered in and...

In an ongoing dispute over electricity rate changes proposed by the crown corporation last November, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378, says that BC Hydro is using an accounting slight - of - hand to mask the real financial toll of unrealistically low electricity prices.

Rooftop solar panels are driving electricity costs so low in Queensland, Australia that «the price, normally around $ 40 - $ 50 a megawatt hour, hovered in and around zero» for several days, Parkinson reports.

Results from the first round results of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program were record - breaking, with the lowest wind power prices in Canadian history, making them competitive with natural gas power prices.

CCS really amounts to a combined GHG and natural gas hedge which, in a world of really expensive gas, allows you to maintain lower electricity prices than you perhaps otherwise would be able to as you can continue to use relatively cheap and plentiful coal while capturing and storing the emissions.

By: Mia Breytenbach 14th October 2016 The strong performance of the rand gold price, increasingly lower gold grades mined in deeper underground mining operations, as well as costlier labour resources and electricity, are underscoring the attractiveness and accelerating the traction of local gold tailings retreatment operations,... →

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

Changing how the rate is calculated to reflect the cost of electricity at the time of consumption results in an overall lower price and significant savings for Albertans.

The government accused the holders of using the provision as an excuse to pass losses caused by historically low electricity prices on to the taxpayer, and announced that it was seeking a court order to declare the «change in law» provision void.

GPU and ASIC mining can be very profitable if you get your equipment for a good price along with low cost in electricity.

In recent years, historically low natural gas prices have driven down wholesale electricity costs as plant owners switched to that fuel, making nuclear power less competitive financially.

Still, this accounts for at most a fraction of the increase in electricity prices, which are among the lowest in Europe despite a 20 per cent surge since 2007.

Wholesale electricity prices in Central New York tend to be much lower than Downstate prices.

Entergy officials have disclosed no details about what factors they are weighing in their review of FitzPatrick, a 40 - year - old facility that struggles to make money in Central New York's low - priced electricity market.

Whether sold as bulk crude oil and natural gas or as retail electricity, gasoline or diesel, the major exporters of OPEC, Russia and others harbor some of the lowest domestic energy prices in the world.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

Electricity prices are second lowest to Singapore, while gas prices are lower only in China.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

They found the consequences of the drought — which included temporary water shut - offs, a spike in dengue fever cases, and higher electricity prices — were a result of low water availability combined with the numbers of people involved and damage to the infrastructure system.

The i8's own head unit showed me different charging options, such as the ability to take advantage of low - priced electricity in the earliest hours of the morning.

Be it 57 MPG or 60 MPG, with electricity costs going up and gasoline prices low and getting lower, the Prius Eco will still be more economical in key markets to drive per mile than electric cars.

The customer can also recharge the battery in the middle of the night, when prices are lowest in some markets, and then use the electricity during the day to reduce energy costs.

Solarize Mass seeks to increase the adoption of small - scale solar electricity in participating communities through a competitive solicitation process that aggregates homeowner buying power to lower installation prices for participants

The decline of that industry and related employment has been caused by technological changes in mining, and competition from low - priced natural gas for electricity generation, not by environmental regulations.

Fossil fuel prices are held artificially low, but we are paying for them in full plus, if not fully at the pump, then on April 15th and in higher health / environment costs, even if we drive EVs and have wind - powered electricity.

This is in Australia which enjoys ridiculously low electricity prices.

The electricity industry already is — and has been for years — in a rapid transition away from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and solar power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Clean Power Plan.

The decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.

Now that renewables provide 94.5 per cent of the country's electricity, prices are lower than in the past relative to inflation.

Release of the wholesale pricing data in South Australia — and data showing South Australia still has the highest prices in the National Electricity Market — prompted state opposition energy spokesman Dan van Holst Pellekaan to savage a claim by Mr Weatherill that his $ 550 million «self - sufficient» energy plan was producing the lowest power prices in the national market.

A decline in coal - fired electricity generation, due largely to historically low natural gas prices

The record lowest price of electricity was achieved in an auction in Chile this August.

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In addition, New Jersey, in common with many other states, allows homeowners to get credit for their solar electricity at retail prices while the energy being replaced could have been bought by the utility at much lower wholesale prices, a subsidy called net meterinIn addition, New Jersey, in common with many other states, allows homeowners to get credit for their solar electricity at retail prices while the energy being replaced could have been bought by the utility at much lower wholesale prices, a subsidy called net meterinin common with many other states, allows homeowners to get credit for their solar electricity at retail prices while the energy being replaced could have been bought by the utility at much lower wholesale prices, a subsidy called net metering.

And even though the state's residential home electricity consumption ranks among the lowest (due in part to those high prices and generally lower air conditioning needs in summer and the use of gas and oil for heating loads in the winter rather than electricity), the average monthly electric bill in 2016 was just over $ 142 per month, third highest in the nation.

Due to this expensive trade, we who live in the south of Sweden, have to pay almost the same high prices as the Danes, although Sweden produces low cost electricity from mostly Hydro and Nuclear.

Having said that, it's generally expected to pass — the Labor Party, The Greens, and several independents have said they'll support it, and the opposition (generally opposed to anything climate - related) don't have the numbers to block it, although they've promised to repeal it if elected in 2013 (although the total package has been cleverly built, so to repeal it, they'll have to promise to raise taxes on the low & middle income brackets, cut aged & disability pensions, and rely on the «goodwill» of large corporations to lower prices for electricity & other carbon - intensive goods).

With a 5 % discount rate, which is about what one would expect a lot of homeowners to have for a home improvement like this, rooftop solar in Melbourne still produces electricity for less than half the cost of their low low retail electricty prices.

Gas prices may be low right now, but they could be high in the future making electricity costs jump, he added.

Last year the Energy Information Administration noted that the «decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.»

There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market demand for lower - carbon energy from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.

Calgary, Alberta, December 13, 2017 — The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) commends the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) and the Government of Alberta for the successful implementation of the first phase of its Renewable Electricity Program (REP), which has resulted in the lowest - ever price for wind energy generation in Canada.

Beatrice Bedeschi discusses how high rates of renewable generation drove electricity prices on the Italian power exchange to zero in June while the gas market faces low storage levels compared to previous years.

In other words, cheap natural gas is lowering the price of wholesale electricity, which is cutting into the revenues of all power plant operators.