Sentences with phrase «major electricity sources»

When averaged out between other major electricity sources, including petroleum and liquified petroleum gas, this figure does shrink to 128g / km, but this is still only 14g / km below Mazda's Skyactiv - X engine, which will go into production next year.

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«The issues that must be addressed include: grid reliability, electricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable Electricitelectricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable ElectricityElectricity Alliance.
This year's milestone shows that renewables are becoming a major source of electricity in the U.S. and can no longer be considered «alternative» energy, said Christopher Clack, CEO of the power grid modeling firm Vibrant Clean Energy and a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher.
In the six major economies assessed individually, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity production falls by about 40 % between 2010 and 2030 and renewable electricity becomes the dominant source of electricity production at about 36 % of the electricity mix.
They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas («GHG») emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.
Despite the explosive growth of renewable sources of electricity, making hydrocarbon building blocks and high energy density fuel sources in a renewable fashion is a major challenge.
Nuclear power is not «too cheap to meter,» and in fact, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies and in ratepayer charges, nuclear power greatly trails other fuels as a source of electricity and is useless in providing for the world's other major energy needs, including transportation.
The Oregon legislature has adopted a first - in - the - nation plan to phase out electricity from coal, a major source of climate - changing greenhouse gases.
# 5 Major Nelson: «And here's the Brick» Yes, here's the power brick, that ancient source of electricity powering the Xbox One....
There will be an offset in that personal computers will use less energy and it is more efficient to centralize that energy use in a server farm, but Google is and will continue to be a major consumer of electricity and anything they can do to ensure a continuous and reasonably priced source of such energy is definitely within their interests.
The IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven argued yesterday that «The rapid cost decrease of photovoltaic modules and systems in the last few years has opened new perspectives for using solar energy as a major source of electricity in the coming years and decades.»
E.ON Italia S.p.A. With an installed capacity of more than 6 GW from traditional sources and 300 MW from renewables, and more than 900,000 overall customers in electricity and gas, E.ON Italia S.p.A. is today one of the major energy players in the country.
Continued efforts to diversify China's electricity fuel sources by ramping up natural gas contributions continue, with a supply deal with Myanmar while a major gas find was reported in Xinjiang.
GCAM reference scenario results showing a global GDP and population drivers, b global primary energy consumption by fuel source, c global electricity production by technology, and d global allocation of land among major land cover and land use categories
Major corporations now threaten to vote with their feet, refusing to locate where they can't access electricity from renewable sources.
Ndaula noted that the sugar industry in Uganda has taken advantage of technology advancement by turning bagasse — once a big disposal problem — into one of the major sources of energy for thermal electricity production.
Energy produced offshore is a major component of global oil and natural gas supply and could provide an increasingly important source of renewable electricity.
As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...
The ad's message is as clear as America's air: Thanks to increasing use of clean, affordable natural gas, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide from electricity generation — a major source of the greenhouse gas — are at their lowest level in 25 years.
Biochar advocates and agrofuel associates claim that the already depleted land base and terrestrial ecosystems will provide enough biomass to become a major source of the world's heating fuel, electricity, road transport and aviation fuels — while providing enough charcoal to bury to appreciably mitigate climate change.
As a result, natural gas has increased its share of electric utility generation over the past decade from 22 percent to 32 percent, overtaking coal as the major source of U.S. electricity generation.
Globally, wind energy is one of the fastest growing major sources of new electricity around the world, with installations of more than 55,000 MW of clean, reliable wind power in 2016 alone.
Coal is the most important fossil fuel for generating electricity, and it is a major source of atmospheric CO2.
Because it reduces U.S. dependency on fossil fuels to generate electricity, solar thermal power could potentially be a major source of renewable energy for the southwestern United States and sun - belt areas around the world.
One of the report's major findings is that the state will need a very different electricity system that is better able to balance supply and demand while integrating more renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, which are intermittent.
The data suggest wind and solar are quickly becoming major sources of electricity, brushing aside perceptions that they're too expensive to rival traditional fuels.
One of the things in the EIA report that was kind of buried but to me is really significant is that transportation for the first time exceeded electricity generation as the major source of greenhouse gas emissions here in the US.
As the dirtiest form of electricity generation, coal is responsible for 40 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a major source of air and water pollution.
Experts agree that a shift in our energy and consumption is necessary to avert catastrophe brought on by global warming, yet there is strong resistance to a major move away from a coal - fired electricity and oil - based economy to one based on alternative sources of renewable energy.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
Wind energy is an important source of clean, renewable energy and is one of the fastest growing major sources of new electricity around the world.
«Electricity from Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Sequestration», the fourth report in the CEF publication series, examines electricity generation through fossil fuel combustion with CO2 capture and sequestration («fossil / CCS»)- a process that removes as much carbon as possible from major emissions sources such as power plants, and stores it in deep geological Electricity from Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Sequestration», the fourth report in the CEF publication series, examines electricity generation through fossil fuel combustion with CO2 capture and sequestration («fossil / CCS»)- a process that removes as much carbon as possible from major emissions sources such as power plants, and stores it in deep geological electricity generation through fossil fuel combustion with CO2 capture and sequestration («fossil / CCS»)- a process that removes as much carbon as possible from major emissions sources such as power plants, and stores it in deep geological formations.
Until Americans understand this and make known their objections to the electricity price increases to their elected representatives, they will be vulnerable to the CIC's falsehoods and untrue assumptions concerning the supposed need for and advantages of a major expansion of «renewable» sources of electricity.
The system integration of an increasing amount of electricity generation from decentralised renewable energy sources (RES - E) is a major challenge for the transition of the European power system.
However, given that the United States holds the world's largest estimated recoverable reserves of coal, coal - burning power plants will continue to be a major source of our nation's electricity generation for the foreseeable future.
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.
The centerpiecof the bill is a program to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), mostly carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels — electricity generation from fossil fuels, home heating, and gasoline used in transportation being a few major source categories.
«When our supply agreements for grid electricity from renewable sources expired in major markets — Germany and France — they were not replaced, as Ikea has decided not to pay premium prices for «green» grid electricity,» the report said.
As government and business leaders gather at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, RE100 unveils its 2017 Annual Report, showing how corporate sourcing of renewable electricity can be a major driver of the shift to a robust, zero - emissions economy.
China relies heavily on coal for electricity, is pushing hydro power and nuclear as major alternative sources of energy.
It also stands to become a formidable new factor in climate change; cooling is already responsible for 15 percent of all electricity consumption worldwide, and leaks of chemical refrigerants are a major source of greenhouse - gas pollution.
Connecting clean transport to clean energy is a major component for a more sustainable future, because while electric vehicles may have no tailpipe emissions, the electricity source in many places for charging them certainly does.
It appears that electricity will be a major player in the very near future so I don't believe that «corn to E85» is going to last long as far as an idea alternete energy source.
The FIT program is a major component of the province's plan to develop green energy and jobs in Ontario by establishing a government procurement process for electricity generated from renewable sources with standard program rules, standard contracts, and standard pricing.
Invest in a Programmable Thermostat Heating and air conditioning can be a major source of wasted electricity.
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