Sentences with phrase «make electricity generation»

Not it is your argument that PV will make electricity generation less secure because a purported low LCOE will make it uneconomic to run reliable baseload plant of which the only realistic options are coal and nuclear.

That would put pressure on gas and coal prices, which would in turn make electricity generation more expensive.

Not exact matches

As the Washington Post reported, natural gas is overtaking coal as the fossil fuel of choice for electricity generation — the report forecasts that by 2019, coal will provide 28 % of US electricity, whereas natural gas will make up 34 %.

And there has been no more fundamental, epoch - making modern innovation than the large - scale commercial generation, transmission, distribution and conversion of electricity.

Coal - fired power makes up the largest share of electricity generation in the U.S., although that share is expected to decline thanks mostly to the rise of natural gas (see the chart below).

Coal supplies a third of all energy used worldwide and makes up 40 % of electricity generation, as well as playing a crucial role in industries such as iron and steel.

«The electricity generation and the electricity distribution companies are also advised to look into the power voltage made available to customers to prevent power surge resulting from high voltage which could cause an outbreak of fire.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the state will be able to make up for lost electricity generation after announcing a deal with plant owner Entergy Corp. to close the facility in five years.

«If solar modules last 50 years, and science can back that up,» she said, «it will make solar energy more affordable by decreasing the dollar - per - watt of electricity generation.»

«While the up - front costs of building new nuclear generation are not cheap, in the long run it's one of the most economical ways to make electricity.»

They are promising materials for making next - generation solar cells because they are inexpensive to manufacture and are considerably efficient at converting light to electricity.

«We found that having a patent in storage technology made companies more likely to apply for another patent, either in renewable electricity generation technology or in efficiency - improving technology in fossil fuels.»

If the UK government caves into pressure and lowers its ambitions for onshore wind, it will make more expensive forms of low - carbon generation a necessity to hit the UK's target of producing 30 per cent of its electricity from renewables by 2020.

This also makes solar panels composed of cadmium, tellurium and selenium more competitive with other forms of electricity generation.

They made comparisons within the five sectors they studied — power plants, furnaces, exports for electricity generation overseas, buses and cars — and across sectors to see which use of natural gas pays the greatest dividend for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Army used a number of methods to curb energy use, but made a great deal of efficiency progress partnering with energy providers using ESPCs and utility energy service contracts (UESCs) to pay for renewable power generation as well as heat -, water - and electricity - saving upgrades.

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

«Cheap natural gas, the rapid decline in the cost of solar and wind generation, and continued flat electricity demand make it next to impossible that U.S. coal production will significantly increase in coming years.»

This has happened in part because much of the Northeast relies on readily available hydropower from Canada and rapidly expanding natural - gas - fired electricity generation made possible by cheap natural gas from newly exploited shale deposits in Pennsylvania.

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.»

I did agree, but additionally made the point that this is something that will become less and less true over the coming years; in responding you've shifted the argument to electricity generation not being able to keep up with demand.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

Over the past 21 days, over 7,200 people and 767 teams have chosen actions that make an impact in the areas of electricity generation, food choices, buildings and cities, land use and transportation.

Given that a coal - fired electricity generation plant produces about 1 ton of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour, Borenstein estimated that the price of greenhouse gas reductions would have to range from about $ 150 to $ 500 per ton of greenhouse gases to make the current solar PV technology a worthwhile investment when greenhouse gas reductions are considered.

Presently a electric car plugged into the grid is only around 40 % efficient overall due to the generation of grid electricity from coal, nuclear and gas mainly (here in the UK) and that makes them a lot less efficient than you say.

Both electricity generation and the production of corn used for beef and ethanol production are methods of mining the aquifer's water to make money in the near term.

The goal of transforming the US energy make - up to environmentally acceptable sources based on electricity consumption is laudable but the proposed implementation routes for the electricity generation (wind, solar, and geothermal sources) are grossly unrealisic.

There is a carbon cost of building homes, electric cars and electricity generation that makes low carbon living «a modern standard of living» — unless very, very soon we change lifestyles.

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.

Along with increases in generation from wind power and geothermal energy, solar power helped make California the top state producer of nonhydroelectric renewable electricity in 2014, narrowly topping Texas.

These higher proportions of renewables in electricity generation will make integration of these variable renewables into electricity system critical, the IEA says.

To make this ambitious cut, the first priority is to replace all coal - and oil - fired electricity generation with renewable sources.

Nuclear power made up only 2 % of total electricity generation in 2010.

While Maine has the third cleanest electricity generation fleet in the nation, and while New England as a region is also very clean, in the last few years we have made a push for lots more wind generation.

While renewables made up a small fraction of the country's total electricity generation, China was the world's leading producer of hydroelectric power in 2010, and the second - largest producer of electricity from wind power.

He and his allies in the extreme environmental movement know full well that this measure will make federal coal uneconomical to mine, thereby locking up America's most abundant and reliable source of electricity generation.»

In December, a competitive electricity - supply auction in Alberta yielded the lowest - ever price paid for wind energy in Canada (weighted average of $ 37 / MWh) and also made wind energy the lowest - cost option for new electricity generation in the country.

Other fuels, such as renewables, natural gas, and nuclear power, are expected to make up increasing shares of China's electricity generation.

The fact is that wind turbines are much better at making money for speculative private interests and providing an ecological figleaf for the privatization and deregulation of electrical generation than they are at generating electricity.

Policy support, technology advances and a maturing supply chain are making offshore wind an increasingly viable option for renewables - based electricity generation, harnessing the more consistent and higher wind speeds available offshore.

Hirrel's complaint notes: «If Dominion, Duke and Piedmont were to acquire their gas and its transportation, plus electricity generation, in competitive markets, they would, the Commission must suppose, engage in a very different decision making process.

Stanwell Corp, the Queensland government owned electricity generator, has failed to make any money in the past year from its 4,000 MW of coal and gas fired generation because rooftop solar has taken away demand and pushed down wholesale electricity prices.

This makes it a poor electricity generation choice in terms of energy return on investment.

Additionally, such facilities could potentially be connected to wind and solar electricity production and be used for energy grid load balancing applications (using excess renewable energy that the grid can not handle), making renewable energy generation carbon negative.

Requires FERC to: (1) issue to each generator of renewable electricity a REC for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated after December 31, 2011; (2) issue three RECs for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by an existing distributed renewable generation facility; and (3) review the effect of issuing three RECs and to reduce such number for any given energy source or technology to ensure that such number is no higher than is necessary to make such facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

-- Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.

Secondly, by creating profits from selling the current electricity generation (made by old machines) money can be reinvested into new capacity.

The combination of industry standards, best practices and effective state and federal regulation is protecting communities and the environment — while making available increasing volumes of cleaner - burning natural gas that is allowing the U.S. to lead the world in reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation.

In our experience, going with renewable electricity makes good sense; firstly, it is economically feasible to set up your own renewable power generation facility, and secondly it reduces carbon footprints thereby allowing you to brand your social environmentally conscious image in market.

A look at any pie chart of electricity generation makes it hard to argue against more nuclear power.