Sentences with phrase «more electricity already»

Due to the ability of black cells to capture solar radiation from low angles, they generate more electricity already over the duration of one day as compared to the traditional cells.

Due to the ability of black cells to capture solar radiation from low angles, they generate more electricity already over the duration of one day as compared to the traditional cells.

Not exact matches

According to our analysis, this would generate more than enough electricity to power the biorefinery, so surplus power could be sold back to the grid, displacing electricity produced from fossil fuels — a practice already used in some plants in Brazil to produce ethanol from sugarcane.

Already, FERC is rewriting the rules for new transmission lines, potentially making it easier to permit new electricity - carrying capacity — and, as a result, unleashing the development of more renewable resources.

The latest figures show that on some days of the year the electricity being generated from sun, wind, biomass, water and geothermal production already accounts for more than half of the load required in the country.

China already makes more electricity from wind than any other country.

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.

Transmission lines surrounding the failure spot, already fully taxed, were forced to shoulder more than their safe quota of electricity.

We already know how to build speedier and more efficient rockets powered by electricity instead of chemicals, but they won't do much to get us to nearby stars.

The government says that completely banning fossil fuels from local industry will be a «titanic and beautiful task,» even though the country already generates more than 99 percent of its electricity using renewable energy sources.

Ask yourself where large chunks for your school budget are currently being spent — electricity, heating, rubbish collections, water, resources that are wasted in school — and you'll already start to see how more sustainable options could save you money.

Charge control by mobile phone shows the user just how much electricity the battery has already stored at any given time and predicts how much more time the charging process will take.

Once units 3 and 4 join the existing two Vogtle units already in operation, Plant Vogtle is expected to generate more electricity than any other U.S. nuclear facility, enough to power more than 1 million homes and businesses.

And again, my position is that (1) nuclear power is not needed, since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables; (2) nuclear can not possibly be expanded enough, quickly enough to have any significant impact on reducing GHG emissions in the time frame that's needed, while renewables can be (and already are); and (3) resources invested in expanding nuclear power would be far more effectively invested in renewables and / or efficiency, and the opportunity costs of nuclear therefore mean that putting resources into nuclear power hinders rather than helps the effort to quickly reduce CO2 emissions from generating electricity.

They are already popular in Europe where electricity is more expensive, and they're coming to North - America.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

The Clean Power Plan, however, defines the «best system of emission reduction» more broadly, by taking advantage of flexible, cost - effective strategies that power companies already use to produce the most electricity at the least cost, and to meet current air pollution control requirements.

Plants in the 5 MW range have already been completed in California, and supplies electricity for more than 4,000 homes.

As part of an ever - growing trend, today green power communities are already purchasing close to 2.6 billion kWh of green power each year, which is equal to the amount of electricity that is currently being used in more than 226,000 average American homes.

Mr. Makansi and others say a result is that consumers, already paying more for electricity because the price of coal and especially natural gas is up, will pay even more for new generating stations.

EVs will be responsible for even fewer emissions as their technology improves and more electricity is generated by renewables.1 Already, EVs are a commercially available technology that can save consumers money, even when gas prices are low.

In that regard, I'm betting that tens if not hundreds of millions of Chinese would agree to pay more for clean electricity as they choke on their own outrageously dirty air (in a sense they already are paying more — via hyper - subsidies for solar power in China).

There are countries in Europe that already generate more than half their electricity from renewable sources, such as Sweden, and other that are getting there, such as Austria, and the continent's biggest economy is trying hard to catch up.

As we continue to ramp up renewables (which the CES will deliver), we need comparable regulatory certainty for energy efficiency: New York needs a clear energy - efficiency standard, even as the means of delivering that efficiency will continue to evolve under the REV.. Once this standard is put in place, it can ensure New York accomplishes what other leading states already have — year - over-year electricity savings of 2 percent a year or more.

Germany, which is attempting to go carbon - free, is already experiencing high costs for electricity with German consumers paying four times more than the average American...

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

Storage of this intermittent out of sync energy will drive the already sky - high electricity prices up even more.

But it's doubtful that this measure is more than a stopgap, as natural gas and renewable energies, including wind and solar, are already making strides toward supplying electricity on a large scale, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Ontario's new feed - in tariff, a policy tool used for years in Europe under which utilities pay a premium to purchase electricity generated from renewables, should encourage more projects to enter Canada's wind development pipeline, which already has some 4,600 megawatts due for completion by 2015.

Denmark already gets more than 30 percent of its electricity from wind — onshore and offshore — and aims to increase that share to 50 percent by 2020.

If you are a senior citizen trying to live on social security, this may be catastrophic since it may make it necessary to choose between food and electricity, as has already been reported in the case of some of the more vulnerable residents of the UK.

As marijuana legalization spreads, with five more states deciding the issue on next month's ballot, electricity demand for indoor growing has become more significant; it already comprises more than 2 percent of Denver's electricity use in cannabis - friendly Colorado.

When it comes to providing new electricity to the developing world, Jigar Shah has been making the case that all the renewable technology we need already exists and can be deployed more cheaply than fossil fuels.

The good news: The technology to do more with less energy and produce the electricity and fuel we need to get to the 60 percent mark is either in demonstration, or already in use.

Having already achieved 20 % renewable electricity through contracts with local utilities in Europe and the US that are bringing more renewables to local grids, the company has an interim target for reaching 40 % by 2020.

Having already achieved 20 % renewable electricity through contracts with local utilities in Europe and the U.S. that are bringing more renewables to local grids, the company has an interim target for reaching 40 % by 2020.

Other countries, such as Uruguay, are already producing 95 percent or more of their electricity from renewables, with plans to go even further.

Even in the United States, different interests help shape different attitudes: Poorer Americans in states more dependent upon cheap coal electricity are far less likely to support policies that would cost jobs or significantly increase energy prices than are wealthier Americans on the coasts, whose energy supply is already much cleaner.

We're eager to add a few more, including that it's a huge contributor to e-waste - people will buy it, not like it, and toss it; that it isn't reusable for any other function, that it does something that can be done with devices you already have - and that it sucks up yet more electricity when we already have too many gadgets outpacing energy efficiency measures.

The «technology to eliminate fossil fuel combustion» includes solar and wind energy, geothermal energy, a variety of hydropower energy sources, combustion of biomass to generate electricity (an entirely different matter than liquid biofuels for transport) and more — ALL of which is already at hand, and already being deployed at both large and small scales all over the world.

Which is really more symbolic than anything — Oregonians already gets the vast majority of their electricity from hydropower.

If electricity could power the whole society, countries where hydropower is cheap and abundant would have already made their transition to 100 % renewable electricity, cheap, convenient (much more than sun), carbon free, and safe.

Micropower, co-generation (simultaneously producing both electricity and useful heat), plus distributed renewables such as wind and solar, are already producing more electricity than nuclear worldwide, Lovins says.

«Electricity already produced should be used more efficiently.

Life for the 43 - year - old labourer, already pretty miserable in the Lahore slum where he lives, is more unbearable without a fan to cool him at night or a pump to guarantee water... Like many of his countrymen, he has never paid a rupee towards the cost of the dribble of electricity used by his wife and five children, who all live in a one - bedroom flat.

China already produces more solar electricity than any other country, with an installed base of over 30 gigawatts and plans to reach 43 gigawatts by the end of this year.

Per unit of electricity made, Australian coal already releases more radioactivity than nuclear plants ever will.

As Bitcoin miners spend more and more electricity in their endless quest for cryptocurrency, now it appears that the energy consumption of Bitcoin farms around the globe already rivals that of a small country.

The Australian startup Power Ledger raised $ 34 million Australian dollars in a September token sale, more than $ 26 million USD, and is already running pilot programs for people who want to buy or sell electricity from local solar panels.