Sentences with phrase «more electricity during»

Your solar panels will produce more electricity during the long days of summer than they will in the winter months.

While it may seem like common sense to use the south - facing portion of the roof for a solar panel system (in the northern hemisphere), that may not necessarily hold true for every location, as facing the solar panels to the west may actually yield more electricity during peak demand.

Not exact matches

It also saves lots of money, because usually we're paying a lot more for electricity during those times.

A Powerpack system enables StubHub to store electricity during off - peak times, when the grid is more capable and favors delivering excess electricity, then discharge to the stadium during peak evening hours when the grid is under its heaviest load.

Load shifting — The battery can provide economic benefit to its owner and the grid by charging during low rate periods when demand for electricity is lower and discharging during more expensive rate periods when electricity demand is higher.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

A new survey of consumer attitudes released today by Accenture indicates that U.S. consumers are more interested in smart grid applications that save them money and automate the management of their electricity use, rather than giving them direct control over heating, cooling and appliances as prices fluctuate during the day.

The way to make renewables more reliable is to store the excess electricity generated during times of plenty (when there are high winds, for instance, or strong sun) and release it later to match the actual demand.

When plugged in, the electric vehicles (EVs) at LA AFB produce more than 700 kilowatts of electricity, or enough to power about 140 American households during a hot summer day.

«The user can «top up» the battery pack with electricity one or more times during the day,» Volvo vice president of electric propulsion systems Lennart Stegland said in a statement.

Unlike other hybrids, like the Toyota Prius and even the Honda Civic Hybrid, the ILX is unable to operate on electricity alone; however it does employ a regenerative braking system that traps the kinetic energy created during braking and converts it to electricity in order to give the lithium - ion battery a little more zap.

We are really approaching the point where it will be entirely «mainstream» for US suburbanites to live in solar - powered homes that will not only be «net zero energy» in the sense of generating as much or more energy than the house itself consumes, but will also generate all the electricity to operate an EV, which will be integrated with the house so its batteries can provide power to the house at night and during grid outages.

The company believes its ratepayers would benefit during the 25 - year life of the project because of the more - affordable electricity they would get once it comes online.

Having consumers use more grid - sourced electricity at night than during the day is not uncommon on the West Coast, but it may mark a turning point for electricity supply in the Northeast.

This initiative, which was announced during the Governor's Mid-Hudson Regional Sustainable Development and Collaborative Governance Conference, is projected to reduce each participating municipality's electricity costs by up to 65 percent which could result in more than $ 6 million in energy savings.

I heard rumours of studies during the Californian electricity crisis that showed it was cheaper per watt to subsidise or give away energy efficient appliances to homeowners and businesses, than to build new generation capacity, I apologise for having nothing more concrete on this, but perhaps another commenter is aware of this or similar research.

Most solar systems produce more electricity than is needed during the day.

Some utilities will also pay more for electricity from home solar during peak hours and the energy storage system can also send electricity back to the grid during those times to maximize your electric bill savings.

By storing electricity, and allowing the home to use solar electricity produced during the daytime after the sun goes down, batteries allow more home systems to be powered by solar electricity.

As utilities continue to adopt mechanisms like time - of - use charges (where electricity costs more during certain parts of the day — usually during peak - use hours) your energy storage system can make sure you're using its power instead of the power from the grid.

Only the more knowledgeable consumers knew that a compact fluorescent bulb uses only one fourth as much electricity as an incandescent bulb, lasts 10 times as long, and easily saves $ 50 during its lifetime.

The United States is increasing its reliance on electric power and will have to generate 40 % more electricity by 2030 if demand keeps growing as it has during the past 35 years.

Around 25 per cent of electricity bills are driven by these «super peaks», because we built infrastructure to meet peak demand and generation is more expensive during peaks.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

The electricity generated by all three plants is enough to serve more than 140,000 homes in California during the peak hours of the day.

Perhaps no topic garnered more scrutiny during the previous Congress's markup that the Renewable Electricity Standard.

During July - December 2016, electricity demand was more than 9 % higher than the same period in 2015, mainly due to a surge in heavy industry as well as high demand growth from service sectors and households.

Electricity us increases with summer's heat, but total energy use increases even more during winter's cold.

Morris also said energy storage is «an innovative part of the California grid that provides key capabilities for operating a cleaner and more affordable grid, while also ramping up extremely quickly to meet electricity needs when solar power wanes, as we expect during the August 21st eclipse.»

A more resilient energy infrastructure: Because CHP systems produce power on site, they eliminate the need for transmission lines to get that electricity from the power plant to the customer and can keep the lights, heating and cooling on during a storm.

With ample storage Diablo Canyon could churn out and store electricity during solar surges and sell it when the PV panels have gone to sleep — and do it more profitably than wind and solar can.

ROAM / Synergies estimate that during 2013 - 14, the RET comprised 3 per cent of the typical household or small business electricity bill and 9.6 per cent for a large business that consumes more than 5 GWh of electricity per annum and is not eligible for partial exemption certificates.

As our climate continues to warm, and the west coast experiences more warm winters and dry summers, this solar project will enable the Kitasoo to avoid using diesel to generate electricity during dry months.

After an equal share of electric power was generated from coal and natural gas in April 2012, EIA's most recent preliminary data through March 2013 show coal has generated 40 % or more of the nation's electricity each month since November 2012, with natural gas fueling about 25 % of generation during the same period.

A house, for example, is likely to use more energy in the early morning and in the evening during the week, while photovoltaic system is more likely to generate electricity during the middle of the day.

The downsides to these new wood burners: — they cost significantly more than simple wood stoves; — they use electricity and therefore don't work during power outages; — they require highly trained maintenance personnel to diagnose and fix problems.

A longer view reveals an even more startling economic impact: factoring in the dry years from 2007 - 2009, the total additional energy cost to the state's electricity users during the six years of recent drought was $ 2.4 billion.

In contrast, customers who were charged more for electricity during peak - demand hours formed longer - term habits that reduced energy consumption during those times.

Other provisions in the act — such as tax incentives that encourage the adoption of energy - efficient technologies, a shift to more combined heat and power generation, and the adoption of real - time pricing of electricity (a measure that will discourage optional electricity use during peak demand periods)-- would cut electricity demand enough to avoid building an additional 37 coal - fired power plants.

It could potential be used in electric vehicles in combination with a regular lithium - ion battery to more efficiently capture the short bursts of electricity produced by regenerative braking, and to provide more instant - power during hard acceleration.

During the first four years of President Obama's administration, US electricity from wind and solar more than doubled, according to two new reports released today.

In California in particular, this creates a situation where there is way more electricity being produced by renewables than can actually be used during the day; but there is still a requirement for peaker power plants to generate power needed at the peak evening times when people come home and crank up the air conditioning.

For countries such as the U.S. and Germany, which today produce more than half of their electricity from coal, or China and India, where a large majority of the electricity is generated from coal, it is difficult to see how cost - effective and politically viable emission reductions can be achieved during the next several decades without at least some continued use of coal....

It was designed and installed by PowerLight Corporation, generates enough electricity during the daytime to power more than 1,000 homes during the project's equivalent generating hours.

The only time it makes economic sense to call on these more expensive resources is when demand pushes electricity prices high enough, as it did during the bomb cyclone.

More than a quarter of US commercial and industrial (C&I) electricity users could potentially use energy storage to lower premium rates they are charged during periods of high demand, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found.

But when it became clear that there was money involved — cooling primarily during hours of peak wind production will be cheaper than just drawing electricity at all hours — the proposal became a lot more appealing.

Because we are producing more electricity than we need, and because the wind turbines in Ontario produce most of their power during off - peak hours — when we don't need it all.

A study at the Florida Solar Energy Center at the University of Central Florida states that while an unvented HPCD uses less electricity than a standard resistance dryer, it was found to release significantly more heat than a conventional dryer during operation, demanding additional cooling energy that may compromise overall savings.

That meant hiring a crew and crane to lift the 2,770 - square - foot house onto supports, where it sat for more than a year during repairs to its foundation and the installation of new insulation, plumbing, and electricity.