Sentences with phrase «national electricity policy»

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It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

«Africapitalism can help shape the new trade paradigm because it requires governments, donors and the private sector to work together in «Shared Purpose» to ensure the creation of national plans and supporting policies around specific sectors and related targets, so the private sector can step in with capital and expertise geared to achieve those targets, be they tons of grain produced, megawatts of electricity generated or industrial parks created» he stated.

Ensuring the supply of natural gas to cater for rising national and regional electricity demand is a paramount energy policy objective for Ghana.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which is responsible for national energy policy, published a long - term plan in 2015 which suggested that nuclear power should produce 20 to 22 percent of Japan's electricity by 2030.

It now charges the national debate, around all policy, with a third - rail - like electricity on both sides of the aisle.

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

RPS policies apply to 55 percent of total U.S. retail electricity sales (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2016) and are largely responsible for driving recent investment in renewable energy generation in New England, New York, the Mid-Atlantic, the Upper Midwest, and along the West Coast.

: The current Federal, State and private sector policies that are now increasing the fraction of electricity generation from Intermittent Renewables must be stopped / reversed in order to avoid / mitigate very severe micro and macroeconomic impacts and National Security ramifications involving skyrocketing electricity prices as well as dramatically reduced power grid reliability and resilience.

Directs FERC to: (1) adopt, within a year, national electricity grid planning principles derived from such policy to be applied in transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity; (2) encourage regional planning entities to cooperate and coordinate across regions and harmonize regional electric grid planning with planning in adjacent or overlapping jurisdictions; (3) seek to ensure that planning is consistent with the national electricity grid planning principles; (4) require regional planning entities to submit initial regional electric grid plans within 18 months of FERC promulgating such principles and to update such plans every three years; and (5) report to Congress within three years on the results of the initial regional grid planning process.

-- Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall adopt, after notice and opportunity for comment, national electricity grid planning principles derived from the Federal policy established under subsection (a) to be applied in ongoing and future transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity.

India's government is in the process of revising its national water policy, and a draft recommends changing the «heavy under - pricing of electricity» to more closely reflect actual costs.

«The trend of rotors and the swept area of rotors scaling faster than the nameplate capacity of the turbines themselves is an ongoing trend in both US and global markets,» says Ryan Wiser, senior scientist and group leader of the Electricity Markets and Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

But he cautioned: «The announcement of intent of an absolute target doesn't tell us anything substantive... [On the US side] we have a policy for the electricity sector but not an overall national number.»

Wind energy pricing remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by the Electricity Markets & Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

Some of the success was because the countries had credible national policies to back the renewable energy sector, such as America's stimulus initiatives and tax credits on clean electricity, she explains.

«We also strongly believe that fast adoption of renewable electricity will absolutely depend upon countries» tax and subsidies strategies, and we see the positive value in national policies and favourable schemes.

The possible components of such an approach that would be relevant in the context of climate change include: a national renewable electricity standard; Federal financing for clean energy projects: energy efficiency measures (building, appliance, and industrial efficiency standards; home retrofit subsidies; and smart grid standards, subsidies, and dynamic pricing policies); and new Federal electricity ‑ transmission siting authority.

Many public policies seek to promote energy efficiency, but as the authors of the Electricity Journal paper — Keith Dennis of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Ken Colburn and Jim Lazar of the Regulatory Assistance Project — point out, energy efficiency isn't precisely what we want.

«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).

Bell, WP, Wild, P, Foster, J & Hewson, M 2015, «Wind speed and electricity demand correlation analysis in the Australian National Electricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage», Economic Analysis & Pelectricity demand correlation analysis in the Australian National Electricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage», Economic Analysis & PElectricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage», Economic Analysis & Pelectricity demand without energy storage», Economic Analysis & Policy, vol.

Achieving the National Trading Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators across the country to work with utilities, electricity generators, advocates, regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop state compliance plans that prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency and generate revenue through interstate carbon emissions trading.

Discussion focused on the consequences on electricity markets of international and national - level climate and energy policies, including COP21 and the Paris Agreement.

According to the analyst, popular opinion against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's «Energiewende» (energy transition) policies, which had doubled electricity prices, played no small part in Merkel's terrible showing in last month's national elections.

The cost has now dropped to 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour, says Ryan Wiser, deputy group leader for Electricity Markets and Policy at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California.

The National Center for Public Policy Research released a report that tells us Al Gore's swimming pool uses the same electricity as six average US homes.

The National Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Departments of Commerce and Defense, to designate new right - of - way corridors on federal lands for electricity transmission and distribution facilities, and oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines.

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

The government's most recent policy, the National Electricity Guarantee (NEG), is the fourth most effective response, only being proposed after an emissions trading scheme, an emissions intensity scheme and Finkel's clean energy target were sequentially rejected.

Cutler, NJ, Boerema, ND, MacGill, IF & Outhred, HR 2011, «High penetration wind generation impacts on spot prices in the Australian national electricity market», Energy Policy, vol.

Elliston, B, MacGill, I & Diesendorf, M 2013, «Least cost 100 % renewable electricity scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market», Energy Pelectricity scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market», Energy PElectricity Market», Energy Policy, vol.

Development needs of the Estonian energy sector were assessed in order to prepare policy recommendations for enabling the shift from fossil fuel based electricity production to the use of 100 % renewable domestic energy sources and fuels on a national level.

Polls conducted by the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Public Policy Foundation reveal widespread opposition to any federal plan that raises the cost of electricity, as the CPP would surely do.

The policy question: how do Member States achieve their national targets under the Renewables Directive if they must allow undertakings to use imports of green electricity as part of their local obligations?

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