Sentences with phrase «necessary energy costs»

As mentioned above, it may require lots of embedded energy to rehabilitate an old, derelict and possibly asbestos - ridden building, then there will be its future higher - than - necessary energy costs since it's very hard to give an old building new energy performance (eg like Passivhaus).

Not exact matches

Although Site C would cost $ 9 billion and would destroy land of great ecological value and significance to First Nations, Premier Gordon Campbell and his successor, Christy Clark, insisted it was necessary to generate jobs and clean energy.
We line dry all of our cloth diapers which is of course not necessary, but I do it to cut down on energy costs from the dryer.
She advised parents to channel their resources and energy in educating the girl child to ensure that the Muslim communities develops with many sons and daughters in the academia, adding that it is necessary for parents to give their children quality education at all cost because that undoubtedly will eradicate poverty in Zango community.
We can expect to see more inaccurate claims from Tory backbenchers about renewable power sending the cost of energy bills soaring (and failing to account for the necessary cost of replacing ageing infrastructure regardless of whether we go green).
The scientists also calculated the energy that would be necessary for the experimentally observed domain wall motion and came to the conclusion that the energy consumption of the proposed system would be quite cost - effective compared with the best components currently available.
But the new device has narrow energy sources and a precise delivery system that will reduce the number of treatment applications necessary and also reduce the treatment cost.
This thwarts the purpose of RPS policies, which help create the baseline demand for renewables that will spur the clean energy investment necessary to continue developing the technology and infrastructure that will drive costs down.
This is a fairly high deload frequency, but necessary given that both the mile and a typical CrossFit metcon will work similar energy pathways.Note the lack of running drills - given the nature of a mile, the rate of return (cost / benefit) for drills tends to be lower for relatively inexperienced athletes than it does for sprints or extreme distance.
However, when exposed to the modern obesogenic environment of readily accessible food, weight gain occurs because food intake is more than necessary to offset the energy cost of sleep loss.
Secondly, cost accounting assignment help scribbling take a lot of time and energy which is not as useful for students as they have many other important things to learn and to understand which is also very necessary for their academic profile.
Using the information from the seller on current utility expenditures to establish a baseline and comparing what energy efficiencies could be incorporated that aren't currently being used (as would be revealed in the home inspection) can give a homebuyer the necessary, balanced idea of what to anticipate for utility costs.
you can save a lot of money over time by financing the cost of energy - efficient home improvements with your mortgage, and you can get started on the necessary improvements right away.
Carol M. Browner, the new White House coordinator for climate and energy, is a seasoned environmental regulator and campaigner who has focused on cap - and - trade legislation, which would steadily raise the cost of unfettered fossil - fuel use, and rule - making as driving the necessary change (as they did with the 20th - century basket of air pollutants).
[T] he cost of the laborer's raiment... the very home which gives us shelter and rest and the food which provides energy, might all... be construed as necessary to the operation of business and to the creation of income.
A price on carbon would go a long way to making clean energy sources cost - competitive with traditional fuels, but it is not the only policy tool necessary to reduce carbon emissions.
The authors reject the idea that one expensive measure — the practice of «firming» wind energy by balancing it with natural gas generation at every hour — is necessary in light of other low - cost options.
Frankly I expect that alternative and cost effective sources of energy need to be found to enable the necessary 3 % / year growth in energy and food.
The EU's unilateral climate policy is absurd: first consumers are forced to pay ever increasing subsidies for costly wind and solar energy; secondly they are asked to subsidise nuclear energy too; then, thirdly, they are forced to pay increasingly uneconomic coal and gas plants to back up power needed by intermittent wind and solar energy; fourthly, consumers are additionally hit by multi-billion subsidies that become necessary to upgrade the national grids; fifthly, the cost of power is made even more expensive by adding a unilateral Emissions Trading Scheme.
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.
-- The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from time to time to the Trust Fund, from amounts in the general fund of the Treasury that are not otherwise appropriated, such sums as the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services calculates as necessary (and so certifies to such Secretary) for any fiscal year, on account of changes in benefit costs and changes in tax revenue attributable to the provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the amendments made thereby, in order to place the Trust Fund in the same position at the end of such fiscal year as the position in which it would have been if such changes had not occurred.».
TomFP - I think you might be supportive of smart planning for infrastructure to ensure availability of adequate low cost energy that is a clean as possible, you might also support construction of dams and water retention facilities necessary to provide freash water and safeguard againest floods.
By 2035 we could achieve the necessary cost reductions for solar and wind power to make all other energy sources become prohibitively expensive.
PJM has said its other plan to change energy pricing is necessary to better reflect the actual cost of producing energy.
In an ideal world, we'd put an economy - wide market price on carbon energy to create funding to pay for the necessary costs of adapting to climate change.
Any financial assistance to existing nuclear power plants should not dilute or otherwise come at the expense of incentives for energy efficiency, grid modernization, or renewable resources such as wind and solar, and should include provisions to periodically assess whether continued support is necessary and cost - effective.
I call it Project Zero — because its aims are a zero - carbon - energy system; the production of machines, products and services with zero marginal costs; and the reduction of necessary work time as close as possible to zero... If I am right, the logical focus for supporters of postcapitalism is to build alternatives within the system; to use governmental power in a radical and disruptive way; and to direct all actions towards the transition — not the defence of random elements of the old system.
Preventing carbon dioxide levels from rising to potentially dangerous levels could cost less far less than originally projected — less 1 percent of gross world product as of 2050 — but a major shift in the way energy is found, transformed, transported and used will be necessary to prevent a severe energy crisis within the next century, say researchers from the The Earth Institute.
«The increase covers the cost of new energy resources, upgraded distribution networks and other necessary upgrades to secure and expand TEP's energy grid,» according to a press release.
And that did not include the electrical distribution systems necessary for the whole country to take power from this one spot, nor any kind of storage technology for using electricity at night (it was hard to cost one out when no technology exist for storing America's total energy needs for 12 hours).
To support this initiative, Synapse developed a benefit - cost analysis framework that will provide the Commission and other stakeholders with the information necessary to determine which resources will be in the public interest and will meet the Commission's energy policy goals.
«In an ideal world, we'd put an economy - wide market price on carbon energy to create funding to pay for the necessary costs of adapting to climate change,» Jerry Taylor and David Bookbinder of the Niskanen Center wrote about the lawsuit.
The paper calls for «human dignity» to serve as a necessary guiding principle of climate policy and outlines three central objectives consistent with this guiding principle: (1) ensuring energy access for all, (2) developing clean and scalable energy technologies that are ultimately cost competitive with fossil fuels absent subsidy, and (3) building resilience to climate change.
Model studies indicate a potential saving of up to 40 % of European air pollution control costs if the changes in the energy systems that are necessary for compliance with the Kyoto protocol were simultaneously implemented (Syri et al., 2001).
Finally, the whole CCA / global - bureaucracy approach makes sense only if you think it necessary to replace open and democratic institutions with opaque collusions between government appointees and private parties, because anything else interferes with the ability of these people to plan for us efficiently (including planning to increase the cost and reduce the supply of energy for whatever reason).
Indeed, the market conditions and policies necessary to make the tar sands a cost - effective source of energy will almost certainly result in dangerous levels of global warming that will exceed two degrees Celsius, the internationally agreed upon limit that will prevent climate change from destroying the planet.
Besides energy cost savings, CAISO says the member utilities reduce their costs by working together to reduce the necessary energy reserves carried in real time.
PG&E said that the fine was necessary to make it fair to the majority of customers who switched to smart meters since their energy use information will be automatically sent to the utility via the wireless meters and they shouldn't have to bear the cost of analog meter readings.
The radiator from Lancey Energy Storage is described as a plug - and - play space heater, which means that even though it integrates a lithium battery and can allow users to charge it during times of cheaper electricity, and then use that electricity when grid prices are higher, no additional wiring is necessary to install it, and it can cost up to 75 % less than installing a gas heater.
The cost for DAC must necessary be much higher, not mainly due to larger energy requirement, but due to that much larger equipment is needed to handle the large gas volumes on the feed side which gives large capital costs.
Arruda then highlights some recent reports that show a steady decline in growth in the legal industry and an increasing inability for firms to recoup the cost of the energy that's necessary to prepare a legal argument or opinion.
Once you have determined estimated costs, and potential return on investment it's easy to proceed to obtain loan approval and be connected to our preferred builders / contractors to receive bids, energy audits and facilitate the necessary process.
The goal of the document is to educate real estate and leasing agents on the specific retail lease provisions necessary for achieving reductions in energy, waste, and water use — and cost.
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